Ashinaga Foundation
Abdou Rachad MOUSSA is an experienced media and social media professional currently serving as the Media Manager for the Ashinaga International Students Association (AISA) since March 2023, and previously held the role of Kanto Regional Leader within the same organization. Additionally, Abdou holds the position of Social Media Officer at "Réseau des Jeunes Béninois de la Diaspora" (RJBD) and volunteers with Signals from the Grassroots. Abdou's earlier experiences include roles such as Community Manager at the Centre d'Études des Sciences et Techniques de l'Information and a journalism trainee at AfricaGlobe.net. Notably, Abdou is an Ashinaga Africa Initiative scholar, recognized as one of the top candidates for leadership in Africa. Abdou is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences at Waseda University, building upon a background in journalism from CESTI Dakar and preparatory studies at Ashinaga.
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Ashinaga Foundation
Ashinaga is a Japanese non-governmental organization (NGO) that provides support and education for orphaned students around the world. Our support is centered around providing financial and emotional support to children and young people who have lost one or both parent(s). We help to secure their access to higher education through loans and scholarships, encourage them to have ambitious dreams for their futures, and foster in them a sense of ‘paying forward’ the support they have received to their community or others who are in need. Ashinaga has been providing this means of support in Japan for several decades, and over 100,000 students have benefited from our work. Our activities expanded internationally in 2001, with the establishment of a new branch in Uganda, focusing initially on the support of HIV/AIDS orphans. Since then, we have opened further offices in Senegal, the United States, the UK, and France to support our latest venture - the Ashinaga Africa Initiative. The Ashinaga Africa Initiative (AAI) is an academic leadership program that aims to provide an opportunity for higher education at the world’s leading institutions of higher education to orphaned students from 49 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The goal of the program is to nurture future leaders who will contribute to democratic realization, economic development and poverty eradication in their home countries post-graduation. Ashinaga hopes that education will empower these students to overcome their difficult backgrounds and bring positive change to their societies. One outstanding student from each Sub-Saharan African country will be selected to join the program every year. Ashinaga will provide these students with the training, opportunities and finances necessary to study at academic institutions around the world.