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After witnessing her classmate use her school beret to sustain her period, Ruth Egbedi set out on a journey to fight period poverty and ensure that every young girl has access to sanitary pads. It hasn't been an easy journey, but it has been a remarkable one. Follow the epic journey of Ruth Egbedi on the final episode of the climb podcast first season.
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Oladotun Ajayi is a graduate nurse and social entrepreneur from Oyo State in South-West Nigeria. As a University student, Oladotun stumbled upon LinkedIn, an online professional networking platform, and in a short time, he was surprised at the impact the platform had on his career. Seeing how impactful the platform had been for him, Oladotun decided to introduce it to other young people whose careers and networks also stand a chance to be enhanced. In 2022, he co-founded students on LinkedIn, an organization that aims to introduce LinkedIn and its immense benefits to young people around the world. Since establishing students on LinkedIn, Oladotun and his team have had virtual and in-person training sessions with thousands of young people, and he also has won a number of awards and recognition for his work, including one special award that is consider the highest honor any young changemaker in the world can get. Find out what it is, and listen to Oladotun's full story on the climb podcast.
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Memory Tapela Banda is a young social entrepreneur from the southern African nation of Zambia. Growing up in her local community, Tapela became friends with two girls who were living with Albinism, and in the course of their friendship, Tapela witnessed first-hand, the intense discrimination and exclusion these girls suffered from their community. This encounter was one that would change Tapela's entire life as she could not understand why people would be treated differently because of a condition they were born with and couldn't control. In 2017, Tapela launched the Zambian Albinism Matter Organization, a group dedicated to safeguarding the rights and wellbeing of people living with Albinism. Six years later, the organization has done some truly remarkable things and continues to grow. Listen to Tapela's Story on the climb podcast.
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Dr. Nicholas Addae Mensah is a doctor and youth-health campaigner from the West African nation of Ghana. Born to a hardworking single mother, Dr. Nicholas grew up facing serious financial difficulties that almost scuttled his dreams of becoming a doctor. But against the odds, Nicholas made it through medical school, and today, beyond being a doctor, he has also dedicated himself to help educate young people about teenage pregnancy, STD's, depression, and other youth related health issues. Find out how he's doing this by listening to his incredible story on the climb podcast.
Episode Host: Jewel Atedou Bright
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Leonie Mills is a young communications professional and youth activist from the west African nation of Ghana. She is the founder of the African Youth Security Network, an organization aimed at connecting youth across Africa and placing their voices at the heart of the continent's political and economics discourse. Born in the United Kingdom, Leonie returned to her native Ghana to pursue her lofty dreams of raising the voices of young people in Africa's most youthful continent. So how does she intend to do this in a continent where the vast majority of leaders are over the age of 60? Listen to her story on the climb podcast.
Episode Host: Jewel Atedou Bright.
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Uma Abu is a young Nigerian software engineer working with Microsoft in the United States. As a child, Uma was fascinated by airplanes and wanted nothing more than to be a aeronautical engineer. Unfortunately, While studying for a degree in aeronautical engineering at Iowa State University, something happened that changed the trajectory of his life and career, sending him on a career defining journey. Follow this journey by listening to his full story on the climb podcast.
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Dr. Atsu Dede Latey is a young medical doctor from Ghana. In 2017, he launched an innovative toll-free short code mental health support helpline from his University dormitory, and today, what he created has gone on to help thousands of people across Ghana. For his incredible work on this largely overlooked issue of mental health in Africa, Dr. Atsu has received several awards and features on international journals. So how did he do it? How was something so innovative created a University dormitory? Find out on this episode of the climb podcast, Atsu's Story.
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Since the age of 13, Ayomide Akran has been teaching young girls about menstrual hygiene while also advocating for improved access to affordable sanitary pads for underserved girls and young women across Nigeria. Her foundation, the Pink Diva Organization is dedicated to tackling the issue of menstrual poverty, a troubling phenomenon affecting over 500 million women across the world, with 30 million in Nigeria alone. So how does a 13 year old secondary school student establish and run a charity tackling such an important global issue? Listen to Ayomide's Story on the climb podcast.
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Deborah Benjamin is a young changemaker from the western Nigerian town of Ibadan. She is also the Executive Director of Save a Girl Africa, a charity dedicated to helping young people stand against Gender based Violence in their communities. After supporting her friend through an awful and truly appalling sexual assault, Deborah began her changemaking journey towards ensuring that no other girl suffers what her friend experienced. Today, Deborah's work has impacted numerous young people across her native city of Ibadan, and she is poised to further expand her work. Listen to the remarkable story of Deborah on the climb podcast.
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Khouloud Ben Mansour is a young Tunisian development professional with a fascinating career story. While studying chemistry at the University, she stumbled upon an opportunity to attend the Model United Nation, an encounter that ignited her passion for development and diplomatic issues. Following that encounter, Khouloud found herself obsessed with starting a career in development, a career journey she undertook with great enthusiasm and which has taken her to the top tables of global diplomacy and international development. Today, she serves as the African Union's Youth Ambassador for Peace and she is keen to use her story as a testament to young people that anything is possible and dreams really do come through. Listen to Khouloud's Story on The Climb Podcast.
