Our Fellows

The students at the center of the loop

Fellows are the students admitted to a SchoolMission cohort. Every fellow is placed with a named supervisor, on a real project, at a school that has agreed to honor their vouchers. Being a fellow means being trusted with work that matters.

  • Who they are

    Senior high school students in Ghana, most between fifteen and nineteen, who would otherwise spend the school break looking for money to come back to class.

  • How they join

    By application and admission to a cohort. Cohorts are kept small on purpose, so every fellow has a supervisor who knows their name and a school that has agreed to honor their vouchers.

  • What they do

    Supervised community work during school breaks: water points, farm plots, classrooms, clinics — the practical projects partner missions and organizations already run.

  • What they earn

    Community Value Credits, assigned by the supervisor who watched the work. Credits become vouchers at the fellow's own school — tuition, meals, textbooks. No cash, ever.

  • What they leave with

    A verified service record: every placement, every credit, every voucher, on the platform, in their name. It's the first line of a résumé most of them didn't know they were writing.

  • What happens after

    Fellows who complete a placement move to alumni status and keep their record for good. The loop doesn't end when the placement does.

We describe our fellows as a group, not as individuals. Most are minors, and their stories are theirs to tell.

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