Mandela Fellow to visit Belfast, Republican Journal reports
The Republican Journal reported a young African leader from Djibouti, who is part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship Program, will stay in Belfast this weekend with local hosts. Aichia Ali is one of 25 young leaders from Sub-Saharan Africa who are spending six weeks at the University of Maine’s Public Management Institute to participate in academic, professional, service and recreational activities statewide. Part of the UMaine curriculum for the group includes a “home visit” for the fellows to learn more about everyday life in America, according to the article. Ali holds a master’s degree in agriculture, breeding and environment from University of Montpellier (France). Since 2015 she has been working as a project coordinator at the Ministry of Environment of Djibouti, where she works closely with other organizations to implement project activities for rural communities in remote areas to make them more resilient to climate change, the article states. This is her first trip to the U.S.