Un grand merci à tous pour votre soutien pendant ce projet. C’est grâce à vous ainsi qu’à de belles rencontres que j’ai pu aller jusqu’au bout. Ecrire n’a pas été facile. Je n’avais pas imaginé les multiples allers-retours, corrections et mises à jour avant d’arriver jusqu’à la version papier. Alors pour fêter ça, je vous…
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✨ Where will the copyright of the book go ✨
Rencontre avec l’un de mes amis Amadou Dabitao Salut à tous, Un grand merci à tous ceux qui ont déjà commandé. Pour cela, il suffit de répondre à cet email avec votre nom, prénom, tél et adresse postale ainsi qu’un Lydia, Pumpkin au 0652378783 ou virement de 22€ (livraison incluse). Parce que chacun peut avoir…
✨Launch of book pre-orders✨
Salut à tous, Je suis hyper excité de vous annoncer que j’ai reçu les premiers colis de livres de la part de l’imprimeur. Cette aventure a démarré il y a deux ans au début du covid. Pensant qu’il s’agirait d’un projet de quelques mois, je n’avais pas imaginé les multiples allers-retours, corrections, mises à jour,…
✨Can we use financial codes to fight social inequalities?✨
Rencontre avec l’un de mes mentors Alexandre Mars Salut à tous, Comment allez-vous ? J’ai à cœur de vous parler d’Alexandre dans cette newsletter car je dois l’avouer il ne m’a pas seulement inspiré, il m’a aussi convaincu de le rejoindre dans son aventure il y a plus de 6 ans. C’est au cours d’un entretien…
✨ How to keep peace in neighborhoods deserted by the police? ✨
Rencontre avec le Boss politique et militaire du bidonville Un grand merci pour vos retours sur la couverture. Vous avez été 80% à préférer la version en deux Durant l’été 2018, nous nous sommes rendus avec ma sœur Marine pour une mission en plein cœur du bidonville de Kibera au Kenya. Chaque soir, nous rencontrions…
✨ “At 17, she already had the spirit of a leader” ✨
Témoignage poignant de Faith 17 ans – Leader, étudiante & mère Un grand merci pour vos retours sur la couverture. Vous avez été 80% à préférer la version en deux parties qui a été confirmée auprès de l’éditeur ! Comme évoqué dans mon précédent mail, je vous propose une première rencontre incroyable avec Faith, une leader,…
Some of you have asked me the question: ✨”Why writing a book?” ✨
Je suis pas ni Gandhi, ni Elon Musk, ni un influenceur suivi par trois millions de followers. Pourquoi donc écrire un livre ? Pour être tout à fait honnête, je ne m’étais pas non plus posé la question jusqu’à ce que cette journaliste géniale me le suggère. Je me suis longuement posé la question suivante…
Have you ever asked yourself the question: ✨ “What if we could all act now?” ✨
Quand on allume la télévision, il y a de quoi avoir le moral dans les chaussettes: un attentat terroriste, des violences conjugales, une catastrophe naturelle… Faut il forcément faire un choix entre le monde des affaires et celui de l’humanitaire? Il y a une dizaine d’années, je me suis mis en route afin de trouver…
Closing Ceremony Program Ambassador One 2020
«L’endroit où l’on est né ne devait pas déterminer si l’on doit vivre ou pas, ou si l’on doit être heureux ou non». Plus tôt cette année je me suis engagé aux côtés de One France, une organisation de plaidoyer qui lutte contre l’extrême pauvreté et les maladies évitables. Je me suis engagé car je désire…
The Futures Factory, an NGO Led Shopping Center For Social Enterprises in Cambodia
✌️As you know, I travelled 🌏this summer🌞 to Cambodia 🇰🇭for a full immersion with Friends International which is a leading social enterprise🚀 saving😀 lives and building⚒️ futures of the most marginalized children 👦👧in South East Asia. Their secret sauce is brilliant🌟. They are building social enterprises to teach 👨🏫youth practical & soft skills in promising industries🍴💇♂️…
Frederic Is Leading A Team of 600 Water Entrepreneurs In Cambodia
👋We had the chance 🍀to cross the road🚶 of Frederic Dubois 👨who is leading a team of 600 water 💦entrepreneurs🚀. In rural areas⛏️, water contamination is the leading cause of disease🤒 and death ☠️in these populations. The association 1001 fountains, does it speak to you?📣 An exciting 😃adventure on access to drinking water 💦in rural areas! They are…
Rithy Ambitions To Create An Eco-Community To Protect 100 000 Hectares From Deforestation
