Written by: Sierra Goerg A cancer diagnosis often leads to a scary and confusing time for patients and their caregivers, especially when they live in a community with restricted resources. Yunus&Youth fellow, Lourdes Soares, lives in the small beach town of Goa,...
Written by: Sierra Goerg Aiming to disrupt the domestic violence cycle in Brazil, Yunus&Youth fellow Renata Rizzi created the fashion brand Utopiar to empower women in Brazil who have overcome domestic abuse. Renata came up with Utopiar after discovering the...
Written by: Ignacio Rodriguez Six months ago, I was accepted as a Yunus&Youth 2019 Fellow. Last month, I had to announce that I would not be able to complete the fellowship. I failed in delivering most of the curriculum activities and lost several opportunities...
Written by: Stephanie Blum Y&Y Fellow Andrea Rangel is a Mexican economist and founder of María Josefina. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Universidad de Monterrey and got recognized for her social project and the potential impact of this amazing initiative....
Written by: Stephanie Blum Elizabeth Lahey (or Lizzie, as she likes to be called) was born in the Midwest and describes herself as “coming from the non-profit world.” Graduating with a major in Strategic Communication from Miami University of Ohio, she always had a...
Written by: Stephanie Blum Yunus&Youth Fellow Tolulope Owajoba Adeyemo is a social entrepreneur from Nigeria with experience in international development. She holds a degree in Microbiology from Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria, did a social entrepreneurship...
Written by: Stephanie Blum Nicole Ryan transformed the sad story about her brother’s death into information to help others. Her connection with the issue gave her the strength to go out and educate young students about drugs to reduce the harms...
Written by: Sierra Goerg “We are not the only ones,” thought Yunus&Youth fellow, Chidi Nwaogu, which sparked him and his twin brother, Chika, to create an online publishing platform for African authors and musical artists. In 2017, Chidi and Chika came across a...
Written by: Mako Muzenda When Rachita Saraogi and Rebecca Thomson were studying design at Central Saint Martins, they noticed a trend that would ignite their desire to start Sisterhood. “Sisterhood began as a research project,” explains Saraogi. The number of women...
How about helping to promote peace in a country with war history while developing the start-up ecosystem? That was Steven Stavrou and his co-founder Burak Doluay’s idea. Written by: Stephanie Blum Steven has a strong connection with Cyprus, an island divided for over...
