Rachel Head Rachel Head

Meet the one who started the My Journey Is Series!

It was an opportunity to have a public space for everyone to get to know one another inside the community. The fact that we as community managers or staff get to know all the youth and different people, but they don't always get to know each other.

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Rachel Head Rachel Head

Where are you now? With YBY Alumni, Andrew Hallenberg

I was chosen to be the filmmaker for the 2018 Your Big Year travel competition in the summer of 2018 which was a 4 week road trip across the United States of America. I did the trip with 4 travelers and Rachel Head, who was the tour manager.

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Marti Grimminck Marti Grimminck

Reducing Adolescent Pregnancy (RAP) in the Era of COVID-19

WCI and Winam Green Ventures recently collaborated to implement our “Reducing Adolescent Pregnancy (RAP) in the Era of COVID-19” pilot program in Kisumu, Kenya. We engaged 60 adolescent girls over the course of four weeks in socially-distant gatherings to provide them with critical resources, information, and support to make healthy decisions for their futures.

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Marti Grimminck Marti Grimminck

Muvafrika - Advocating for Quality Education in Africa

I’m the founder of Muvafrika (pronounced Mother Africa), we advocate for educational quality in Africa through projects, consulting and community. Mostly we connect users (which I like to call my community) who are typically active and aspiring philanthropies with philanthropist programs and organisations that carry out educational work within Africa. We help create a portfolio in terms of where their donation is going.

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