Katherine Fleming International Development Award
Honouring a Legacy. Investing in African Women Leaders. Strengthening Communities
Established in 2000, the Katherine Fleming International Development Award honours the life and legacy of Katherine (Katie) Fleming, a St. Francis Xavier University graduate who dedicated her career to advancing the well-being and rights of children in Africa.
For more than 25 years, the award has supported African women leaders to strengthen their leadership, learn with others, and advance positive change in their organizations and communities.
Katherine Fleming
Learn about Katie’s life, work and the legacy that inspired the award.
Women Leaders
Meet the women whose leadership and community work continue Katie’s legacy across Africa.
Leadership Course
Discover the Katherine Fleming Women’s Leadership Course for African Women Leaders.
Investing in African Women Leaders
Help us continue Katie’s legacy.
I would like to thank the individuals and institutions that made this training possible… your resources, kindness, and generosity [is] not in vain. By enabling a few of us to participate, you have planted a seed.
Change Happening Now
Coffee with Coady Celebrates 20 Years of Katherine Fleming International Development Award
“For my mother, development in Africa and women’s empowerment were very important goals. I just know that were she here today, she would be so proud of the work Yvonne has done and continues to do to empower women and girls to use tools like entrepreneurship to lift themselves out of poverty.”
Global African Business Women’s Network Founder Becomes First Katherine Fleming International Development Fellow on 20th Anniversary
Please join us as we welcome Yvonne Marimo, friends and family of (late) Katherine Fleming, and celebrate 20 years of the Katherine Fleming International Development Award at StFX Homecoming’s Coffee with Coady.
Katherine Fleming award turns 20
“Each [recipient] has been an exceptional person, doing great things for their communities and the causes they have championed. Hearing their stories, and what the award means to them, inspires us, and gives us some satisfaction that our efforts to honour Katie by enabling others, has been achieved.”