Princeton in Africa

Princeton in Africa Alumni

· Continue lives of service both in Africa and the U.S. long after their fellowships

· Serve as advocates, board members, and founders of grassroots organizations that provide scholarships and health services across Africa

· Become leaders in the foreign policy community, working on issues such as the crisis in Darfur, HIV/AIDS policy, and UN reform

Recent Accomplishments of Princeton in Africa Alumni

· Catherine Casey ‘02 is an Acumen Fund Fellow in Kenya. She completed a MPP from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University this spring. Formerly, she founded and directed the “Refugee Professional Training Program” at CAMBA’s Refugee Services Program in Brooklyn, NY.

· Tensai Asfaw ‘01 helped to establish the first Humanitarian Response Fund for Ethiopia. In the past year and a half, this fund has raised over $20 million for humanitarian assistance to Ethiopia. This summer, Tensai worked in Nairobi for six weeks with the UNOCHA Somalia Office as the manager for their Humanitarian Response Fund.

· Oliver Barry ‘05 is president and founder of the Kucetekela Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides scholarships to two Zambian boarding schools for ten students who demonstrate academic promise but are financially disadvantaged. Oliver currently attends Yale School of Medicine.

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