Hello to all, Our adventure with the NGO Arca is almost over. For the 7th consecutive year, we had the privilege to share the daily life of a team of incredible activists. When you watch TV, you can sometimes get the blues by telling yourself that the world is going badly. By taking the time…
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Our mission at Arca [Newsletter 3 Brazil]
Hi everyone, I hope you are all well.After 3 weeks in Brazil, it’s time to tell you about our respective missions with the NGO Arca. Measuring the impact of an educational program: Like any NGO, measuring impact is a key issue. The team in charge of the Arca Do Saber program has so far built…
The Super Power of the NGO Arca [Newsletter 2 Brazil]
Hi everyone, I hope you are well. We have been in Sao Paulo for two weeks now. With Sarah, we have quietly taken our habits where every morning we go to Arca as part of our mission. The main issues in the Favela de Vila Prudente: What struck me was that most of the 8,000…
From the Favelas of Sao Paulo [Newsletter 1 Brazil]
Hi everyone, How are you doing? For the 7th year in a row, we have taken our balluchon to put our skills at the service of an exceptional NGO during our summer vacations. This year, with Sarah, we propose you to travel with us to Brazil and to discover a Franco-Brazilian organization called Arca Do…
✨ HYPER EXCITED – Today is the official release of my 1st Book Generation Impact. ✨
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…
✨ 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…
The challenges of our mission in Guatemala [Newsletter 3 Guatemala]
Hi everyone, How are you doing ? Marine and Quentin returned to Paris end of the week while Sarah and I extended a few more days until the delivery of our various deliverables to the NGO Los Amigos de Santa Cruz. This week again, great news to share. 🙂 #The challenges of our mission In…
Our mission – From Data Collection to Analysis [Newsletter 2 Guatemala]
Hi everybody, How are you doing ? On our side, the weeks go by quickly. We joined the Los Amigos de Santa Cruz teams two weeks ago already. Sarah having arrived on Wednesday to strengthen the teams, we now have various projects underway that will have to be delivered before we leave! Let’s start with…
Our arrival in Guatemala facing the Volcanoes [Newsletter 1 Guatemala]
Hi everybody, How are you doing ? On our side, we are really excited! 🙂 Thanks to the advice of Brooke, one of my colleagues who lived in Guatemala, we left with my sister Marine and my brother Quentin for new adventures with the NGO Los Amigos de Santa Cruz located on the shores of…
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…
Friends International Set to Turn Street Kids Into Business Owners
👋Friends International was founded 🚀25 years ago by a French 🇨🇵social entrepreneur, Sebastien Marot. This NGO 🌠can be considered as a social enterprise. Their mission is clear: protecting marginalized children 👦👧and their families and training👨🏫 them with professional skills leading to a full time employment 👨💼in Cambodia 🇰🇭& South East Asia. We have been impressed by the professionalism…
Moussa Trains the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs To Fight For Social Integration
✌️In sensitive 💥urban areas in France🇨🇵, the unemployment rate is 2X📈 higher than the national average. For Moussa, economic integration is the cornerstone of social success🚀. In 2015, Moussa launched Les Déterminés, a mission driven🌠 NGO🌠 aiming at supporting the success of entrepreneurs in sensitive💥 urban and rural areas. Self-taught👨🏫 and resolutely audacious, Moussa started…
Benoit Created The Khmer Braille For Blind Children In Cambodia
👋Do you know the life ⚕️expectancy of a Cambodian🇰🇭 child becoming blind in the 90’s ? 2 years! 😢Benoit is the founder👨💼 of Krousar Thmey (“New Family”) a leading NGO 🚀based in Cambodia supporting blind and deaf children👦👧. Becoming blind or deaf in Cambodia was like a death ☠️sentence because there was neither support nor infrastructure🏢 to address those problem🔃….
