PREPARED FOR: YALI ONLINE COHORT 8 CHANGE MAKERS SERIES

FREDERICK YANKEY

GROUP 11: YAOUNDE

Frederick Yankey is a passionate leader and loves to inspire and transform the lives of people

around him. He has been a motivator to most of the youth who wants to meet the perfect criteria

of the future.

Frederick Yankey had his Basic Education at Anwia Methodist Junior High School and continued

at Ghana Secondary Technical School, GSTS and read General Arts. He is currently pursuing

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and

Technology all in Ghana.

LIFE IN DIPLOMACY

He is a global citizen and hence shares a global mindset. His love for youth activism and youth

participation in decision making led him to partake in Model United Nations activities and several

leadership conferences. He represented Djibouti in the life Link Tertiary Model United Nations

conference in 2015,

Frederick Yankey at Life Link Tertiary Model United Nations Conference, LTMUN 2015

MUN Plenary Session on the left and on the right is an unmoderated caucus discussion with

Hon. Delegate for United Arab Emirates

Frederick represented Mauritania in the Ghana International Model United Nation Conference in

2016, and he represented Benin as Minister of Roads and Highways in the Model ECOWAS

Summit in 2016.

UNCTAD Committee simulation at Ghana International Model United Nations Conference

2016

Frederick on the left with some of the committee members of UNCTAD and the right is

Frederick honored at the Ghana International Model UN

Frederick was selected as one of the hundred most innovative and deserving African youth to

participate in the 2017 IHAV Project Conference

Frederick with team members preparing for project presentation on Sustainable Development

Goal 8; Decent work and economic growth for the 2017 IHAV Project Conference. Frederick

is 3rd from left

Winners of the project presentation for the 2017 IHAV Project Conference. Frederick is 2nd

from right

Frederick was selected as one of the sixty delegates to participate in the 2017 Preparing Global

Leaders’ Summit by Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, Russia and also Selected

to participate in the 2017 World Youth Summit in Belize, Central America.

He was also the General Secretary and Communication Director of Students’ For Liberty-

KNUST, and a member of KNUST student Parliament. He was the Deputy Chairman for the

Website Committee of the Economics Students’ Association. He was the General Secretary for

the Publicity Wing of the Students’ Chaplaincy Council. He won the Most Innovative Student for

the 2016/2017 academic year at the Department of Economics-KNUST

Frederick participated in the national undergraduate debate competition at Kwame Nkrumah

university of science and technology organized by institute for liberty and policy innovation,

partnered by atlas network.

National undergraduate debate competition at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and

Technology organized by Institute for Liberty and Policy Innovation

He participated in the accountability, advocacy and policy influencing workshop by Youth

Empowerment Synergy (YES Ghana) in 2018.

CHANGE MAKER ROLE: TOUCHING LIVES AND GIVING BACK TO SOCIETY

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL OUTREACHES

The role of every change maker is to effect change in the lives of people. Because of this Frederick

has devoted himself to touch lives through senior high school outreaches. This is aimed to help

students to realize their potentials and also the opportunities available in pursuing higher

education. This is done yearly.

Talking to some cross section of students on how they can realize their potentials to achieve

maximum success

ADULT LITERACY AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

The Adult Literacy and Skills Development Program is a social intervention program

aimed at mitigating the canker of illiteracy among Adults and hence alleviating poverty among

them. The program is to train adults and youths in the aspects of reading and writing and

basic entrepreneurial skills (Business skills). It is meant to break the barrier of illiteracy and

alleviate poverty among adults and to help achieve some of the sustainable development goals

The program will mainly target and benefit illiterate adults and youth who will include, school

dropouts, orphans, and street dwellers. It is intended to increase awareness in regards to human

rights, education and economic empowerment of a rural adults and youth as well as to improve

their standards of living thus reducing poverty. The needy groups are between 16 – 35 years to

be enrolled in the AYLC adult literacy and skills training which will be implemented within

targeted areas in Africa with AYLC representation who are stigmatized by myths such as failed

lives, poor-self-concept and the equation of poverty with illiteracy.

As the Founder of African Youth Leadership Consult, (AYLC) proposed this project in our quest

to help provide solutions to some of our planet problems and also help raise some of the profile

of neglected causes among the less endowed, the less privilege and the marginalized. Also

considering current statistics on adult illiteracy and the rate of poverty among these illiterate

adults is very excruciating and therefore needs a remedy.

This a banner for the launching of the program

This is an invitation card

This is the design of T-shirt for the launching of the program

This is how we are raising funds to support the project.