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“MMFP was a real world experience in the Social Work Sector. I benefited greatly from the Enquiry Based Learning. The Field Immersion gave me insights into Community Mobilization and Program Designing. The network here helped learn and grow! ”

- Pranesh Nellyadi (Mercy Mission Fellow, Batch 2021-22)

“Mercy Mission Fellowship Program was a life changing experience for me! Carrying out field based studies and working with disadvantaged communities has taught me to understand people and their emotions better.”

- Fathima Saba (Mercy Mission Fellow, Batch 2021-22)

“This Fellowship gave me a deeper understanding of the need and functioning of grassroot NGOs. The Field Immersions helped in gaining first-hand professional experience in handling a project in the social sector field.”

- Nimmy Sosa James (Mercy Mission Fellow, Batch 2021-22)

“The Fellowship instilled in me a heightened sense of Empathy and Gratitude. I gained so much through peer learning and collaborative work. The Learning Sessions helped us Fellows upskill in a range of areas.”

- Ameen Khan (Mercy Mission Fellow, Batch 2021-22)

I received an immense amount of exposure as a Mercy Mission Fellow. I was blinded to a section of society but after engaging in the Fellowship and all the Field Immersions we had, I definitely look at that part of society differently now. The mentoring support propelled the Fellows’ learnings, both professionally and personally.

- Humza Shaikh (Mercy Mission Fellow, Batch 2021-22)

“The Mercy Mission Fellows display a good understanding of problems and challenges faced by the target communities. The presentation of their work was professional and clear. It showed evidence of Research and Learning.”

- Amar Daniel Gabrian (Social Entrepreneur, Ananda Sagara)

The Fellows helped in scaling the number of food distribution from 2500 to 3000 as part of our Feed The Needy initiative. Their observations and analysis as part of the assigned project helped in increasing the quantity and quality of food.”

- Safeer Mohammed (Thanal, Karnataka)

“Mercy Mission Fellows gave a fresh perspective to our ongoing initiative ‘Gift A Home.’. The enquiry based approach to the project brought about sustainable and long term solutions. Their time at The United Foundation was equally action oriented, they immersed themselves into the target community while working on their study!”

- Mohamed Irfan Sadiq (President, The United Foundation)

“Fellows' understanding of the inner workings of a non-profit organization has surely increased manifold. They were deeply engaging with the team, the initiative in all its aspects and the beneficiaries, going much beyond the set project outcomes.”

- Mohammed Musaib, Manager (The Lifeline Foundation)

“The Fellows were absolutely necessary and instrumental in the SLP of the school which was the project they were assigned. They were engineering the program and sincerely stood out. The Field Immersion was an awesome experience.”

- Dr. Ambar A Qaiyum (Oasis International School)

“The Mercy Mission Fellows presence at the NGO encouraged us to take out time and work additionally on some key aspects that otherwise wouldn’t be possible. The MMFP Field Immersion gave the organization a different perspective on some of its activities which was very helpful. It was a reflective journey for us at Palm trust.”

- Saifudeen Sabeer Ahamed (Palm Charitable Trust)

“The Mercy Mission Fellows have progressed from ‘being led’ to ‘leading’ initiatives at Scale!” “Great initiative! The Fellows have a clarity of the kind of work they have to do, and they all have a vision, which is the most wonderful thing! Keep the work going folks.”

Mercy Mission is non profit registered association under Karnataka Societies Act Reg No: DRB2/SOR/173/2020-2021