Community Solutions Program Fellows
WISE is proud to be a host site for the IREX Community Solutions Program.
The IREX Community Solutions Program (CSP) is a professional leadership development program for the best and brightest community leaders worldwide. Community Solutions Fellows complete a four-month fellowship with a US nonprofit organization or local government agency. Fellows return home to apply their new skills through a community action project.
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CSP is sponsored by the US Department of State with funding provided by the US government and supported in its implementation by IREX. Learn more and become a host site for CSP.
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Get to know our CSP Fellows
Amar Syahirah Haji Abd Murad
Brunei, CSP Fellow 2024 (She/Her)
Amar is a business relationships officer in Brunei where she has been involved in many youth and women empowerment projects on career development, leadership, and health and fitness. She hopes to integrate women's empowerment into community culture by using sports programs to promote inclusivity and gender equality.
Bokani Thekwini
Botwana, CSP Fellow 2023 (She/Her)
Bokani is a social work practitioner with experience in both civic and government entities where she has implemented social safety and social protection programs and psychosocial support programs.
Pamela Ratib
Uganda, CSP Fellow 2023 (She/Her)
Pamela is a journalist who advocates for young refugee moms and adolescents. She raises awareness on the issues they face, including issues of child marriages, early pregnancies, and sexual abuse.
Florence Nakayi
Uganda, CSP Fellow 2022 (She/Her)
Florence is the Community Outreach Coordinator for the Thread of Life Women Empowerment Ministries where she works with communities to address problems that women and children face, such as spousal abandonment, gender-based violence, and HIV.
Hau Nuam Vung
Myanmar, CSP Fellow 2022 (She/Her)
Hau Nuam is the Community Development Coordinator for the Myanmar Baptist Convention and works with women's groups to build their skills in order to enhance their social and economic status.
Kaylee Kua
Singapore, CSP Fellow 2022 (She/Her)
Kaylee works for, Daughters Of Tomorrow, a charity organization which enables livelihood opportunities for low-income women, where she manages and oversees all program operations and works closely with community partners to deliver all-rounded support for the women.
Caroline Luka
Malawi, CSP Fellow 2021 (She/Her)
Caroline is a project assistant for Art and Global Health Center Africa and has expertise in developing and using human-centered curriculum and participatory arts as tools for trauma intervention.
Florence Dorley
Liberia, CSP Fellow 2019 (She/Her)
Florence is the executive director and co-founder of the Organization for Women Empowerment (OWE) in Liberia. Her work includes gender-based violence prevention and small business micro-lending for women entrepreneurs.
Getrude Dyabene
Tanzania, CSP Fellow 2019 (She/Her)
Getrude is a lawyer and a women and children’s rights activist. She works with the Legal and Human Rights Centre in Tanzania on issues of advocacy, law and policy reforms, gender-based violence, child abuse, and women and girls empowerment.
Hanin Omran
Syria, CSP Fellow 2018 (She/Her)
Hanin has extensive background in humanitarian aid. She is the former Project Director for SOS Children's Villages Syria where her work focused on developing education centers for displaced children and mentorship with young adults.