Global reach stories

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• Girls Opportunity Alliance

Learn how the Girls Opportunity Alliance supports secondary education for girls in rural Peru.

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• Girls Opportunity Alliance

Learn how the Girls Opportunity Alliance supports community-driven solutions that advance equality and climate justice in Tanzania.

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• Girls Opportunity Alliance

See how the Girls Opportunity Alliance supports STEM education for Kenyan girls with disabilities.

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• Changemakers

More than 140,000 women across 155 countries have educational and entrepreneurial opportunities, thanks to the 2023 Obama Leaders.

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• Education

Explore Liza Zaruba's Summer Voyage, and learn how she plans to apply her new health care skills back in Chicago.

• Equality
• Defending Democracy

Hear directly from Adrijana Hanušić Bećirović as she talks about human rights and what the Obama Leadership program has meant to her.

• Girls Opportunity Alliance
• Programs

Learn more about how the Girls Opportunity Alliance is working to empower and educate girls around the world

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• Equality

Meet five women making a difference with the help of the Girls Opportunity Alliance

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• Leaders

Get a look inside the week-long leadership and cultural experience.

• Sustainability
• Voyagers

Voyager to tackle food and water insecurity during Summer Voyage

• Defending Democracy
• Leaders

This week in Berlin, Germany, President Obama sat down with 18 alumni of our leadership programs from across Europe for a roundtable conversation about the importance of nurturing democracy.

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• Scholars

Obama Scholar creates clean water for rural Indonesians

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• Stories

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks hit Türkiye and Syria beginning on Monday, February 6, 2023.

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• Programs

As we reflect on this year, we couldn’t be more proud of the work of our global network of leaders who are tackling some of the most vital issues of our time and working together to strengthen their communities and our institutions.

• Girls Opportunity Alliance
• Education

Read Kiran’s story from India.

• Girls Opportunity Alliance
• Leaders

Thuba’s story

• Girls Opportunity Alliance
• Education

Laxmi’s story

• Girls Opportunity Alliance
• Equality

Rebecca’s story

• Girls Opportunity Alliance
• Education

Watch Diana’s story from Malawi.

• Defending Democracy
• Equality

Watch highlights from the first-ever Democracy Forum held in New York City.

• In memoriam
• Stories

Revisiting President and Mrs. Obama’s moments with Queen Elizabeth II.

• Changemakers
• Europe

Disability rights activist and Obama Leader Yuliia Sachuk was in her apartment in Kyiv the night of February 24, when Russia invaded Ukraine.

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• Stories

The impact of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has been devastating. And while the situation continues to escalate, so does the need for help—from emergency relief on the ground, to support for those fleeing to neighboring countries.

• Sustainability
• Barack Obama

After delivering remarks during COP26 in Glasgow, President Obama sat down with a group of emerging leaders from around the world who are doing their part to protect the planet. Check out what they discussed.

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• Girls Opportunity Alliance

Through our work with the Girls Opportunity Alliance, we are committed to supporting girls to have access to the education they need. We hope you'll take action to support them however you can.

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• Stories

We put together a list of organizations in Haiti doing their part to care for their communities and support recovery efforts. We hope you’ll take action today:

• Barack Obama
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On President Obama’s 60th birthday, get to know 60 changemakers in our network who are paving the way for a brighter future

• Girls Opportunity Alliance
• Take Action

Learn about organizations in the Girls Opportunity Alliance community that are helping girls in India to keep learning safely during the pandemic.

• Girls Opportunity Alliance
• Changemakers

This Father’s Day, meet dads around the world from the Girls Opportunity Alliance community who are supporting their daughters’ education and dreams.

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• Europe

To mark the end of our inaugural Leaders Europe program, our 35 Leaders came together to design collaborative projects to support the civic engagement of other emerging leaders across Europe.

• Barack Obama
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On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, read the message President Obama released honoring the victims and survivors of the bombings and reflections from Obama Foundation Chief International Office

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• Health & Wellbeing

Take a more detailed look at the Foundation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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• Stories

Since last Fall, devastating bushfires have ravaged New South Wales and other parts of Australia. In the wake of destruction, however, every day people have stepped up to do their part to support those impacted by the fires. That includes one of our very o

• Michelle Obama
• Girls Opportunity Alliance

Mrs. Obama shared this message below to celebrate the International Day of the Girl and to announce some special news to mark the one year anniversary of the Girls Opportunity Alliance.

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It’s been a busy week for us at the Foundation! On Tuesday, we hosted a roundtable conversation in Bogotá with President Obama and a small group of Colombian changemakers who are working tirelessly to transform their communities.

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From Cali to Quibdó, Medellín to María la Baja, the 11 emerging leaders President Obama met with yesterday in Bogotá are carrying forward the hard work of change across Colombia.