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With a dedicated app, Chevening alumna Heela Yoon is helping refugees and other young people who have experienced trauma to rebuild their lives.

Read how Chevening Fellow Predrag Puharic used his UK experience to launch his country’s first Cyber Security Excellence Centre.

When Josiah Kalala applied for a Chevening Scholarship, he was not, as he put it ‘fresh out of undergrad’. With seven years’ experience as a lawyer under his belt, he was ready to deepen his expertise in constitutional law with Chevening.

At nearly 40 years old, Anelize Lenzi Ruas de Almeida was worried that age might exclude her from scholarship opportunities abroad until she discovered that Chevening has no upper age limit. She's now making an impact in the highest levels of government.

With support from the Chevening Alumni Programme Fund (CAPF), Chevening alumni in Peru are using artificial intelligence to inspire young women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). We find out more.

Chevening scholar Naomi Koinase shares her plans for supporting indigenous Maasai children in Tanzania by providing them with equal opportunity to education. Hear how she's been breaking barriers and how Chevening is preparing her to drive impact in the future.

Chevening scholar Alfiana has dedicated nearly a decade of her career to criminal justice reform and international human rights advocacy. She shares her plans for national and global initiatives that uphold dignity, fairness, and the rule of law for all.

Chevening alumni are united by their drive to create positive change, and Ayesha Urooj is no exception. With a strong commitment to tackling Pakistan’s energy and environmental challenges, Ayesha shares how her Chevening experience helped transform her professional path in engineering and amplify her impact on climate action.

Chevening alumni from Guatemala and Honduras have joined forces to tackle one of Central America’s most pressing ecological challenges: the pollution of the Motagua River. We find out more.

We hear from volunteering organisations about the positive impact Cheveners had had in communities and charities across the UK during their scholarship year.