We are pleased to introduce this amazing AYC’s Changemaker – Enow A. Georges!
Enow A Georges is a Cameroonian Youth Development Worker and an esteemed Emerging Entrepreneur. He is a YALI fellow from the Regional Leadership Centre in Accra, Ghana cohort 4. A firebrand youth rights activist and public speaker with a deep passion for seeing young people issues brought to the front burner. He is a reproductive health, researcher, consultant and Ambassador to sexual and reproductive health issues especially Menstrual Hygiene.
With a strong desire to restore the dignity of women especially those in the rural communities he organises reproductive health workshops, educate young girls on how to adequately manage their monthly menstrual flow, advocate at higher levels on the importance of implementing policies that favours menstruation for females. He is also a consultant at self-consult, an online platform that connects physicians, patients and the pharmacist. In 2013 he was awarded the prize of Youngest youth Ambassador in Cameroon for the fight Against Malaria (KO PALU). In 2015, Enow was a nominee for the Future Awards Africa in Enterprise Support after supporting 500 women in rural communities on adequate menstrual management via provision of menstrual materials and educative workshops. He is also a recipient of the Princess Recognition award for my outstanding work on community service and Leadership. His vision is to see a world where Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) will have full inclusion in society and the underprivileged will access health care.
Enow is a motivational speaker and health adviser who has authored three books on leadership. His leadership teachings have been able to build up to 300 Cameroonian youths to become Social Entrepreneurs of change. He is currently an Ambassador for Harambe-Cameroon which aims at bringing out the untapped potential in Cameroonian youths. He is the community leader for the fight Against Cancer in the North West Region and Vice President for the Global youth Coalition against Cancer (GYCC).
Enow holds several post of leadership including:
- Managing Director of Young Medical Volunteers;
- Vice President Global Youth Coalition Against Cancer (GYCC);
- CEO and Founder of Excellensia Accademia;
- Programmes Coordinator at Believers Nation Incoporated;
- Central Africa Regional Representative at African Union Students Council;
- Reproductive Health Reseacher for Value Health Africa, Build our women and Centre for Livelihood and support to substainable development.
Enow is also an Ambassador for Harambe-Cameroon, Art of Giving and Oya Opportunities. He has represented Cameroon in the following international Conferences:
- 3rd International Submit of Sexual and Reproductive Health Lagos, Nigeria;
- 3rd international Submit on Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Creation;
- Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) RLC West Africa, Accra Ghana
Apart from that Enow spends most of his weekends volunteering as a tutor in a Community Library in the NothWest Region of Cameroon.
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