Barack Ojiem is a Kenyan 2011 Commonwealth Professional Fellow, hosted by Widows and Orphans International. He works at Hope for Victoria Children, an NGO that rehabilitates and reintegrates street children. I am a line manager responsible for rehabilitation and advocacy programmes in my organisation. All the training and experiences I have accessed through my Fellowship fall within [...]
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Professional Fellow gains skills to help rehabilitate street children in Kenya
Posted on 17 February 2012.
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Professional Fellow gains insight into advocacy for disabled people in Ghana
Posted on 16 February 2012.
Charles Appiagyei is a 2011 Commonwealth Professional Fellow from Ghana. He is the National Administrator of the Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled (GSPD). His Fellowship was hosted by the Council of Disabled People. My remit back home relates to developing GSPD, managing staff and projects, and advocating to improve the life chances of disabled people. [...]
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Professional Fellow aims to motivate staff and volunteers on return to Kenya
Posted on 16 February 2012.
Beth Akinyi Odingo is a 2011 Commonwealth Professional Fellowship, who spent three months at Widows and Orphan International. She works as a Project Coordinator at the Omega Foundation in Kenya. My role rotates around coordinating staff, volunteers, and the project. My fellowship took me through short training, conferences, events, and the sharing of work experience at [...]
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Professional Fellow working with marginalised communities in Western Kenya
Posted on 16 February 2012.
Gabriel Sam Amolo is a 2011 Commonwealth Professional Fellow from Kenya. His Fellowship was hosted by Widows and Orphans International. I am a Kenyan currently working with an NGO as Deputy Director in charge of programmes and fundraising. I am responsible for overseeing the initiation and implementation of the organisation’s activities, running community health facilities, [...]
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Professional Fellows learns about organisational sustainability
Posted on 16 February 2012.
Olanike Folashade Edetan is a 2011 Commonwealth Professional Fellow from Nigeria. She is studying for an MSc at the Department of Physical, Analytical and Environmental Chemistry at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Her Fellowship was hosted by The Haven Wolverhampton. I feel humbled and privileged to be part of the 2% of the brightest of my [...]
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Scholar wins two prizes for MSc studies
Posted on 30 November 2011.
Edward Olaniru, 2010 Commonwealth Scholar from Nigeria, recently graduated from his MSc Pharmacology and Biotechnology course at Sheffield Hallam University with a Distinction. He was also awarded two prizes: the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing Biosciences Prize for the postgraduate international student who has made the most significant contribution to the programme, and the Gold Hallam Award for outstanding [...]
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