Rodrigo Arnaud Bellow’s organization, Techamos Una Mano, was honored with the National Youth Award given by Mexico’s President for its innovative work in transforming discarded waste into high-quality, low-income housing. Congratulations Rodrigo!
Khalida Brohi reports that Sughar, a program of Participatory Development Initiatives in Pakistan, is off to a strong start. Sughar seeks an end to tribal traditions like honor killing and child marriage in Pakistan by providing women with socio-economic empowerment opportunities. Learn more and view photos of Sughar’s embroidered products.
Marita Cheng, founder of Robogals, was recognized as Young Australian of the Year for her outstanding achievement in empowering young women to pursue careers in engineering and technology. Since its inception, Robogals has reached nearly 3,000 young women across 80 schools throughout Australia. Congratulations Marita!
Rajeeb Dey, founder of Enternships in the UK, announced a new partnership with Santander Bank designed to link university talent to Santander’s business banking customers. Says Rajeeb, “It’s a great example of how a start up like Enternships can work with a corporate bank to unlock opportunities within SMEs at a time of record levels of youth unemployment.” Read Rajeeb’s 2012 Enternships predictions.
Andeisha Farid, founder of the Afghan Child Education and Care Organization (AFCECO), reports that the six AFCECO youth now touring the U.S. are having an experience they will never forget. The youth and their English teacher, Ian Pounds, visited the International Youth Foundation’s offices in January. The event is captured in an IYF blog.
George Gachara, who co-founded Plan B to encourage young Kenyans to take an interest in current and civic affairs, announces the launch of a new online radio channel.
Sarah Gogel, co-founder of Global Potential (GP), is poised to expand GP’s work from its two U.S. locations in New York and Boston to Paris, France. Sarah recently visited IYF’s Baltimore headquarters to update staff on GP’s accomplishments and future plans.
Eugeniu Graur writes that CERTITUDE, an organization he founded to promote youth entrepreneurship in Moldova, has been selected as Regional Partner for Europe by Youth Service America and will play a lead role in organizing Global Youth Service Day on April 20-22, 2012.
Lilit Simonyan, founder of the Stepanavan Youth Center (SYC), writes of its efforts to strengthen the leadership skills of hundreds of Armenian girls, ages 13 to 16, with support from a Starbucks Shared Planet Youth Action Grant. Read Lilit’s blog.
Antonella Vagliente, founder of the Toolkit for High Schools in Argentina, was a featured speaker at TEDxRíodelaPlata. View her presentation.
”Follow their example”, recomm from Danube.EDU team
