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| Nagla at the entrance to the symposium |
One of the Nuba graduates from TFS’ scholarship programme generously funded by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Nagla Abbo, recently attended the 42nd symposium at St Gallen, Switzerland for young leaders of tomorrow. She is only the second Sudanese to have been honored by such an invitation. The topic of the discussion was Managing Risk. Nagla says that risks should be seen as positive uncertainties and not as unavoidable evils. She believes that the days spent in St Gallen with 200 other young people from all over the world , as well as many of today’s leaders, surely challenged her way of looking at her own society, culture and life, and will broaden her perspectives. Overall she found the symposium “an awesome experience”.
This is but one example of how the scholarship programme can open doors for young Sudanese women. TFS is very grateful to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation for having sponsored not only Nagla’s studies but also her nomination to the symposium. And we thank the St Gallen organizers for accepting Nagla and for all their hospitality to her and the other participants.
Nagla is one of 244 graduates from the scholarship programme so far. TFS is sponsoring a further 122 scholars, with generous support from the Gordon Memorial College Trust Fund and Humanity United as well as the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Sadly we do not have funds at present for new awards, though the demand is high and we are receiving a steady flow of enquiries from Sudanese students keen to further their education at the university level in Sudan and South Sudan. Can you help us meet this demand?
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