This week, we celebrate International Women’s Day for Peacebuilding and Disarmament to shine a light on the crucial role women leaders play within the peacebuilding field and the work they continue to do for the generations after them through mentorship. In commemoration of this day, we...
Working with refugees has been one of the most rewarding and grounding professional experiences I have had. In the last three years, I visited three refugee camps in Thailand to work with women refugees. Here are my reflections on that experience. Supporting young women refugees planning...
Wedu provides opportunities to students and professionals who want to volunteer or improve their skill sets. We work with our interns to design a meaningful internship based on our current needs and their skills and interests. Most of our interns are Wedu’s community members themselves...
Wedu’s Global Mentorship Programme pairs mentors with mentees to achieve,excel and hone their leadership skills. It is designed to aspire a meaningful leadership journey for both the mentees and mentors. The picture above is of Julie, Srey Nak and Smarika - a mentorship trio! Julie...
Ashwathy Venugopal, a Rising star at Wedu since 2020, is an entrepreneur who runs Avasarshala, a platform that helps children discover their interests and talents. During this lockdown, parents are being stretched thin with the additional task of making the idle time productive for kids. Ashwathy’s...
Silviya, currently running a local Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) called Target Health Nepal, in a rural municipality of Nepal, has been a Rising Star since 2019. Working in rural villages since the past 2 years, Silviya has seen people live under extreme poverty and struggle to...
Moury, currently a Senior Public Health Officer with Oxfam in the Rohingya Influx, has been a Rising Star since 2015. Being a part of the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Promotion (WASH) team, they have trained community-based volunteers and oriented the key stakeholders including Majhi(community leader), Imam,...
Ravina B. Shrestha has been a Rising Star from Nepal since 2014. Being a doctor, she feels it is her responsibility to share the correct information on Covid-19, which is why she created a video in her local language, which has over 14,000 views. As more...
Rasma Muzaffar hails from Chittagong, Bangladesh and is a dentist as well as a Masters in Public Health student. She became a Rising Star in 2019. With the vision to tackle Covid-19 and help her community, Rasma along with 40 other doctors/dentists opened up a...
Andrea Faye Selorio Mendoza is a 21 year old Disc Jockey at One Radio 101.3 in Philippines, and she became a Rising Star in March 2020. She informs that in the Philippines, Covid-19 has affected a lot of aspects - the way of living, educational...