Muhammed J.

Muhammed Jammeh has a seven years’ experience in advocacy and youth development. His works focuses on capacitating young people and advocating issues regarding climate change and gender equality. He is the National Coordinator of Climate Watch- The Gambia (GREEN UP- Gambia). He equips young people with the right knowledge and tools to enable them become productive societal assets. He backs an Advanced Diploma in Management and Policy Analysis at Management Development Institute of The Gambia, a tertiary institution where he also served as the President of the Student’s Union Government in the year 2017-2018. He also served as the Finance Minister of the National Union of Gambia Students (NUGS). He is currently reading BA in Development Studies at the University of The Gambia. Muhammed’s passion for advocacy is borne by the timely need to young people to rise up to the occasion and take charge of their own future as goodwill agents and influencers. It is behind this drive that he implemented the YALI Africa4Her Project in May 2016 and was awarded as an Africa4HerChampion. He is also one of Barrack Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) fellows.