YES Leader: Mr. Abdou Harouna
Email : goudanaou@yahoo.fr

• Founded YES Niger Network in 2006, as a nonprofit organization that helps young people (men and women) to improve their living conditions through the promotion of youth employment in rural and urban area.
• His vision is empowerment of the youth through employment and entrepreneurship building in Niger.
• Initiated a read goat project for young women of rural villages of Maradi (Niger) , entrepreneurship programs and village cybercafé .
• Serves as a Youth program officer at JEDD NGO member of Sahelian Youth Platform and Coordinator of Youth Section of French Countries environmental education Network. He is also the focal point of International Association for volunteer efforts in Niger since 2005.
• Was member of Student Council of National Institute for Youth and Sports from 1999 to 2001.
• Attained Global exposure at YES Alexandria 2007, GKP Conference in Manila, UN Assembly in New York, International Symposium on Rwandan Genocide, International French countries camp and international French Youth Conference on environmental education and sustainable development.
  • His key expertise is in the areas of entrepreneurship, environmental education and adolescent sexual health.