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El Emprendimiento Social como Herramienta para Garantizar Derechos a las Personas con Discapacidad
Y&Y: Tell us about Libertate. Why does it exist? Gabriela: Libertate was born in the face of a very strong reality of exclusion that violates the rights of people with disabilities and joins in providing solutions to promote a more just, inclusive world that...
Carla Reinagel: Working with the local community
Carla Reinagel set up Equip Mozambique with her husband a few years ago. They first came to Mozambique in 2008, and during their first few years worked for a relief organisation. They realised, after reading the book When Helping Hurts, that the organisation they were...
A World of Three Zeros: Insights from the Y&Y Fellows Meeting with Professor Muhammad Yunus
On November 23rd, Y&Y Fellows had one of their most exciting Zoom meetings of 2020. With his optimistic wisdom and his inspiring words, Professor Muhammad Yunus joined our virtual room! In his talk, he emphasized the new path we need to build towards a more...
Adele Bruggeman: Girls’ empowerment through sports
Sports as means of empowering girls was something quite unexplored in Adele Bruggeman’s local community in Cape Town. As an athlete herself, who played soccer and lacrosse all throughout her childhood and young adult life, Adele is convinced of the value and potential...
Presentamos la primera camada de Y&Y Fellows de América Latina
Después de revisar más de 340 postulaciones y entrevistar a más de 70 emprendedores ¡llegó el momento de presentar la primera camada de Y&Y Fellows LATAM!
Sashka Avanyan: Social businesses in the local creative economy
The idea for Creopia Productions was born out of a love for the Armenian city of Vanadzor. This is the city Sashka Avanyan is from. It’s Armenia’s third biggest city, but in a lot of ways it’s completely overlooked. When looking at Armenia’s political context – a...
How Should Social Entrepreneurs Approach Impact Investors?
The Yunus & Youth team is always looking for opportunities to build the capacity and skills of our Fellows. On November 11th, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dan and Libby, from the University Impact Fund, who spoke brilliantly about what is impact investing and...
Maria del Mar Jaramillo: Cuando la Maternidad inspira una vocación y se convierte en una Empresa Social
Maria’s journey with her social business began when she was 17. At this young age she became pregnant with her son. Although it came as a shock, she knew she was in a position where she could carry on studying, working, traveling, leading a normal life – she had...
Abhishek Banerjee: Improving the world, one brick at a time
Burnt-clay bricks are among the most popular building materials in India, and the country is their second-largest producer in the world, delivering 200 billion bricks every year. While the brick industry’s rise has increased employment opportunities – the industry is...
FIND YOUR TRIBE: An inspirational interview with Atti Worku on her move from Fashion to Philanthropy
Before you can tackle any problem successfully, you need to go to the root. Most of the problems in our society, especially the African society, as elaborate as they may seem, are caused by improper management at the grassroots. Atti Worku is an individual who is...