Episode host: Jewel Atedou Bright
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Old Soul by Jonny Easton
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From a young age, Mustapha Abubakar Gajibo developed a deep passion for technology and entrepreneurship. As a secondary school student, his passion for technology led him to conduct research which enabled him build innovative products he deployed to earn money in his local community in Northern Nigeria. By the time he got to the University, Mustapha was already blazing the technological trail and felt University education had very little to offer him so he dropped out of school and launched fully into the world of tech and entrepreneurship. Today, Mustapha's company, phoenix renewables, is one of the first and only companies building electric vehicles in Nigeria, and he is prime to break further grounds. Listen to the story of Mustapha on the climb podcast.
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Music Credits: Old Soul by Jonny Easton
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This episode follows Aboubacar Sidiki Komara’s story. This young Guinean architect founded Kaloum Bankhi, a non-profit organisation which aims to provide affordable and sustainable housing for underserved communities in the central neighbourhood of Kaloum in Conakry. As a recipient of the Judith Lee Stronach Baccalaureate Prize and First prize winner of UC Berkeley’s Big Ideas competition, Aboubacar remains more determined than ever to provide context-based solutions to housing issues in Africa. In this episode, he explains how he draws inspiration from the rich history of African indigenous architecture in his work.
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Beautiful Girl by Jason Show
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Growing up in a small town in the Central African Republic of Cameroon to witness immense depravity and youth violence had a great impact on Christian Achaleke. It made him want to contribute towards ensuring a better future for other young people like him, and at the age of 17, he did just that when he joined a local youth charity as a volunteer. Over a decade later, Christian has grown himself from a volunteer at that charity to become its Executive Director, Winning numerous international awards along the way, and transforming the lives of thousands. So how did he do it? Listen to the Christian's Story on The Climb Podcast.
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Karabo Mokgonyana is a lawyer and passionate development activist. Growing up in a small village in the South African province of Limpopo to witness the high levels of underdevelopment ignited Karabo's passion for development. Today, apart from running her own not-for-profit organization, Karabo is an accomplished development consultant and sits on the advisory boards of some of the world's leading development organizations. So how did she do it? Listen to Karabo's Story on the climb podcast.
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'Childhood' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.auContact The Climb Podcast Team...
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Follow the story of Chido Cleopatra Mpemba, a former banker who was driven by her passion for sustainable development and advocacy to quit her job as a banker to dedicate herself fully to the service of others. Today, less than two years later, she occupies one of the most important offices for young people on the African continent. So how did she do it? what is this office? and what can young people across Africa learn from her story? Listen to the story of Chido on the Climb Podcast.
Episode Host: Jewel Atedou Bright
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African Party Theme Song Kukyeza
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At the age of 14, James Okina encountered the problem of out-of-school street children in his home city of Calabar, southern Nigeria. Refusing to accept the grim reality that children as young as 10 were living on the streets of Calabar and fending for themselves, James begins to speak with people in hopes to galvanize help for these forgotten children, but his efforts yields little results. But rather than giving up, James took the bold step of establishing an organization known as Street Priests which has impacted the lives of over 16,000 children till date. An organization he still actively remains a part of today despite being in the diaspora. Listen to the Story of James on the Climb Podcast.
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'Undertow' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.auContact The Climb Podcast Team...
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Derick Omari is one of the most successful social entrepreneurs in the west African nation of Ghana. At the age of 27, Derick has innovated some of the most significant learning aids for people living with disabilities, and for his work, he has won significant local and international awards. Find out the deep-rooted reason Derick choose to dedicate himself at a young age to the service of others, and learn about his plans to build Africa's largest social enterprise. Listen to the story of Derick on the climb podcast.
Episode Host: Jewel Atedou Bright
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'The Things That Keep Me Here' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
'Undertow' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
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For almost a decade, Cynthia Nyongesa, a 27 years old storyteller and education advocate has been using the power of storytelling to get much needed support and life-changing opportunities to those in need. Her passion for helping others which was born out of the economic disparity she witnessed growing up in her native Kenya has seen her impact the lives of hundreds of people. Listen to the stories of those she has impacted and find out how her passion really started and evolved. Listen to the story of Cynthia on the climb podcast.
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Follow the story of Saidy Brown, a young South African woman as she walks us through her life as an HIV activist. After discovering that she was born with HIV at the tender age of 14, Saidy decided to share her unique experience with her community and, so far, she has been on a transformational journey. Now 28, she has become a champion for social justice and health equity in her country. Listen to Saidy's Story on the climb podcast.
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andante
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In 2014, Gideon Olanrewaju, a University Undergraduate, encountered some children on the streets as he returned home from class. It was an encounter that marked a turning point in his life, an encounter that will go on to birth one of Nigeria's most consequential educational charities, and earn Gideon numerous local and international awards. Listen to Gideon's Story on The Climb Podcast.
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Credits: Khadidiatou Cisse
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