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Hello Novermber! We continue to highlight our youth champions who continue to transform their communities in various capacities. This article focuses our spotlight on our last 2 champions. We celebrate their community development contributions.

 

 ROBERT RUHIU



Background and Passion

Robert is an actuarial science student. He is an avid volunteer and aspiring 

entrepreneur with a passion to help other young people develop economically 

through entrepreneurship. He is also very involved in the efforts to combat climate 

change and environmental destruction.


Leadership and Achievements

He has played a key role in multiple community outreach programs with various 

organizations including VSO, Volunteer-Involving Organizations, Greenpeace Africa and 

the Hult Prize. While volunteering in VSO he helped plan a three-day training to 

empower young people with hearing disability gain employment skills. He also 

organized a clean-up and waste management training exercise in his residential town.


Motivation to join YSD

Ruhiu joined YSD so as to play an active role in youth development. He hopes YSD will 

link him to other changemakers who seek similar goals and can give ideas in how to 

reach them.


Aspirations 

Robert aspires to use his entrepreneurial skills to develop social enterprises that will grow 

the community as well as inspire other youth to build businesses that have a positive 

impact on society.


Message to the Youth

Let your life be a blessing to others.


IMANI ENOCK



Background and passion

Imani is an Education policy researcher, a teacher, an SDG enthusiast, a passionate humanitarian advocator and a writer. He has published and attended various peer reviewed papers for various interdisciplinary conferences in Kenya on issues about Education and Tech.He has a voluntary experience with VSO-ICS under the EYEE project in Makueni Kenya.

Leadership and key achievements.

Imani believes leadership is an important skill for one to have. As a leader in his community, he has improved his self-confidence, mobilization, advocacy and speaking skills through his day-to-day experiences with people. He has served as a student leader, mentor and held almost every club office, including serving as a legal advisor for the Kibabii University Red-cross chapter in 2019.  Enock has also been involved in youth and women programs that ensured sustainable livelihoods in various organizations. He mobilized resources and started a poultry learning center as a running project.

Motivation for joining YSD

Imani was motivated by the desire to bring positive change to the society and the opportunities to grow and achieve his goals. He also wanted to find out what he is good at through staying, generating community solution ideas and serving others. Since joining YSD Nairobi, he has become more self-awareness, which has benefited his career.

Your aspirations

“My aspirations in life have always been tied towards achieving social change which includes practice of random kindness that can start a ripple effect beyond myself,” adds Imani. He is also looking forward to becoming a humanitarian and education policy expert.

Your message to the youth

“Let’s keep the fire burning; we have the strength and all that it takes,” he concludes.

 


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