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The Role of Social Entrepreneurs to Build a Sustainable Future
Today we continued with our August Webinar Series with a wonderful session on The Role of Social Entrepreneurs to build a Sustainable Future. We discussed about the reality that Social Entrepreneurs in different parts of the world have been facing due to the...
A Measure of Success – Introducing Y&Y’s Social Impact Assessment and Strategy for New Ventures
Yunus & Youth exists to empower young people around the world – young people passionate about making a change, and who are working on ideas that come from an intimate knowledge of their local contexts. The Fellowship may only last six months but during that time...
Turning crisis into opportunities
Today our August Webinar Series about Building the New "Normal": Social Entrepreneurship after COVID-19 officially begun! We were joined by 5 of our fellows to discuss about turning crisis into opportunities, the challenges of social entrepreneur in today's context,...
Chido Dzinotyiwe: Providing information access to the Zimbabwean youth
Y&Y Fellow Chido Dzinotyiwei, a 23-year-old woman from Zimbabwe, is the director and co-founder of the Zimbabwe Economic Youth Forum (ZEYF). Born in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, she later moved to South Africa with her parents. Chido graduated with...
Diversity Manifesto Launch: We are ALL invited to the party!
On Thursday July 23rd, we hosted our Diversity Manifesto Launch Webinar. This initiative came in light of the events that the world has witnessed regarding diversity and social justice in the past months. As Yunus & Youth, we want to reaffirm our commitment...
Y&Y Diversity Manifesto
Yunus & Youth believes diversity is an expression of our individual uniqueness and a powerful condition for collective change. It includes, but is not limited to, our race, ethnicity, nationality and migrant status, language, sexual orientation, gender identity,...
Steven Stavrou: Development, peace and social business
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. Steven has a strong connection with Cyprus, an island divided for over 45 years. Part of his...
Social Entrepreneurship in COVID-19 times: an update from Y&Y Fellows who are fighting the pandemic
Social Entrepreneurship in COVID-19 times: an update from Y&Y fellows who are fighting the pandemic Between April 20th and 21st this year, Yunus & Youth joined other international youth-supporting organizations, including Ashoka, Bosch Alumni Network, Bridge...
Arthur Lima: Addressing institutional racism in Brazil’s healthcare system for the Afro-Brazilian community
“When you talk to people about your problem, you will find that it is someone else’s problem, too.” For 28-year-old Arthur Lima from Salvador, Brazil, his problem was one oft-ignored, but one that plagued the lives of many other Afro-Brazilians like him: the problem...
Beverly Mutindi: My social entrepreneurial journey
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...
