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Nancy Kisangau
Nancy Kisangau is a fourth year student at Kenyatta University pursuing a Bachelor degree in Law. Prior to this, she worked in the Kenya National Human Rights Commission as an attaché in the Reforms and accountability department. She has also worked in the government sector as an intern in the National Housing Corporation, a state parastatal committed to effectuating housing rights for Kenyan citizens.
Nairobi
Kenya
Name, Title
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
United States
After graduating with a BA in Economics and English, Amanda worked for the Chilean Ministry of Education as an English teacher in Chile. While there, she volunteered for an urban development NGO that was carrying out 24 community projects and helped draft Frutillar, Chile’s successful application to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. During her career, she has worked with international youth on educational programs sponsored by the British Council and the U.S. Department of State. She is a former White House intern and an incoming Fulbright Scholar.
Felix Mmeka
Port Harcourt
Nigeria
Felix is currently a National Youth Service Corp member serving his country, Nigeria at Ministry of Works, Uyo, Akwa Ibom. He graduated from Swansea University, with a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering in 2014 and went on to complete a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering in 2017. Felix developed a strong devotion to Youth Empowerment and giving back to his Community during his time at Swansea University from various leadership roles e.g. Sports Officer and Trustee of Swansea University Students’ Union, Treasurer of 2 societies etc. These experiences gave him an appreciation of how initiatives can significantly impact people’s lives.
Harun Momanyi
Nairobi
Kenya
Harun Momanyi is a youth empowerment expert, a socioeconomic development journalist and an entrepreneur. He is passionate about the SDGs. Originally from Kenya, Harun currently works as the Head of Kenya with Reform Africa Group, a Pan-African organization focusing on creating solutions to help youth realize meaningful employment and tackle life challenges better. In 2014, he was finalist in the Haller Prize for Development Journalism, became and ambassador for the NUHA Foundation Global Blogging Prize in 2015, a Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 nominee in 2018 and was shortlisted for the BBC World News Service Komla Dumor Award in 2018.
Victor Musa
Abuja
Nigeria
Victor is an Engineer and a problem solver. He is passionate about education and poverty eradication. Victor currently works as Cofounder and facilitator of Tech the girl Child Africa (TGC) an outreach program that seeks to engage over 10,000 girl child, especially in Africa with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).
Victor is also serving as Director of sales and marketing at Mingcart, a company he cofounded in 2016 to unify Africa through culture and traditions.
Victor has received a number of prestigious National Merit Scholarship awards for his dedication to education. He hopes see everyone educated someday.
Ezinne Uche
Ezinne is a youth passionate about issues pertaining to inclusive growth, sustainable development, climate change and the enormous transformations taking place in especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. She seeks to earn a doctorate degree in Development Economics and her career goal is to be a development economist in an international development organization.
Lagos
Nigeria
Hafiz Jawad Sohail
Project Officer, Partnerships and Events
Hafiz Jawad Sohail is a climate activist and SDGs advocate from Pakistan. He joined the Global Schools team as Project Officer for Partnerships & Events. As a strong advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Hafiz is committed to supporting youth participation and engagement in the processes and policies through his activism and engagement with several global networks. Hafiz (born in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1993) is a trained Climate Reality Leader, UN volunteer and International Development professional. He was a delegate to the COP26 (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Conference of the Parties) that took place from the 1st to the 12th of November 2021, where he was invited to represent the Children and Youth Constituency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (YOUNGO). Hafiz also served as the Country Coordinator for COY16 (The 16th UN Climate Change Conference of Youth). He was a delegate to the HPAIR Asia Conference 2021 (The Harvard College Project for Asian and International Relations), Paris Peace Forum and UNLEASH Innovation Lab, 2019 in China. Professionally, Hafiz is a researcher, geoscience professional and has worked with multinational and private companies. He completed his bachelor’s degree in geology from University of the Punjab, Lahore in 2014 and is currently pursuing master’s degree in Public Administration from the Virtual University of Pakistan. He is part of several global and regional networks including YOUNGO (official youth constituency of UNFCCC), UNEP MGCY, The Climate Reality Project, Global Thinkers Forum, World Youth Alliance, CIVICUS and others. Hafiz has a rich volunteering experience and passion for climate education and advocacy. He greatly values cross-cultural experiences and meeting new people from all parts of the world. Locally, he is associated with SDGs Academy Pakistan to take change and development at grass root level by creating awareness and activism in citizens. He is always in pursuit of a role where his energies will make an impact on surroundings. Hafiz aims to learn modern tools and skills to continue his struggle throughout his career.
