Volunteer Spotlight!
We recently wrapped up our final term of our Outreach Volunteer Programme and wanted to highlight some of the volunteers who supported us in reaching young people in under resourced and underserved communities around the world.
Kaesha-Leigh was born in South Africa and raised in England and Ghana. She returned to South Africa, where she completed her law degree. In 2020, she launched her YouTube channel, Take It Off Podcast, speaking positively about sex and sex education in Africa in the hopes of having young Africans make informed and responsible decisions about sex for themselves. She is passionate about sex education and completed the menstruation, sexual, and reproductive health course with the Changemakers school. Kaesha recently completed her term as a social media outreach volunteer with Global Changemakers and cannot wait to complete the project management course as she has big plans for her own social impact projects and hopes to soon register a non-profit company that will aid in educating young Africans about their bodies, wholistic sex education, and reproductive rights. Kaesha-Leigh looks forward to a career of service to her community and one day, the continent.
Olaitan Oludele is a 20-year-old based in Lagos, Nigeria. She currently serves as an Intern at Utiva; an organization that is focused on providing individuals with the necessary skills to thrive in a tech role. She passionate about how young people can find their voice, communicate their brilliance and achieve their full potential. She also enjoys volunteering with organizations that are focused on female/ youth empowerment. In her spare time, she likes to read, watch movies and meet people.
Bamidele Segun Samuel, is an Environmental Toxicologist, a writer, global citizen, changemaker and an educator. He is currently working with the Teach for Nigeria Fellowship to create social impact and end improve education inequity in underserved and under-resourced communities in Nigeria.
In addition, he is also a content writer/storyteller for Updeed- an organization committed to sharing stories about Changemakers around the world. He is presently volunteering at the Eco-Diversified Network, African Climate Change Movement and Break-Free from Plastic Awareness Initiative.
He loves working towards creating social impact in his community. He also loves connecting and sharing ideas with Changemakers around the world. He believes in a just, fair and egalitarian community and works towards ensuring he plays his part in making this happen wherever he is.
Luisa Reis is a 17-year-old from Brazil. She is a freshman taking the History course at the Federal University of Pernambuco as well as studying International Relations at College Damas. Global Changemakers Outreach Volunteers was her first volunteering experience, and now she is a volunteer at UNICEF Brazil too, in a volunteer team called TmjUNICEF! Her dream is to be able to make positive social impact in Brazil and in the world both by volunteering and through her career. She had this to say “I’m thankful for GCM for being my start point and for the amazing connections around the world I made through the programme”
Nii Armah Kwaku Tagoe, is a holder of a BA in Psychology and Adult Education from the University of Ghana with close to seven years of experience in the financial services industry. He aspires to leadership and is currently an elected community leader (a Unit Committee member) serving his second term. He has a keen interest in leadership and personal development programs and is currently involved in programs and projects related to SDGs 3(Good health and wellbeing), 4(Quality education) and 17(Partnership for the goals).
Emery Irakoze is a Burundian activist for both peace and education, and is co-founder of an NGO called “Burundi Light of Life Action”. He is a graduand in “NGOs management and Sustainable Development” at Bujumbura International University and has earned different certificates such as “Becoming Global Citizens for a Sustainable Society”, and “Servant Leadership — The Deciding Difference” courses. As a 2021-Youth Delegate to the YOUNGAForum2021, he co-created solutions for a more inclusive and sustainable world, together with other 2,000+ youth delegates during the forum. He facilitated leadership and entrepreneurial debates as a campus coordinator for Africa Youth Leadership Forum. In a diplomatic debate competition held in 2021 at the end of the training on Diplomacy and Model of United Nations (MUN), he was awarded a medal. As a recent GCM Volunteer, he helped Global Changemakers reach young people in his community with the services and resources that they provide. Finally, he is currently volunteering for International Human Rights Commission and for Million Peacemakers Youth, to promote the art of everyday peace-making.
Since 2020, we have worked with over 400 volunteers from over 70 countries. We would like to share a special thanks to them for supporting our mission and helping us reach more changemakers from around the world with key skills and resources to make a positive impact in their communities.
