Dear Future Leader,

I come from Navoi, a city known for its industry and prosperity, and for the powerful role that tradition and social norms play in shaping people’s paths. Growing up there taught me an important truth: sometimes it only takes one person who truly believes in you. One moment of genuine connection can change the direction of an entire life.

Pause for a moment and think. Has there ever been someone like that in your life?
And ask yourself honestly: do I want to become that person for someone else?

The person who shows children that the world is vast and full of possibilities.
The one who helps them understand that when you dare to dream and act, limits begin to disappear.

Today, more than six million pupils across Uzbekistan represent the future of our nation. And you have the opportunity to become one of the architects of that future.

At Teach For Uzbekistan, we believe in collective leadership, leadership that begins in classrooms and grows into meaningful, lasting change. When talented, passionate young professionals choose to teach in our most remote regions, they do far more than deliver lessons. They ignite imagination. They inspire children to dream boldly and to see themselves as the future innovators, creators, and leaders of Uzbekistan.

As a Teach For Uzbekistan Fellow, you begin a two-year journey of deep professional and personal transformation. Through intensive training and hands-on experience, you develop the skills of a mentor, the mindset of a leader, and the vision of a changemaker. You become part of a global network, the Teach For All movement, connecting you with thousands of peers around the world who are united by one shared belief:

that every child deserves an excellent education and a chance to shape a better world.

Along this journey, you grow not only as a professional, but as a leader and as a human being. You discover what empathy, courage, and service truly mean. You gain lifelong friends and mentors, a community that believes in you, walks beside you, and celebrates every step of your path.

Because changing the world does not start somewhere far away.
It starts in one classroom, with one child who begins to believe in themselves, because of you.

Umida Yuldosheva,
Founder and CEO
Teach For Uzbekistan.