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‘Thanks to CAPF, we were able to bring people together around a shared cause. EcoFest reminded everyone that environmental protection can be joyful, communal and deeply meaningful.’ 

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.

Chevening Fellowships provide mid-career professionals with the tools they need to make a lasting impact. Read Predrag Puharic's story about how he used what he learnt in the UK to establish the first Cyber Security Excellence Centre of its kind in his home country.

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 Chevening alumnus 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 in a country known for its world-class education, practical research, and leading professors: the UK.

In 2018, Anelize Lenzi Ruas de Almeida was an attorney with more than a decade of public service experience in Brazil’s National Treasury. But she knew there was more she could contribute. At nearly 40 years old, she was worried that age might exclude her from scholarship opportunities abroad until she discovered that Chevening has no upper age limit.

Irma Matoshvili describes herself as ‘a people person.’ Growing up in rural Georgia, she learned that ‘hospitality is valued more than bravery, this is how we were raised.’ That belief in people shaped her ambitions to study in the UK, not only to strengthen her own career in business management, but to help other women to succeed too.