In 2014, Atong Akoi Acom (’24) and 2 million others were forced to flee the raging violence in South Sudan. Despite the many challenges of growing up in a UN camp, she dedicated herself to studying and generating entrepreneurial opportunities for fellow refugees. We are proud to welcome her into our Class of 2024.
In 2014, Khaalid Ahmed Awali (’18, Somaliland) excitedly learned he had been admitted to EARTH University. The moment was made even sweeter when he heard that his friend Saeed Mohamud Farah (’18, Somaliland), too, had been admitted. Both fully funded as Mastercard Foundation scholars, eagerly traveled to Costa Rica to study agricultural engineering…
When Antonio Pérez Sántiz (Class of 2021, Mexico) was eight years old, he read in a book that education is the key to success. Since then, he has not stopped striving to find new…
When Faith Mukami John (Class of 2015, Kenya) finished high school and had to choose a career, people around her were surprised: in the context she came from, it was rare to…
De la mano con el caficultor. Under this slogan – meaning “hand-in-hand with the coffee farmer” – Terence Fuschich (Class of 1998, Honduras) has worked to sustainably boost small…
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