2024-2025 Obama Foundation Scholars

Empowering future generations across the African region through accessible STEM and robotics education.

Leveraging collective action and tech-enabled solutions to support survivors of gender-based violence.

Enhancing the rights and autonomy of refugee women through digital skills training and employment opportunities in the technology sector.

Cultivating community by providing a platform for young leaders to connect through educational programs, cultural events, sporting activities, and entrepreneurial ventures.

Closing the advocacy gap in marginalized communities through intergenerational civics training and grassroots mobilization.

Fostering a more resilient democracy through strengthening narratives about the power of rights and enabling citizens to participate in the democratic decision-making process.

Empowering underserved communities through equitable STEM education and technology to cultivate 21st-century skills, foster innovation, and drive positive social impact.

Supporting the psychological well-being of adolescent girls through embodied arts and rites of passage programs.

Bridging the public and private sectors through policy innovation projects and youth capacity building to accelerate the path towards an inclusive and sustainable society.

Bringing democracy to life in the classroom by building teachers’ and students’ capacity to exercise more active, participatory, and informed citizenship.

Elevating Malaysia’s lower income groups through educational training and employment support initiatives, as well as energy access for off-grid Indigenous communities.

Advocating for the socio-economic empowerment and recognition of women in the sustainable fisheries sector.