by Marcela | Oct 12, 2018 | Fellows Stories
The entrepreneurial journey—especially the social entrepreneur’s journey—can be very exciting and fulfilling, while at the same time very challenging. Fulfilling because it feels like you are living your life’s purpose, exciting because you are tackling societal...
by Marcela | Oct 10, 2018 | Fellows Stories
Empowering women with special skills in Azerbaijan Paris, January, 2015. It is the middle of the night and a strange young woman knocks on Adam’s door. It is cold and there is no one else on the street anymore. Even though he is by himself at home, Adam feels...
by Marcela | Sep 21, 2018 | Fellows Stories
“Learning how to learn will set us free” Traditional education is based on a teacher-centered delivery method directed at students, who are simply recipients of information. This top-down system was designed during the industrial age to meet the needs of...
by Marcela | Aug 21, 2018 | Fellows Stories
What if you could be a superhero in a child’s life? This is the story of a very curious boy who loved exploring and learning new things. At age 10 he learned how to code and hacked into his school’s computers. When the principal called his parents into his...
by Marcela | Aug 14, 2018 | Fellows Stories
Bringing light to Brazilians in remote areas Yunus&Youth Fellow Laís Higashi is a 26-year-old Brazilian raised in a family of strong Japanese women. After World War II, many Japanese children had lost their parents, and Laís’ great-grandmother felt the urge...
