Fellows’ Stories

Teddy Akongo: Wawero Foundation’s journey in Empowering Kisenyi II Kamwokya’s community through artistic expression and skill development

Tell us a bit about yourself, your background, and your experience.  I am called Teddy Akongo,...

Sienna Zhiwen Xu: Bringing tools to support youth’s mental health and well-being

  Tell us a bit about yourself, your background, and your experience. I was born and raised...

Laura Coryton: Sharing the importance of sexual education

  Tell us a bit about yourself, your background, and your experience. I grew up in a rural...

Olga Elizarova: Community-designed solutions

Olga’s journey towards “Play, Collaborate, Change” started in 2016 as a volunteering project within a company, a design agency, she was working for at the time. This experience led Olga to realize that working with a community directly through design thinking helps you understand the true unmet needs in every situation.

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