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Africas Young Leaders

Changing Stigmas Through Sports In Ethiopia

Alex Budman | Posted 08.21.2011 | Impact
Read More: Stigma, Leadership, Change, Education, Ethiopia, Children, Right to Play, Handicapped, Africas-Young-Leaders, Africa, Impact News
Alex Budman

From the first second Yonas Tadess enters the gates of the school, it is evident that he is the big man on campus. The stigma that is usually applied to disabled people in Ethiopia does not apply to him.

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Obama's Africa Forum: Future Is Forward, Not in the Past

Amb. Robin Renee Sanders | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: USG Binational Commission, Africa's Future, Africa's Young Leaders, Feeeds, World News
Amb. Robin Renee Sanders

This year 17 African nations will celebrate 50 years of independence -- a half century -- and it is time to take stock of what the next 50 years will look like. Who better to have that discussion with than the next generation of leaders?

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