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Catalyzing Change with local communities
Chiyanika Nakasamu, a Zambian social entrepreneur, grew up witnessing the harsh realities of poverty and environmental degradation in his community. Determined to make a difference, he founded Fourth Line Limited, focusing on beekeeping and financial inclusion to...
Teddy Akongo: Cultivating Creativity and Artistic Skills
Teddy Akongo, Co-Founder and Director of the WAWERO Foundation, began her social entrepreneurship journey after facing personal challenges. With generous sponsorship, she pursued her passion for music and realized the transformative power of arts education. This led...
A Journey from Darkness to Empowerment: The Story Behind Flourish Life Design Academy
Sienna Zhiwen Xu was born and raised in a small village in China. With a background as a school teacher, team leader, and program coordinator, Sienna observed young people struggling without purpose or passion. This situation inspired her to create a startup that...
The Impact of Comprehensive Period and Sexual Education
Laura Coryton grew up in a rural town far from London, never expecting to impact policy or change her country. While studying feminism at university, she started an online campaign to abolish the "tampon tax," a discriminatory tax on period products. Her petition...
Meet the Mentor: Rachel Baker
Being a Y&Y Mentor is a transformative experience, and I'm not talking only about the Y&Y Fellows who receive mentoring, but also about the mentors themselves. For Rachel Baker, the Y&Y Fellowship Program brought her so many new learnings that she...
Carolina Zuheill Candelario Rosales: Brindando atención médica a comunidades desatendidas
In her last year of medical school in Mexico, Carolina did her mandatory year of social service in a remote rural community. At the start, she thought she would simply be at a local clinic and would be able to take care of the patients in the community. When...
Meet the Y&Y Mentor: Daphne Huang
"As a mentor, you might not realize how valuable your knowledge is to a social entrepreneur, but, for anybody in business, this is a self-discovery and very rewarding opportunity." This is what Y&Y Mentor Daphne Huang would say about the Y&Y Fellowship...
Manos del Monte: un taller para empoderar a las mujeres de comunidades rurales
María Norris se mudó de Buenos Aires a Chaco para trabajar con las mujeres de la zona y proveerles herramientas para generar sus propios ingresos. Hoy ya tienen una marca propia y una línea de productos de packaging sustentable. Hace cuatro años María Norris decidió...
UNIDAS: una escuela para potenciar el liderazgo femenino
María Alejandra Menaldo es oriunda de San Marcos, Guatemala. Creó una escuela en su pueblo natal para que más mujeres puedan desarrollarse en su ámbito profesional y personal. Cada vez que a Alejandra le preguntan quién es ella siempre habla de su lugar de origen: San...
Dymaxion Labs: nuevas tecnologías para generar estadísticas de impacto
La empresa creada por Federico Bayle usa imágenes satelitales y datos provenientes de sensores y de las redes sociales para generar información para el desarrollo urbano y el sector agrícola.
