Reeta Roy
@reetaroymcf
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Inspired by youth. Helping shape a future that embraces their talents. Fan of poetry, travel & exchanging stories. President & CEO @MastercardFdn. Views my own.
Joined June 2019
Take Bior Ajak for example. He went from herding goats as a young boy in S. Sudan. To being a refugee in Kenya. To graduating from McGill University & getting a job with a bank. Now, he advocates for refugees. Recently, he moved his parents to a better home.
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Touring @Ashesi’s beautiful campus a few weeks ago was energizing. Hard to believe it’s been just 20yrs. Glad to have been part of their journey for the last 10! Thank you @PatrickAwuahJr for your vision, leadership & partnership which helped shape @mastercardfdn Scholars Program.
As we celebrate a decade of partnership, @MastercardFdn President @reetaroymcf visited @PatrickAwuahJr on campus to reflect on the journey, and their hopes for the future of African Higher Ed. Watch on Sunday Dec. 18 at: or at
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RT @MastercardFdn: We're proud to partner with @Ashesi University Foundation Canada to strengthen higher education in Africa. The new partn….
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Lots of recent travel. It was especially inspiring to be in Senegal last week. Thank you President @Macky_Sall for our discussion on how create opportunities for young people. Met many enterprising Senegalese youth already on that journey!
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Thank you @MandeepRai for a refreshing conversation & the chance to share how @mastercardfdn is thinking about delivering economic opportunities for 30M young people in #Africa by working primarily w/ African organizations. Impact is the bottom line!.
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RT @MastercardFdn: Investing in girls’ education can help build climate resilience and transform communities. Read how young changemakers l….
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RT @ITK_CanadaInuit: ITK President Natan Obed and @MastercardFdn President and CEO Reeta Roy met at our office this week. Thank you to the….
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Looking forward to serving alongside such an inspiring group of leaders on the 2023 #GlobalPluralismAward jury. The @GlobalPluralism Award celebrates the extraordinary efforts of organizations, individuals, & governments that are advancing inclusion worldwide.
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AMAZING!! Thank you for breaking records and barriers to inspire & create hope. Congratulations @EliudKipchoge!.
Limits are there to be broken. By you and me together. I can say that I am beyond happy today that the official world record is once again faster. Thank you to all the runners in the world that inspire me every day to push myself.
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RT @JulieGichuru: ~African leaders should step back and figure out how to engage with the youth rather than seeing them as a problem.~.Dr N….
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As we look to the next 10 years of the @Mastercardfdn Scholars Program, our goal is to more than double our impact to reach a total of 100,000 young people by 2030. If the last decade is anything to go by, they will be an unstoppable force for transformation! #Scholars10.
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10 – I am grateful for how the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program changed us at the @mastercardfdn. It is our oldest, longest-running initiative. It helped define our values, approach to partnership, & paved the way for our #YoungAfricaWorks strategy
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9 – I’m grateful for all of the staff that make the @Mastercardfdn Scholars Program possible! From members of our team, to teams based at our partner institutions that recruit, onboard, & deliver holistic support to young people in the Program. Their commitment is invaluable.
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. (cont'd) we remain committed to catalysing improvements in secondary education to drive inclusion & prepare young people for the world of work. Here’s a @MastercardFdn report highlighting key recommendations for #SecondaryEd, many of which we'll pursue
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8 – I’m grateful for our #secondaryed partners. Early on, the @MastercardFdn Scholars Program focused particularly on enabling access to learning at this level. As more countries adopt #freesecondaryschool the Scholars Program will focus on enabling university access. BUT….
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E.g. here’s an inspiring story of a @Mastercardfdn Scholar from Zambia who is deaf & started a sign language club at the @UofT that led to a new, accredited linguistics course focused on American Sign Language and deaf culture & open to all students
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Michael Samakayi will take home to Zambia many fond memories from his time at the University of Toronto following graduation this week: lifelong friendships, the city’s diverse food – even its snowy,...
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7 – I’m grateful for @MastercardFdn Scholars Program partners’ commitment to inclusion. Over 70% of Scholars/Alumni have been young women. And, partners have taken intentional steps to include young people with disability & forcibly displaced youth.
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6 – I’m grateful for how the @Mastercardfdn Scholars Program Partner network has spawned new collaborations. In Health, Pandemic Sciences, Climate Change & Education. E.g. this partnership w/ @ASU & @USIU to help #highered institutions deliver e-learning
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5 – I’m grateful for our partners of the @MastercardFdn Scholars Program. From a group of 9 institutions to now 40+ orgs changing the lives of 40,000+ Scholars. More than 50% of our #HigherEd partners are African institutions.
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4 – I’m grateful that @Mastercardfdn Scholars/Alumni who are entrepreneurs have created 16,000+ jobs. Learn about a few of the many ventures they’ve built here:
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