Support Programs

Sylff supports the networking activities of Sylff fellows’ local institutional associations. Here are some of the community outreach programs by the local associations.

• “Global and Local Encounters” Seminar Organized by Sylff Association at Helsinki University (Hisayo Katsui)
• “Sylff Goes to Mindanao (Paula Gianan)
• Colors of the Filipino Christmas -An Art Competition (Sherilyn Siy)
• Leprosy Mission (Jadavpur University Sylff Association)
• Report on an Indonesian Seminar on Community-based Disaster Management: “Developing Community Independence in Facing Natural Disasters” (Andri Rosadi and Jiah Fauziah)

Local Associations

Sylff supports the networking activities of Sylff fellows’ local institutional associations, as well as supporting collaborative activities between these associations. To-date 28 local associations have been established. The activities of these associations include organizing orientation for new fellows, research seminars, and regional/international conferences; publishing journals; as well as engaging in community outreach programs.

• University of Helsinki, Finland (Sylff Association of Helsinki University)
• University of Leipzig, Germany (Association Leipzig University Sylff Fellows―ALUS)
• Charles University, Czech Republic
• Sofia University, Bulgaria (Society of Sylff Fellows in Bulgaria―SSFB)
• University of Indonesia, Indonesia (Sylff Association of the University of Indonesia)
• Australian Graduate School of Management, Australia (AGSM Sylff Fellows’ Association)
• University of the South Pacific, Fiji (USP Sasakawa Student’s Association)
• Inner Mongolia University, China (Sylff Alumni Association of Inner Mongolia University)
• Howard University, United States (Howard University Graduate School Sylff Fellows Association―HUGSSFA)
• El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico (El Colegio de Mexico Sylff Fellows’ Association)
• University of Chile, Chile (Chilean Association of Sylff Fellows)
• University of the Western Cape, South Africa (University of the Western Cape Sylff Fellows Association)
• University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Sasakawa Alumni Association of Copenhagen University―SAKU)
• Institute of Political Education “Pedro Arrupe”, Italy (Italian Sylff Fellows Association, Palermo)
• University of Sao Paulo, Brazil ( Brazilian Sylff Association)
• Ateneo de Manila University, The Phillipines (Sylff@ADMU)
• Jadavpur University, India (Fellows: Jadavpur University Sylff Association)
• National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (Hellenic Association of Sylff Fellows)
• University of Nairobi, Kenya (The Kenya Association of Sasakawa Fellows―KASF)
• Jawaharlal Nehru University, India (The Association of JNU Sylff Fellows―AJSF)
• York University, Canada (York University Sylff Fellows AssociationYUSFA)
• University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria (Sylff Network for Music and Arts Vienna)
• Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary (Hungarian Sylff Fellows’ Association)
• Columbia University, United States (Columbia University Sylff Fellows Association―CUSFA)
• University of Deusto, Spain (The Sylff Fellows Association, University of Deusto―SFAUD)
• Jagiellonian University, Poland (Jagiellonian University Sylff Fellows Association―JUSFA)
• University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia (Sylff Fellows Association of Universitas Gadjah Mada)
• University of Malaya, Malaysia (Sylff Fellows Association, University of Malaya)