Cyrielle Hariel Impact Journalist and World Explorer – “Change Our Mind With Positive People”
👋Are you fed up with dark side 😒headlines from traditional media🗞️? If that’s your case, follow🌠 Cyrielle Hariel’s journey🤩. She is an enthusiastic 🔥& positive🌠 journalist🎙️ travelling 🧳the world 🌍with a clear objective: showcase the positive impact🌠🚀 brought by citizens👨🧑, individuals and entrepreneurs. Since 2014, she travelled 100 000km and interviewed🎤 400+ change-makers from the Dalai…
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…
Mesut Is Disrupting The Scholarship System With a Cutting Edge Technology Platform in Turkey
👋Did know that in Turkey🇹🇷 40% of the young graduates 👨🎓👩🎓are unemployed? Nowadays, many promising students are working hard ⚒️to make sure they could get a job 👨💼👩💼after graduation. However, being accepted in a tier one Turkish 🇹🇷or International🌍 University is not enough. They need to pay💰 for the University fees and many of them…
To Fight Pollution and Sanitation Issues,Odgerel Is Building Sustainable Community Infrastructures
🙌Why do Hundreds of Children 👦👧die 😥every year in the Ger Areas around Ulan Bator in Mongolia🇲🇳? There are two major issues💥: Heavy pollution 🏭& Sanitation ⚕️issues due to the absence of public infrastructures🏨. 60% of the Ulan Bator population👨 live in Ger Areas which are disorganized housing🏘️ areas built with very limited urbanization facilities…
Belinda – From Slum To a Career of Professional Footballer
👋Currently professional 🏟️footballer⚽, Belinda did not forget🔙 where she came from. Every day, she comes back training🏃♀️ with her previous team🏁. Located in Kibera🇰🇪, the largest urban slum in Africa, she wants to empower and teach younger kids👦👧. Belinda is 19 years old and 3rdborn in a family of 4👨👨👧👦. When she was younger, she…
They Teach, Empower, Console, Encourage, Teachers are True Heroes
Teachers 👨🏫are a cornerstone of our society. We all remember a great teacher who encouraged us during hard⛰️ times, who told us that we could make it or who punished 😢us for a reason that we understood few years later. They are true 😎💪heroes! I will never forget my discussion with the head teacher of…
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…
Bulgarian Immigrant and Entrepreneur,Plamen Wants To Change Perceptions About His Country
👉Plamen is a Bulgarian immigrant & entrepreneur 👔who moved back to Bulgaria🇧🇬 with a bold purpose driven🚀 project in mind. Born👶 & raised in Bulgaria, he immigrated to Spain 🇪🇸when he turned 16 due to family reasons. After his bachelor degree, he spent a few years climbing the corporate ladder where he discovered that, he…
Sofiane Leverage Theatrical Improvisation at the Olympia to Empower Disadvantaged Youth
👋Have you already been on stage at the Olympia🎫? Sofiane did better than that. Last year, he brought a whole team of young artists💃 from Sport dans la Ville for a theatrical improvisation on stage at the Olympia in front of 2000 spectators. 😎✌️ With Sofiane, we met on the side of a football⚽ training of…
Faith – 17 Years Old, Mother, Student and Young Leader in the Largest Urban Slum in Africa
👋How would you react if a 17 years old joyful girl👧 tells you that few years back, she wanted to kill☠️ herself because of her pregnancy👶? It was a Thursday at 5.30am. After a 20 minute walk across metal sheets barracks, Faith welcomed🙂 us in her tiny 12m2 family house🏠. While washing her daughter clothes,…
Sarah and Her Impact Driven Team Support 77 000 Disadvantaged in Bugaria
Few years back, Sarah would have never imagined launching Trust for Social Achievement a leading organization in Bulgaria with an ambitious vision: Help Bulgaria’s most disadvantaged achieve educational & economic success. After working a decade in large US institutions, she had the opportunity to conduct research on social inclusion in Bulgaria. Her lifetime mission became…
Aleksandar Co-Founded the Largest Bulgarian Media For Positive and Inspiring News
👉Who is fed up reading news🗞️ every morning 🥐about violence💥, sex 🔞 and drugs 💊across the world🌍? Personally, I am!😐 Especially when I know that so many inspiring known & unknown leaders are fighting⚔️ to make the world🌐 a better place! In Bulgaria 🇧🇬, I spent one evening🍺 with Aleksandar, the 🚀co-founder of Uspelite🚀, the…
Fany – Mother and Hard Working She wants a better life for her daughter
👋 Hi Everyone, I had the chance🤩 to stay a week in Cuzco 🌎. Every morning, I used to go to El Mercado San Pedro 🛒for my breakfast 🍊. Imagine, hundreds of small shops selling similar products in a not only friendly 🤗 but also ultra-competitive 🏁 atmosphere. This is how I met with Fany at…
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 💥…
The World is getting better but most people ignore it!
Hi Everyone, Few days ago, I had the chance to be 100m below the sea 🌊 level to visit the massive mines ⛏️of Salt in Turda Transilvania 🇷🇴. Launched in 1271, the salt was all extracted manually ✊ by workers 👨and horses 🐎 working in horrific conditions. For example, after two weeks, horses were becoming blind and after 6 months, they had to retire….
Romain Sion 