Special initiatives


Bangladesh-based NGO BRAC received the 2018 OFID Award for Development.


2018 OFID scholars.


OFID engages in a variety of activities beyond the scope of its core operations. Some of these initiatives promote human-capacity building, while others acknowledge the contributions to development of outstanding individuals. OFID also participates in a number of local projects in its host community in Vienna, Austria.


In 2018, the OFID Annual Award went to Bangladesh-based NGO BRAC,


Scholar


Abdishakur Ahmed Nji Atanga Desmond Thokozani Chapomba Mariana Javakhyan Amayaa Wijesinghe


Alazar Woldeyohannes Evelyn Changala


which received $100,000 from OFID in recognition of its support for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. BRAC has launched the largest civil society response in support of the refugees. This response is meeting the immediate needs of vulnerable people, while building skills, resilience and awareness.


OFID’s Scholarship Program sponsors outstanding young academics through graduate studies in a develop-


Country Area of study Somalia


Armenia Sri Lanka Ethiopia Zambia


Maria Ines Cubides Kovacsics Colombia Hayattullah Bayan Israa Mohamed


64 Institution of study


Cameroon Health Economics Malawi


Public Health – Health Management Planning and Policy Sustainable Development


Biodiversity, Conservation and Management Structural Engineering Development Studies Development Studies


Public Health for Development


Sustainable Development, and Conflict Resolution and Coexistence Brandeis Univ., USA Univ. of East Anglia, UK Univ. of Leeds, UK Univ. of Sussex, UK Univ. of Oxford, UK


Univ. of Manchester, UK Univ. of Sussex, UK


Afghanistan Governance, Development and Public Policy Sudan


Erasmus Univ., Netherlands Univ. of Sussex, UK


London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK


ment-related discipline. Ten OFID Scholars were selected in 2018, as below.


Photo: BRAC • All other photos: courtesy of OFID scholars


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