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Ignacio Rodriguez: Connecting people with the power of empathy
When Ignacio Rodriguez started Epix in late 2015, he was driven by a desire to tell human stories. He had previously worked in France at a company that combined education and technology. This was the beginning of his journey in social entrepreneurship. “I decided to...
How are social business leaders improving mental health worldwide?
Worldwide, young people are affected by all sorts of mental health challenges. In 2017, it was estimated that over 1 billion people face mental health disorders, which include depression, anxiety, bipolar and eating disorders, drug abuse, and schizophrenia. Among...
Babajide Oluwase: The Environmental Enthusiast
Babajide Oluwase’s infectious laugh and boundless motivation come through from the moment he starts speaking. His journey with RenewDrive, now rebranding under the name Ecotutu, started with him doing advocacy work during his university days – fitting as he calls...
Tyler Vogel: A social business helping end Malaria
“You never know how powerful an idea is until you go out and put it into action”, those were the words from Yunus & Youth Fellow Tyler Vogel as advice to young students when he was invited to speak at high school graduation last month. Tyler, a 24-year-old social...
The Y&Y Social Business Journey in São Tomé and Príncipe
In 2019, Yunus & Youth designed and implemented, in collaboration with UNDP São Tome and Príncipe and the local government, a program dedicated to supporting young people in the development of innovative business solutions that address local...
Illuminating education: Y&Y Fellow Kiko Muuo funded by the United Nations
Angaza Elimu, the name of Kiko Muuo’s business, is Swahili for ‘illuminated education’. It’s a very fitting name to what the business does: it highlights the gaps in the Kenyan education system, and comes up with enlightened solutions to the identified problems. Kiko...
Leave no one behind: ensuring an inclusive future
Today we hosted our last Webinar of our August Series. We were joined by 5 of our fellows from Nigeria, Mozambique, Bangladesh, France and Kenya to discuss about Ensuring an inclusive future. Our fellows talked about the importance of diversity and inclusivity,...
The Role of Diversity in the New Normal
We are stronger together! Today we hosted our 4th Webinar in our August Webinar Series to celebrate International Youth Day! Our fellows had a very insightful and inspiring discussion about what Diversity means in today's world and the many challenges and...
#YouthDay: The Role of Youth in the “New” Normal
When you take a chance you can change the world. To celebrate International Youth Day we hosted a Webinar to discuss about The Role of Youth in the "New" Normal. We were joined by four of our Y&Y fellows and talked about breaking stereotypes of generations,...
Avina Ajit: Turning compassion into a business
Avina Ajit is the co-founder of a non-profit organisation that is based on making available the human right to access for refugees and other migrant communities. She remembers hearing about the plight of refugees around the world from a young age. She saw a large...
