Equip Future Leaders
Big problems need great leaders to solve them. A flourishing society requires thoughtful and strategic investment in human capital. Corruption, ethnic conflicts, environmental challenges—all require well-equipped next-generation leadership, and rising young leaders need mentoring and professional development to become that next generation. Join the conversation on social media using #MoveToTheFrontlines.
Sha Elijah lives on the frontlines of extremist conflict in the Philippines’ island of Mindanao. A passionate attorney, she applied to become an Asia Foundation Development Fellow to gain skills to address this crisis. Amid bloodshed and unrest with the Islamic State, Sha Elijah drafted a crucial law creating a new local government in the Muslim area of the country. For this, she credits the political skills, strategies and networks she gained as an Asia Foundation Development Fellow. The new law and the peace agreements she helped forge are improving life for young people, so they can live in a world free from violent extremism.
Sha Elijah lives on the frontlines of extremist conflict in the Philippines’ island of Mindanao. A passionate attorney, she applied to become an Asia Foundation Development Fellow to gain skills to address this crisis. Amid bloodshed and unrest with the Islamic State, Sha Elijah drafted a crucial law creating a new local government in the Muslim area of the country. For this, she credits the political skills, strategies and networks she gained as an Asia Foundation Development Fellow. The new law and the peace agreements she helped forge are improving life for young people, so they can live in a world free from violent extremism.
Your gift of $1,000
equips a future leader like Asia Foundation Development Fellow Sha Elijah to strengthen peace in conflict zones
Your gift of $10,000
equips a future leader like Fellow Mowmita Basak Mow to empower women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh
Your gift of $2,500
equips a future leader like Fellow LuanJiao Hu to advance human rights and break barriers for people with disabilities in China
Your gift of $20,000
equips a future leader like Fellow Kotchakorn Voraakhom to reduce deadly urban flooding in Thailand
Your gift of $5,000
equips a future leader like Fellow Surya Karki to expand education and build schools in the remotest areas of Nepal
Your gift of $30,000
equips an Asia Foundation Development Fellow with one full year of leadership training
The Asia Foundation’s Development Fellows program is taking the next generation of game-changing leaders higher, equipping them to take on challenges threatening nearly half our planet.
The Asia Foundation’s Development Fellows program is taking the next generation of game-changing leaders higher, equipping them to take on challenges threatening nearly half our planet.