"Frustrated with the short-term impact of charities in Argentina where Cecilia is originally from, she decided to act. Having read Professor Muhammad Yunus’s work on social business, she was inspired to help young people start and scale effective social businesses to tackle the world’s most pressing issues and started Yunus & Youth.
Yunus & Youth believes that connecting young people from all corners of the world and giving them the tools and resources they need to develop social business solutions can successfully tackle issues that have been left unsolved for far too long. Yunus & Youth believes in combining the next generation’s passion to change the world with the knowledge and experience of traditional corporations to promote sustainable global development and economic growth. Founded with the support of Professor Muhammad Yunus, Yunus & Youth combines social entrepreneurship training with technology to remove educational barriers between countries and generations. It is on a mission to promote youth employment and to foster local economies through partnerships with governments, international development organisations, and grassroots movements. Based on their four-stage intervention model, several different programs have been designed and implemented in more than 50 countries since 2014 with the main goal of empowering young people with the knowledge and resources they need to positively change the world.
Yunus & Youth’s ‘Global Fellowship Program’ for Social Entrepreneurs is designed to support early-stage social business leaders in the development of financially sustainable solutions. It is a six-month online program designed to empower young social entrepreneurs and to help them develop their full potential by strengthening their business models, helping them measure their social impact, and defining a scaling strategy. The Social Impact Mentoring for Business Executives program is an active online leadership training for professionals who want to empower young people and promote positive impact. It is an online skills-based mentoring program that enables business professionals to apply their knowledge and expertise to empower young social entrepreneurs anywhere in the world while enhancing their managerial skills at the same time."
