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2024 FELLOWS

In Mountaintop International’s 2024 fellowship cycle, 6,194 candidates from 155 countries, began an application. Of these, 1,877 completed the full process, including two essays and eight short responses.

 

According to voluntary self-reported data:
• 60% came from families living below the World Bank’s extreme poverty line ($2.15/day)
• 67% came from households where neither parent held a university degree

 

Applicants included former members of parliament, Nobel Peace Prize nominees, hospital directors, presidential candidates, humanitarian leaders in conflict zones, indigenous activists, and refugee youth organizers — all united by a common purpose: to strengthen the human infrastructure of their communities so that the locals can solve their own problems.

 

Selection was highly competitive. We’re proud to support the leadership journeys of the exceptional individuals below. Click on their profiles to learn more about their stories.

Portrait of Abdallatif Ali, 2024 Mountaintop Fellow

Abdallatif Ali

Type: Standard Fellowship

Organization: Sudan Resilience Expressions

Fellowship Location: Portsudan City, Sudan

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Portrait of Dr Atwau Pius, 2024 Mountaintop Fellow

Dr. Atwau Pius

Type: Anglican Fellowship

Organization: USahihi Health Group

Fellowship Location: Kampala, Uganda

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Portrait of Audrey Mugeni, 2024 Mountaintop Fellow

Audrey Mugeni

Type: Standard Fellowship

Organization: Femicide Count

Fellowship Location: Nairobi, Kenya

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Portrait of Bochola Sara Arero, 2024 Mountaintop Fellow

Bochola Sara Arero

Type: Anglican Fellowship

Organization: African Leadership Group

Fellowship Location: Kigali, Rwanda

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Portrait of Dede Alexson Barpeen, 2024 Mountaintop Fellow

Dede Alexson Barpeen

Type: Standard Fellowship

Organization: One Health in Action Liberia

Fellowship Location: Monrovia, Liberia

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Portrait of Duku Loruba Manasseh Nelson, 2024 Mountaintop Fellow

Duku Loruba Manasseh Nelson

Type: Anglican Fellowship

Organization: CRESS Africa Foundation

Fellowship Location: Kajo Keji, South Sudan

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Portrait of Dylan Pereira, 2024 Mountaintop Fellow

Dylan Pereira

Type: Standard Fellowship

Organization: Revista Diplomacia

Fellowship Location: Caracas, Venezuela

Portrait of Ganesh Bhere, 2024 Mountaintop Fellow

Ganesh Bhere

Type: Executive Fellowship

Organization: S4S Technologies

Fellowship Location: Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, India

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Portrait of Esther Ajudeonu, 2024 Mountaintop Fellow

Esther Ajudeonu

Type: Anglican Fellowship

Organization: The Bloom

Fellowship Location: Lagos, Nigeria

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Portrait of Isaac Itunu Bamidele, 2024 Mountaintop Fellow

Isaac Itunu Bamidele

Type: Standard Fellowship

Organization: Giddy2School Nigeria

Fellowship Location: Kuje, Nigeria

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Portrait of James Otai, 2024 Mountaintop Fellow

James Otai

Type: Anglican Fellowship

Organization: Imagine Her

Fellowship Location: Kampala, Uganda

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Portrait of Jonas Kouamé N'Guessan, 2024 Mountaintop Fellow

Jonas Kouamé N'Guessan

Type: Standard Fellowship

Organization: Seed4Africa

Fellowship Location: Abidjan, Côte D'Ivoire

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Portrait of Malika Amini, 2024 Mountaintop Fellow

Malika Amini

Type: Standard Fellowship

Organization: Wings of Knowledge School

Fellowship Location: Bamyan, Afghanistan

Portrait of Mariam Koroma, 2024 Mountaintop Fellow

Mariam Koroma

Type: Standard Fellowship

Organization: AIDS Free World

Fellowship Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone

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Portrait of Musingo Mercy, 2024 Mountaintop Fellow

Musingo Mercy

Type: Anglican Fellowship

Organization: United For Girls and Women Empowerment

Fellowship Location: Ngora, Uganda

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Portrait of Sumarni Laman, 2024 Mountaintop Fellow

Sumarni Laman

Type: Standard Fellowship

Organization: Replant World

Fellowship Location: Palangka Raya, Indonesia

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Portrait of Dr. Tushar Gaware, 2024 Mountaintop Fellow

Dr. Tushar Gaware

Type: Executive Fellowship

Organization: S4S Technologies

Fellowship Location: Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, India

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