On 3 December 2022, Commonwealth Alumnus Abass Isiaka marked International Day for People with Disabilities (PWDs) by delivering an awareness event on the topic, ‘Imagined possibilities: Disability sports and inclusive higher education’, at the University of Ilorin (UoI), Nigeria. The activity promoted the 2021/2022 ACEF theme, Sports for Development.
Last month, the CSC welcomed 46 Commonwealth Master’s and Shared Scholars to its residential workshop on Maximising your Impact: Training for Development. The workshop took place over three days at Cumberland Lodge, a former royal residence and now an educational...
Marine litter is a major challenge across Kenya’s vast and varied coastlines, with plastics the largest and most harmful element, accounting for at least 85% of total marine waste. This and other waste is choking the oceans, inflicting permanent harm on marine ecosystems and wildlife, and threatening biodiversity and marine-based economies.
In November and December 2022, Commonwealth Alumnus Joshua Epuitai delivered two online awareness webinars on, ‘Empowering midwives to health educate women during routine antenatal care on the effects of household air pollution (HAP) from cooking fuels’, in Uganda. The activity promotes the 2022/23 ACEF theme, Clean energy, Air and Oceans.
In December 2022 and January 2023, Commonwealth Alumnus Tabemonso Tabeagbor delivered a campaign to promote skills development opportunities for girls and young people in Limbe, Cameroon. The campaign aimed to raise awareness of vocational training opportunities for internally displaced girls aged between 5-17 years and vulnerable people aged between 18-35 years whose lives and education has been affected by the Anglophone Crisis in the Southwest region of Cameroon.
On Thursday 6 April, the Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows Alumni Association, Nigeria (COSFAN) held the swearing-in of its new Executive Committee, as part of a wider Commonwealth Day celebration. Outgoing president, Commonwealth Alumnus Dr Ruth Abiola Adimula (2010...
On Friday 24 March 2023, newly returned Commonwealth Scholars from Zambia attended a Welcome Home Event. The event was delivered by the British Council on behalf of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK (CSC). The event aimed to celebrate their recent...
On Thursday 16 March, the CSC Alumni Team were joined by Commonwealth Alumnus Jewel Kumar Roy for the Development in Action webinar series. Jewel shared a presentation on ‘FinTech: its uses and impact on sustainable development in Asia Pacific’.
On 18 February 2023, Commonwealth Alumnus Dr Kagiso N Tlhabano-David delivered a one-day event to raise awareness of parasport. The event was held at the University of Botswana, Botswana. The activity promoted the 2022/23 ACEF theme, Sport for development.
On Monday 13 March, Commonwealth Scholars and members of the CSC attended a special observance service at Westminster Abbey in London to mark Commonwealth Day. Commonwealth Day is an annual celebration observed by people across the Commonwealth. The theme for...
