Ashinaga Foundation
Nardos Shewadeg is currently a scholar at the Ashinaga Foundation, involved in a leadership program since June 2022. In February 2024, Nardos became a mentee with Voices of Africa, focusing on empowering women's voices across the continent through mentorship and advocacy. Nardos is also an alumni of FAWE, having been a scholar there from September 2016 to April 2021. Experience as a researcher scholar in the Horizon Academic Research Program occurred from March to July 2023, contributing to scientific research while developing research skills. In June 2023, Nardos served as an election executive for the National Election Board of Ethiopia, overseeing voting processes to ensure fairness. Nardos's academic background includes pursuing a Bachelor of Applied Science in Biomedicine at the University of York from September 2024 and a foundation degree in Life Science at the same institution, as well as pre-medical studies at Addis Ababa University and a high school diploma from Bashewam Primary, General and Preparatory School.
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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.