POONAM AHLUWALIA – founder and director of Youth Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
Poonam is the founder and director of Youth Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (YES), a non-profit based in Cambridge, MA, aimed at creating youth employment opportunities. She believes in empowering youth and using a collaborative approach, which has established YES networks in 55 countries.
After high school, Poonam taught hygiene in small schools. Inspired by her mother’s advice to leave places better than she found them, she adopted this philosophy in her projects. In 1997, she joined the Education Development Center (EDC) in Newton, MA, developing workforce workshops funded by USAID in Peru, India, and Namibia. These workshops highlighted youth unemployment, prompting her to found YES in 1998.
In 2002, she launched a 10-year campaign to create global education and job opportunities for youth, starting with an international summit in Alexandria, Egypt. Poonam has organized multiple international and regional summits, focusing on renewable energy, ICT, HIV/AIDS campaigns, rural development, and water sanitation.
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Mme Oulimata Sarr, Directrice Régionale du Bureau d'ONU Femmes à Dakar.
Babacar Ngom
M. Babacar Ngom, Président Directeur Général du Groupe SEDIMA.
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