Nacionalidad: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nombre de la Organización: Youth Initiative for Development in Africa

Región de Impacto: Eastern Africa

Sobre el Negocio Social: YIDA (Youth Initiative for Development in Africa) is a youth-led and Community Based Organization that is formed to promote education for children and create jobs for youth in Kyaka II refugee camp. YIDA establishes pre-primary schools and refugee parents pay to access the service at affordable price.

Sobre el Y&Y Fellow: Ntakiruti James, he is the founder of an organization called Youth Initiative for Development in Africa (YIDA), helping refugee children in Uganda to access Early Childhood Education in the camp. He pursued a degree in Busines Management at African Leadership College in Mauritius. In 2014 to 2016 he worked as a president of COBURWAS International Youth Organization to Transform Africa (CIYOTA) Branch, in Uganda.