Written by: Sierra Goerg “We are not the only ones,” thought Yunus&Youth fellow, Chidi Nwaogu,...
Fellows’ Stories
Sisterhood: when girls design their space in the world
Written by: Mako Muzenda When Rachita Saraogi and Rebecca Thomson were studying design at Central...
Jesselina Rana and Shubhangi Rana: Taking on taboos
Jesselina and Shubhangi started Pad2Go once they returned to their native Nepal after...
Meet the Yunus&Youth Fellows: Igor Marinelli
What if you could be a superhero in a child’s life?Written by: Marcela Lessa This is the story of...
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...
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...