Bard MBA student Esra Elshafey spoke with Blossom Hill founder Shiva Sarramabout the work of some of its current fellows and how the Foundation measures impact. Sarram was born and raised in Tehran during the devastating Iran-Irag war and has resided in the US since the early 1980s. Her passion for war-affected children as well as […]
One of the most effective ways of reducing prejudice between different groups is dialogue. Through effective communication, groups learn to tolerate differences and more importantly discover that people have more in common than they are different. Recently, Blossom Hill Fellow Leyla Atik started a project that aims to bring children from myriad backgrounds living in […]
Blossom Hill Fellow Ahmad Wali Rostami and his team recently won a $5,000 Prize at the Afghan Shark Tank 2019. The U.S. Embassy in Kabul organized a series of workshops on “U.S. Exchange Program Alumni Entrepreneurship” in which more than 100 Afghan alumni participated and pitched their business ideas to embassy officials and investors. Workshop […]
At the University of Pennsylvania’s 25th Reunion Signature Symposium “Champion Your Life: Stories of Inspiration and Innovation from the Class of 1994,” Shiva Sarram shared her life trajectory after college and how she embarked on her philanthropic journey with Blossom Hill. “It was really an honor to speak on a panel with so many inspiring […]
STEM – BH Fellow Erika Gillette
Blossom Hill Fellow George Batah who cofounded Syrian Youth Empowerment (SYE) has excitedly watched as participants of his college preparation program for Syrian students have gained admissions to top universities in the United States and the Middle East. Congratulations on your well deserved achievement of getting into the top universities! Blossom Hill wishes you all […]
Blossom Hill Fellow Dimitra Raftopoulou’s program for refugees uses music to integrate refugees into Greek society and to give them the opportunity to pursue their love of music. In early April, the Blossom Hill orchestra, composed of refugee children from the Middle East, joined other musicians from El Sistema Greece to perform at the Stavros […]
Students participating in Blossom Hill Fellows Ahmad Rostami and Furogh Mirdad’s Entrepreneurship training program in Kabul recently presented at the annual conference of the South Asian Economics Students’ Meet in Sri Lanka. The conference’s goal is charting economic integration and regional cooperation in South Asia and gathering young economists to exchange ideas relating to the […]
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