👋At 17 years old, Rithy Thul👦 had lost almost everything 🙇… However, he is an entrepreneur at heart♥️ and a fighter⚔️! In his thirties, he is now the central 🎯figure of the Cambodia🇰🇭 startup ecosystem with a company producing state-of-the-art computers💻 mixing power 🌀and accessibility🔓, the first co-working 🏢space launched in Cambodia, as well as the status of the most…
Friends International Is Convinced About The Benefits Of Tech and Aims At Being Fully Digitalized
👋After completing our mission 🚀at Friends International which was to support 🤝on the identification and implementation of a recruitment platform to ensure the matching 🔥/ tracking🔎 of hundreds of beneficiaries👦👧, we shared our report📄. We have recommended the implementation of two integrated solutions🖥️: Oscar and Salesforce. What we really appreciated is their real desire to digitalize all their programs. We had interesting…
Digitalization As A Powerful Tool To Make NGO’s Operations More Efficient
👋Convincing a donor to🌠 support an 👨🏫educational program is much more concrete and attractive 🧲than financing 💰office rentals or IT 💻 software that are just as important. Many NGOs are therefore forced to under-staff or✂️ limit certain key expenditure items, particularly those related to the admin. To our knowledge, 3 levers may apply to cover…
Celestine Convinces Pregnant Mothers To Give Birth In Healthy Environments
👋How would you react as a pregnant 🤰woman if you are refused by hospitals ⛑️when your baby 👶is due to arrive? It seems so far from what we are living in countries such as France 🇨🇵where I am currently based. One more time, we are so lucky🤞. When I was in Kenya🇰🇪, I witnessed several…
From Fashion with Tom Ford and Yves Saint Laurent To A Social Business Supporting 100 Women in Turkey
👋Have you already been in a situation where you can not stay without doing anything?🤷 15 years ago, Izabela Szeliga started a promising 🚀career at Yves Saint Laurent👚, dealing with world famous🌠 fashion designers such as Tom Ford and Yves Saint Laurent himself. However, after falling in love♥️ with a Turkish🇹🇷, she decided to quit…
Entrepreneur and Immigrant, Asmaa Uses Cooking as Powerful Weapon to Fight Prejudices
👋Can you imagine cooking 👨🍳as a powerful weapon🚀 to fight cultural 📚prejudices? That is Asmaa’s secret weapon! Born in Morocco🇲🇦, she studied accounting before immigrating to France🇨🇵. Without the right diplomas & cultural codes, her integration was a challenge ⛰️but she did not give up. After several jobs in accountability and telemarketing, she decided to…
Bob – CEO of the largest East African company fighting hard for transparency
Hi everyone,👋 Do you know Bob? 👋Bob is the CEO👨⚖️ of Safaricom🛰️, the largest company🏨 in East Africa. I met with Bob in Nairobi🇰🇪 to discuss about purpose💫, transparency & corruption. He is not only one of the most successful🚀 leader in Kenya but also an inspiring activist capitalist. For him, corruption is currently pretty rough💥…
Peter wants to rebuild the slum of Kibera with decent homes
👋Hi Everyone👋, Have you met Peter? Peter is a young Kenyan 🇰🇪 leader with a BIG dream. He was born in the middle of Kibera, one of the largest African slum located in the south of Nairobi. Living in Kibera was his biggest challenge 💥 in life. He said: “You do not have dreams, you…
Omar – Father, Electrician, Ex-Military and Refugee
Hi Everyone, Last Thursday I finished late and I was looking to grab sushis 🍣 on the way back home. Nearby the shop 🏬, I met with Omar. He did not ask for money 💰 but just something for dinner 🍴. I offered him to order with me and we finally spent the all evening…
Paul Duan — Data Science Genius Fighting against unemployment
Hi Everyone👋, I had the chance to meet with Paul Duan👨, the inspiring founder of Bayes Impact, the Y Combinator-backed NGO which builds citizen-led public services to create a fairer and inclusive future for our societies. By leveraging data science 💻, they achieved outstanding impacts: 800 police agencies 👮use their tool to reduce violence 💥…
“Hello”, So simple but also so important!
Hi Everybody, Do you know La Nuit de la solidarité? It’s a survey 📝launched by Anne Hidalgo to count and profile homeless people in Paris 🇨🇵 in order to improve social services. Last Thursday was the 2nd edition. Clément, one of my colleagues suggested our team to join as volunteers. Our mission: count and survey…
Romain Sion 