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Paulo Mpokwa – The Importance of Community
Paulo is someone who has taken his experiences, his knowledge of his community, and his education, and put them together to come up with what it is he can do best. By carefully thinking about what it is that his community needs, he has come up with a creative solution...
Madhav Datt – Providing access to safe water for all
Written by: Lucas Bernar Yunus&Youth Fellow Madhav Datt was 8 years old when he first realized water scarcity was a huge problem. He was in a science class when the teacher said that the water table in India was falling by almost two feet every year. At the time,...
Elizabeth Lahey – Jewelry with a purpose
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 passion for social...
Lourdes Soares – Simplifying cancer care in India
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, India, and witnessed the...
Maria del Pilar – Turning life lessons into a social enterprise
Bursting with energy and plans, Maria del Pilar is a force of nature. She is someone who has learnt lessons from every one of her life experiences, and put them back into the world to help other people. Early on in the conversation she says that the greatest lesson...
Laís Higashi - Iluminando las áreas remotas de Brasil
Yunus & Youth Fellow Laís Higashi es una brasileña de 26 años criada en una familia de fuertes mujeres japonesas. Después de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, muchos niños japoneses habían perdido a sus padres, y la bisabuela de Laís sintió la necesidad de actuar, convirtiendo parte de su fábrica de salsa de soja ...
Gabriela Ferreiro – When activism meets social enterprises
When Gabriela speaks, you can tell that her background is that of an activist. She has a tangible sensitivity towards people whose lives are made difficult by their surrounding environments. At some point in the conversation she says: “isn’t there a phrase that says...
Y&Y Fellows contributed to the first online international forum of entrepreneurs in Azerbaijan
The sudden and unexpected spread of COVID-19 has not only claimed lives, it is having an unprecedented impact on global economic activity. Azerbaijan followed the suit and imposed a special lockdown regime across the country to tackle the further spread of the new...
The Question of Success is Subjective
The Question of Success is Subjective: An interview with Kimberly Ofori, a social entrepreneur and philanthropist CAN WE MEET YOU? My name is Kimberly Ofori. I was born and raised in Amsterdam, the Netherlands by my Ghanaian father and Surname mother. I have had a...
Fashion that heals: Renata Rizzi’s Fight to Disrupt Brazil’s Domestic Violence Cycle
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 number of women who face...
