20 Global Youth Leaders Honored as YouthActionNet™ Fellows

 

Baltimore, Maryland, USA – A 21-year-old Canadian working to combat the global sex trade in children and a 28-year-old in the Philippines who provides loans to underprivileged youth to start small enterprises are among the 20 young social entrepreneurs selected as 2007 YouthActionNet™ Fellows.

Launched in 2001 by the International Youth Foundation (IYF) and Nokia, YouthActionNet™ is a program that invests in the power and promise of young people to create positive change. 

“Each of this year’s Fellows has succeeded in creating and managing a social venture, achieving lasting impact with limited resources,” said IYF President and CEO William S. Reese. “In remarkable ways, they have applied the spirit of entrepreneurship to garner public support for the causes they feel passionate about.”

 

Martin Sandelin, Vice-President – CSR and Community Involvement at Nokia, said," We congratulate all of the young people who's hard work and determination to make a difference in the communities in which they live have been recognized in these awards. Each has taken an innovative approach to making a connection with the people around them and creating real change, inspiring work."

 

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