Edgar Dearn Makona
Kenya
Being born and raised in Kenya, culture and the study of humanity has always been my inspiration. My beautiful country of Kenya has a diverse and unique set of cultural values and a heritage drawn from 42 ethnic groups. This has inspired me to think beyond Kenya and Africa, anthropology with its origins in the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences has given me a global picture. The same picture that has brought the world to Kenya and taken Kenya to the world. ( read more)
Henry Ekwuruke | 22
Nigeria
Taking information technology to the grassroots, to the people that need it in the rural communities and long for it is a very important issue to me. Since education can make changes, let them be educated to develop a standard that will take them to their next level. I became aware of this issue when I took a survey on the subject matter in my area and many people did not know about it. I decided to create a course to Take IT Local and also give people information about AIDS as it became an... ( read more)
Korey Anthony Chisholm
Guyana
HIV/AIDS is an issue that I have at heart, and I became aware and involved at the age of 16, volunteering with youth organizations that support people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA’s). I worked in many areas of peer education and counseling. I started experiencing what partnership means, and how important this is with HIV/AIDS. After this experience, I felt that there was much more work for me to do so I joined an NGO that was working with HIV/AIDS infected and affected Children, Youths and... ( read more)
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