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Chevening alumni are helping to keep Georgia’s Bakuriani region beautiful. Supported by the Chevening Alumni Programme Fund, they launched EcoFest 2024 to tackle the litter left by thousands of winter tourists.

In Hargeisa, Somaliland, a Chevening Alumni Project Fund initiative is transforming mental health support for crisis-affected and displaced communities through research, training, and advocacy, pioneering Somaliland’s first comprehensive mental health study and driving national integration of psychosocial services.

For Chevening scholar Sibabalwe ‘Bea’ Mama, a South African physiotherapist studying for an MSc in Global Health Policy, the Chevening experience, was a turning point in her journey to becoming a better advocate for patients in rehabilitative care.

Amanda Sadalla began her Chevening journey lying on a friend’s sofa, talking about the future. ‘For me, it was an exercise in dreaming’ she says. Amanda's dream is now improving the lives of thousands. We find out more.

With a dedicated app, Chevening alumna Heela Yoon is helping refugees and other young people who have experienced trauma to rebuild their lives.

Read how Chevening Fellow Predrag Puharic used his UK experience to launch his country’s first Cyber Security Excellence Centre.

What’s it like to step inside one of the world’s biggest newsrooms and learn directly from the people shaping global stories? For Chevening scholar Isabella Maake, the BBC internship was a chance to find out, and it’s an experience that continues to shape her career today.

When Josiah Kalala applied for a Chevening Scholarship, he was not, as he put it ‘fresh out of undergrad’. With seven years’ experience as a lawyer under his belt, he was ready to deepen his expertise in constitutional law with Chevening.

At nearly 40 years old, Anelize Lenzi Ruas de Almeida she was worried that age might exclude her from scholarship opportunities abroad until she discovered that Chevening has no upper age limit. She's now making an impact in the highest levels of government.