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Where We Find the Talent

Global South & East — Developing Regions. Young people with potential who need a pathway.

PakistanTajikistanIndiaAfghanistanTurkeyCyprusKazakhstanRussia

Pakistan

430+ active language students

Tajikistan

SEEU, Herzing & NAU cohorts

India

WEF/SFF Herzing MBA Program

Afghanistan

Refugee-community pilot track

Turkey

Afghan refugee-community pilot

Cyprus

Afghan refugee-community pilot

Kazakhstan

SEEU 2022 cohort

Russia

SEEU 2022 cohort

Ten countries, one thread — communities where talent runs ahead of the pathways available to reach it. Hover a marker on the map to see how each fits into the pipeline.

  • Pakistan430+ active language students
  • TajikistanSEEU, Herzing & NAU cohorts
  • IndiaWEF/SFF Herzing MBA Program
  • AfghanistanRefugee-community pilot track
  • TurkeyAfghan refugee-community pilot
  • CyprusAfghan refugee-community pilot
  • KazakhstanSEEU 2022 cohort
  • RussiaSEEU 2022 cohort

Map data by Victor Cazanave / svg-maps, licensed CC BY 4.0

Pakistan

430+ active language students

Gilgit-Baltistan, Islamabad region & Karachi

The primary source region — three partner institutes carry out language and vocational preparation before candidates ever meet an employer. Also the source of the SEEU Macedonia, WEF/SFF Herzing MBA Program, and NAU cohorts.

Tajikistan

Active pilot track

Gorno-Badakhshan (Pamir region)

Participants in the SEEU Macedonia cohorts, the WEF/SFF Herzing MBA Program, and the NAU cohorts, with an active pilot track extending the language-preparation model here directly.

India

Herzing MBA cohort

Multiple

Participants in the WEF/SFF Herzing MBA Program, USA (2016–2020), part of SFF’s earliest structured cohort.

Portugal

NAU cohort

Multiple

Participants in the North American University (NAU) cohort, alongside students from Pakistan and Tajikistan.

Afghanistan

Active pilot track

Refugee communities in Turkey & Cyprus

An active pilot track extending the Learn & Earn model to Afghan refugee populations resettled in Turkey and Cyprus.

SEEU's 2022 cohort also drew students from Kazakhstan and Russia — part of the same widening pipeline.

The Foundation of Our Mission

Talent is distributed equally. Opportunity is not.

In every community we serve, we encounter extraordinary potential constrained only by geography and circumstance. Our role is not to create talent — it already exists. Our role is to build the structured bridges that allow that talent to reach the opportunities it deserves.

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