Utica Greens
Established in 2016, Utica Greens is a nonprofit organization that aims to foster community through local gardens. We work to connect community gardens to form a cohesive network. Through this cooperative structure, Utica Greens hopes to make each garden stronger, enabling them to feed and educate more people while creating a safe environment for the […]
Emily Moschowits
Emily Moschowits is a Biology and Food Studies graduate from Hamilton College. During her time there, she became involved with the food community both on- and off-campus. Through a two-year internship program, she joined the local food policy council, learning the issues that surrounded the food landscape of Utica, NY. The following summer she studied […]
Steven Miller
Steven Miller grew up in Oregon and is now a sophomore at Oregon State University studying Finance in the College of Business. Being adopted from an impoverished household in South Korea, Steven understands that he is very fortunate to have been given the chance to grow up in America, and in turn decided to start […]
Darosa Elfrida
Darosa Elfrida is majoring in environmental engineering at the Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, Indonesia. She is interested in environmental issues as well as social and international relations issues. Since high school, she has been active in a lot of debate competitions and has won several awards. At that time, she also became the event […]
Open Defecation Free (ODF) Surabaya
Galuh Sekar Arum & Darosa Elfrida will provide education and latrine building in Indonesia to end public defecation and related public health issues, ensuring that every home has basic sanitation infrastructure.
Galuh Sekar Arum
Galuh Sekar Arum was born in Balikpapan, Indonesia. In 2011, she was selected to represent her city in Youth Leadership Forum, and that was the time when she realized young leaders will determine the future of the world; thus, she started to join any activites that would improve her leadership and social skills. In 2014, […]
Betlhime Zewde
Betlhime Zewde (Faven) is in her last semester of Bachelor of Commerce at MacEwan University majoring in Management, with plans of continuing her education to get a second degree in Social Work and her MSW/MBA specializing in International and Community Development. She is also a second year MacEwan University Ambassador, Peer Support volunteer, VP finance […]
Gerard Mutabazi Amani
Since arriving in Canada, Gerard has dedicated his time and energy into serving humanity. He is the President of Diaspora African Youth Association (DAYA), a youth-led organization in Edmonton which encourages the unity of African youth and positive contribution to society. He is a self-published Author and you can visit www.humanityseed.com for more information. Born in DR […]
Youth Empowerment & Integration (YEI)
Gerard Mutabazi Amani, Faraja Tresor Amanda, and Betlhime Zewde founded Youth Empowerment & Integration (YEI) to empower African youth in Edmonton, Canada to become effective leaders through education, career development, and community integration mentoring and support.
Faraja Tresor Amanda
Faraja Tresor Amanda was born in the DR Congo, left the country at age 4 due to civil wars and grew up in Tanzania Refugee camp. He goes by his middle name Tresor which is the French version of treasure. He believes to be a treasure for this world with a sole purpose to serve humanity. His family […]
