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.