Criteria for Acceptance
The Strongheart Fellows Program awards fellowships to young people from extremely challenging circumstances who have shown extraordinary leadership potential and a marked capacity for self-direction.
It has been said of legendary doctor and humanitarian Paul Farmer:
"Paul Farmer is a phenomenon, a genius of many fabrics. He is of the same ilk as Joan of Arc, Martin Luther, and Albert Schweitzer, although it would most certainly pain him to hear this... If one were to construct a Venn diagram of the seven overlapping circles of compassion, intelligence, drive, moral commitment, maturity, judgment, and charisma, with the extreme values of each overlapping, then very, very few people would fall in the 7-set of confluent penumbras. Paul Farmer is a 7-set human being with these virtues and abilities."
There are three criteria for selection of Fellows:
- Exceptional leadership aptitude - defined as the demonstration of the "7-set" traits: compassion, intelligence, drive, moral commitment, maturity, judgment, and charisma.
- A demonstrated “inner resilience” personality based on current or past reactions and adaptation to extreme circumstances.
- Inadequate financial resources and/or access to the highest quality of education available in their country.
The recruitment advisory board evaluates each potential Fellow for the above criteria.
Read the remarkable story of Strongheart Fellow Lovetta Conto
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