leadership in global community.
Rocío González (IF'10, Guatemala) on November 19th, 2011Dear Fellows 2011: we must be silent before we can listen we must listen before we can learn we must learn before we can prepare we must prepare before we can serve we must serve before we can LEAD (William Arthur Ward.) All the best in your next step. Remember we are a Global Family. [...]
Betty Kagoro (IF'09, Uganda) on November 19th, 2011Congratulations upon this great achievement. I am so very pleased to be able to share these words with you. Personally I consider this day special, as we celebrate the life of the mind and the continuing evolution of the iLEAP spirit. I missed being with you but I’m sure you had a great experience. I [...]
Raphael Okumu (IF'10, Kenya) on November 19th, 2011Greetings from Kenya, am sure all of you are excited and happy with the viral infection of change and transformation in your life. It’s not easy the amount of sacrifice and dedication you all have given to the program. Don’t miss home cause the same will happen ,you will MISS the families you have build [...]
Danny Samandingke (IF'11, Papua New Guinea) on September 25th, 2011The environment was so overwhelming for me with the way technology has been and is moving forward from this part of the world in comparison to my country. People are so nice especially the bus drivers and those with whom I had a chance to chat with. Great place, Great people, and a welcoming environment [...]
Mabilia Carolina Joj (IF'10, Guatemala) on July 17th, 2011It has been three month since I was in Seattle in iLEAP activity. Recently I had the opportunity to meet some people from Seattle in Antigua Guatemala and it is part of connection with my dear friend Barbara Stahler in Seattle, they are of an organization called PREVENT. It is so important how the collaboration [...]
Molly Hogan on July 11th, 2011Long before arriving in Kenya, Britt, Raphael, and myself had been in contact to organize an all day workshop on Social Innovation and Leadership in Nakuru, essentially a small taste of the iLEAP International Fellowship program. One reason the idea to hold a workshop like this crossed out mind was because from Kenya alone there were [...]
Dr. Britt Yamamoto on July 3rd, 2011One of the things that makes the iLEAP International Fellowship training unique is our strong emphasis on collaboration and network building. From Day One of the training in Seattle, Fellows are encouraged and challenged to consider new ways of working within their communites and to forge new partnerships at the local, regional, and global levels. [...]
Dr. Britt Yamamoto on July 2nd, 2011One of the things that I appreciate most about our work in the International Fellowship (indeed all of iLEAP’s programs) is the close attention given to each Fellow and their unique talents, interests, and hopes and dreams to create and lead social innovation in their communities. Each person comes to the Fellowship at a different [...]
Betty Kagoro (IF'09, Uganda) on June 16th, 2011TEU targets teenagers such as these. Today, June 16th marks the International Day of the African Child. The International Day of the African Child has been celebrated on June 16 every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the Organization of African Unity. It honors those who participated in the Soweto uprising in [...]
Stephanie Billings on June 6th, 2011Working for an international non-profit, I often get asked the question, “Do you get to travel for work?” Now I can say, “Yes, yes I do”. On May 11th I left the safety of dreary Seattle for the sunny mountains of Guatemala to visit two of our faculty members from the 2010 International Fellowship Program, [...]
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