Mandela Washington Fellowship 2018 Database

"My name is Emmanuel Agunze. I am a Youth Activist passionate about sustainable livelihood in Urban-Slum communities in Africa." As a pilot project, I started THE MAKOKO DREAM, ( makokodream.creatorlink.net ) with the goal of placing out-of-school children from the Makoko slum, in schools and ensuring that the youths are empowered with hands-on skill set so as to reduce the unemployment rate in such communities. I am popularly known as Father Makoko or The Makoko king, basically for my role in creating and designing the First 'School Bus' on water in Africa, which is a customised canoe for taking the children of Makoko Dream School, a tuition-free primary school, to and from school free of charge. ( bit.do/agunze1 ) I am a life-long student of the Nelson Mandela principles of Servant-Leadership and was a Finalist at the Prestigious Nelson Mandela Graca-Machel Innovation Awards 2017 for my role as a Brave Philanthropist and Youth Activist in developing countrie...

"Shawn is a political scientist and a politician. He specialises in the formulation of viable and sustainable public policies, amends laws for the good governance of the country,  coins bills and motions and also works on the National Budget annually."  He primarily formulates sustainable and viable motions and policies that directly affect the lives of people in the rural community. For example, he formulated the motion raised on the floor of the House (Green chamber) by an Honorable on the ‘need to control the erosion menace threatening Eke street and environs in Upper Sakponba road in Benin city and in a week FERMA swung into action and corrected the menace.    He has worked in the Edo state house of assembly and is presently the Senior Special Assistant to an Honorable Member in the House of representative, National Assembly, Abuja. Shawn has a passion for providing accessible, clean and portable water supply to people living in rural community and also to dr...