I am Yasir Zaidan Abdu, I am applying for the MPP program in HKS this year. My plans are confined in the field of Nation’s strategic planning. Especially, In Sudan, my country, people have suffered many complex problems since the declaration of its independence. Moreover, occupying the third place among the most corrupted countries in the world¹, poor practicing of democracy, 46.5% of population are poor ², civil wars (Southern Sudan and Darfur) and lack of security are the main challenges of Sudan. After a profound analysis of the situation in Sudan I came to a conclusion that there is no clear vision for the state, and the awareness for strategic planning is low among our current government leaders. In fact, the limited vision of our current leaders was the main reason behind the disastrous separation of the southern part of Sudan. Consequently, the agreement was very ambiguous about the situation of the contact areas with Southern Sudan, which lead to a civil war in that areas (South Kordofan state and Blue Nile state).
Moreover, in my third year of engineering college I started to rethink my future career, and about exactly what I wanted to be. With this concern I had a chance to get into the Leaders Training Academy in Turkey. This academy is concerned about training the potential leaders in Arabic countries. One of the courses I took there was about planning for your life and how to discover yourself. I took many career and personality tests such as DISC test, but the results did not favor Engineering.
Afterwards, I realized that my interest, personal readiness and skills are concerned with public activities, which provide public contact as in management, economics and public services. Consequently, I decided to change my...
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...g expenses, fellowships and scholarships give us a great opportunity to overcome our financial constraints. With all my intentions and obligation to be a part of positive change in Sudan that can decrease the poverty rate and develop the country politically and economically, I applied to Scott and Isabelle Black Fellowship to give me the opportunity to seize the required knowledge and skills for such a huge change.
I believe that life is fair and financial constraints will never be an obstacle for those who are faithful, visionary and hard-working. Also, Great people usually overcome their obstacles and difficulties in order to achieve miracles. Thus, I am starting the journey of miracles; the miracles which will not be feasible without your fellowship support.
References:
1- http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2013/results/
2- http://data.worldbank.org/country/sudan
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