Global Changemaking Students: Spicy Interview with Jingwa Lesly Grace – Leading Cameroon & Africa
Be the brightest star in the sky and prove the world wrong about women being unable to do great things. Jingwa Kakdeu Lesly-Grace is Tony Elumelu Fellow, YALI alumni and a young Cameroonian changemaker in the Agricultural sector.
Global Changemaking Students: Afaf Assas is Using Journalism to Change Narratives in Algiers
Don’t get into a rat race, you can take suggestions from people but never try to be like anyone else except YOURSELF. Afaf Assas is Using Journalism to Change Narratives in Algiers
Global changemaking Students: Aicha Fall, Senegal’s Student Leader
From terrible, low self-esteem issues to becoming an internationally recognized student leader in the US, Senegal’s Aisha Fall inspires many.
Global Changemaking Students: Meet James Okina, Director of Street Priests Foundation & 2017 Global Teen Leader
James Okina had a very difficult and complicated childhood, from having asthma, parental issues to being on the streets.
Global Changemaking Students: Check Out Miguel Ramirez, Business Management Expert and SAGE Mentor
Miguel Ramirez is a young business management expert and SAGE Global Mentor helping young teenage entrepreneurs build business skills
Global Changemaking Students: Cecilia Njika an Accounting student with a passion to make Africa Clean
She became more conscious about certain things in life and more outspoken after her SUSI scholarship in the USA. Now she’s an accountant with a desire to Make Africa Clean.
Global Changemaking Students: Let’s Tell You About Ozioma Temple Egemasi the AIESECer
Temple Egemasi is a member of the Calabar Youth Council for Women’s Right and an AIESC member making a difference
Global Changemaking Student: Jaclyn Soller the Wonderful Filipino SAGE Mentor at CSU Chico
What three lessons has traveling taught you?
Go with the flow
Once you hit your lowest, there’s no other way but up
The world is an amazing place
2nd Place Blankpaperz Intern Contest Winner: Abdulai Halidu
Congrats to our 2nd Place Blankpaperz Intern Contest Winner: Abdulai Halidu!
1st Place Winner Blankpaperz Intern Contest: Precious Umo
FOR THE NIGHT IS DARK AND FULL OF TERRORS We toiled in the brightness of the day Under the scorching sun and rain ensuring our hands were busy but clean To make returns to the family we bore but while men slept They trippled our efforts With activities that eyes nor ears could fathom It’s true some of us also toiled the night For the job demanded thus Yet our hands were pure and uncompromising But while men slept They took to their guns and ammunitions Swift as the wind into homes they went For there their businesses laid We conceived and brought forth on the same morning The day which marked an end to our months of discomfort and travail For our rewards we held in our hands Grateful for the pains we went through For on our laps the objects of our joy laid But…
POIGNANT SHADOWS
Nwaogu Chinenye Cynthia is a young aspiring writer who found her voice in writing and believes the written words are the essence of human life.
Global Changemaking Students: Megan Darnell, President of UMKC Enactus Team
How do you juggle school and other activities at the same time?
I don’t sleep much, that’s how! I am involved in many different things: I am a full-time Masters student, I work in the business department of our university, I run my own international business, I am in our Entrepreneurial Scholars program and I am the president of our Enactus team.
All I want is to make this world a better place before I leave it. As for my passion behind traveling, a quote by Saint Augustine may say it best, “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page”. I am not very materialistic, but I do treasure experiences, and those travel experiences let me grow as a person and learn more about the beautiful world around me.
Global Changemaking Students: Aminata Diambo the Creative Senegalese Fashion Designer & Engineering Student
“… pink dresses and skirts, somehow meant that you couldn’t climb trees, or run fast behind the ball or just have fun.”
Amina’s dad shaped her mind into believing that she could be anything she wanted to be.