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....
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Professional Fellow working with marginalised communities in Western Kenya
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...
Professional Fellows learns about organisational sustainability
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...
Malawian Scholar to present poster at Planet under Pressure conference
Collen Zalengera, a Commonwealth Scholar from Malawi, will be giving a poster presentation at the Planet Under Pressure 2012 conference, being held in London next March. This major international conference will focus on solutions to the global sustainability...
Scholar moderates Prime Ministers’ Forum in Belize
Dylan Vernon, a Commonwealth Scholar from Belize, returned to his home country for a short time in September this year to moderate a major Prime Ministers' Forum, convened to mark the 30th anniversary of Belize's independence. Two of Belize's three former Prime...
Scottish Minister announces second set of Commonwealth Saltire Professional Fellows
Shona Robison MSP, Scottish Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport, has announced the selection of the second cohort of Commonwealth Saltire Professional Fellows. Three Fellows from Rwanda will come to Scotland in January 2012 for a three-month programme hosted at...
Scholar wins two prizes for MSc studies
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...
Welcome Programme 2011
The CSC's annual Welcome Programme for new Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows was held on 20-21 November 2011, at the University of Edinburgh. The programme ranged from briefings on the work of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and how Scholars and Fellows can...
Welcome Programme 2011
The CSC's annual Welcome Programme for new Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows was held on 20-21 November 2011, at the University of Edinburgh. The programme ranged from briefings on the work of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and how Scholars and Fellows can...
Alumni Feature: Women as Agents of Change (November 2011)
“Women as Agents of Change” was the theme of Commonwealth Day 2011, and was also emphasised again by Her Majesty the Queen at the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, Australia. In this alumni web feature we celebrate the diverse achievements of...
