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Lighting the torch of change: Youth volunteering in Haiti

The YLAI Network spoke with network member Jimmy Regis about his work with ADIVAH, a group of youth volunteers inspiring change in Haiti.

Leadership Skills & Development, Maximizing Human Capital
Davila Coffee

Creating a community and brand beyond the product

The YLAI Network’s series on Davila Kafe founder David Davila continues with advice on how to build a brand and a community outside of the transaction.

Leadership Skills & Development, Personal Branding & Professional Development

Advancing your business with the help of an accelerator

The YLAI Network’s series on David Davila continues with his experiences working with an accelerator and how they can help emerging entrepreneurs.

Leadership Skills & Development, Personal Branding & Professional Development

Honoring a family coffee trade with new innovations

The YLAI Network profiles Dávila Kafe founder David Dávila on his innovative coffee company that honors his family trade of coffee producing.

Leadership Skills & Development, Personal Branding & Professional Development

The importance of combating misinformation in our daily activities through media literacy

Misinformation is dangerous. It is very important to be an active spectator, an autonomous explorer, and a media communicator.

Personal Branding & Professional Development, YLAI Verifies (Media Literacy)
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Growing a business and helping her community: An interview with Jeanida Azor

My advice to young entrepreneurs: Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. Be resilient. The world needs entrepreneurs and changemakers like you.

Leadership Skills & Development, Maximizing Human Capital, YLAI Steps Up (Entrepreneurship)
Fred Desgranges

Misinformation during natural disasters

I’m originally from Haiti and I have been a journalist for seven years. In my field, I am often faced with a natural disaster … Driven by the urgency to get the story out, we need a lot of reassurance from the community.

Leadership Skills & Development, YLAI Fellows, YLAI Verifies (Media Literacy)
"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work." -Steve Jobs

Advice from YLAI Network entrepreneurs

As an entrepreneur, you may have made a few mistakes in getting started. We all do. But you learned.

We asked YLAI Network entrepreneurs what advice they wish they had when they got started, so we can learn together.

Leadership Skills & Development, Personal Branding & Professional Development, YLAI Fellows, YLAI Steps Up (Entrepreneurship)
Wilbert St Fort speaks with press during the 2018 Summit of the Americas

Wilbert St Fort au VIIIe Sommet des Amériques

Wilbert St Fort représentait Haïti au VIIIe Sommet des Amériques et au Forum des jeunes des Amériques qui se sont tenus à Lima, au Pérou, du 10 au 14 avril 2018.

Français, Leadership Skills & Development, YLAI for Integrity

Wilbert St Fort en la Cumbre de las Américas de 2018

Wilbert St Fort representó a Haití en la VIII Cumbre de las Américas y en el Foro de Jóvenes de las Américas celebrados del 10 al 14 de abril de 2018 en Lima, Perú. El equipo de la Red YLAI le hicimos algunas preguntas sobre su experiencia en estos actos para compartirlas con toda la red YLAI.

Español, Leadership Skills & Development, YLAI for Integrity
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