Country: Cameroon About: Achaleke is a peacebuilder in Cameroon and across West Africa. His innovative work on preventing violent extremism and community violence has made him a respected young leader in the Youth, Peace and Security space. He holds an MSC in International Development Conflict Security and Development from the University of Birmingham UK. In…
Nilima Raut
Country: Nepal About: A young development professional passionate about youth and community development. Nilima is a travel enthusiast and hiker. She has done masters in ‘Inter-Asia Non-profit Organization Studies from Sungkonghoe University in South Korea and served as an Atlas Corps Fellow in Washington DC. I was born and raised in a small village in…
Farai Munjoma
Country: Zimbabwe About: Farai is studying his Masters in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Edinburgh University. He runs Shasha Network, an impact driven Education Consultancy aimed at increasing access to quality education across the developing world through leveraging on storytelling, community engagement and education service delivery. His program works to enable communities to achieve their fullest…
Ahmed Konneh
Country: Liberia About: Ahmed is a social entrepreneur that is passionate about education reform, youth development and governance. He is a co-founder and Director of Strategic Communication and fundraising at SMART Liberia, an education and youth development social venture. Ahmed is a graduate of African Leadership College in Mauritius, a Goalkeeper at Bill and Melinda…
Regine Guevara
Country: Phillipines About: Regine is a young philanthropist, urban gardener, and peace activist from the ASEAN region. Owing to her multicultural Jewish-Asian heritage, she convenes the International Youth Centre for Peace, which seeks to bring together young public servants and peacebuilders to exchange meaningful conversations and best practices around diversity and inclusion, and the broader…
Tsega Tadesse Belachew
Country: Ethiopia About: As a teenager in Ethiopia, I helped organize one of the first youth-led efforts to support two million people affected by famine and drought. Since then, I co-created new platforms to elevate African diaspora stories and creativity. As founding faculty at the African Leadership Academy and later at Ashoka: Innovators for the…
Imrana Alhaji Buba
Country: Nigeria About: A young peacebuilder with unwavering passion for community development and transformative change. He founded the Youth Coalition Against Terrorism in Nigeria to address violence. He studied MSc Africa and International Development at the University of Edinburgh, UK and BSc Political Science at the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria. He was the Commonwealth Youth…
Carolina Hidalgo-McCabe
Country: United States of America About: A civic activist who has lived in the Dominican Republic, Panama, Morocco, Washington D.C., and Boston. She is studying Civic Studies and International Relations at Tufts University. Change does not come easy. But it comes. As someone who has been fortunate enough to live in various regions and learn…
Karen Carvajalino
Country: Colombia About: I am a psychologist and licensed trainer in Neuro Linguistics Programming. Those are just my titles, I am also a passionate dreamer, enthusiastic entrepreneur, and education leader that has been working the past 16 years to develop the entrepreneurial spirit in Latin America. At 10, my sisters and I started our first…
Angelique Sinna
Country: Puerto Rico About: Angelique Sina is a social entrepreneur and President of Friends of Puerto Rico. After working at the World Bank, she launched a multi-million-dollar philanthropic fund to support youth in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. As part of her efforts, she launched Café Ama, a social impact coffee that creates a pathway…
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