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Press Release For immediate release Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship Ms Andrea Krause Executive Director T: +852 8170 3587 M: +86 150 108 708 79 M: [email protected] http://www.fyse.org http://www.paragon100.asia Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship 10 young entrepreneurs from Pakistan selected for regional youth entrepreneurship fellowship 2009-11-10; Tuesday. Hong Kong. 10 young entrepreneurs from Pakistan have been selected out of 560 nomination from the region to join the annual Paragon fellowship (previously Asia Pacific Future 100) 2009. The Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship (FYSE) announced today 100 inspiring young entrepreneurs and social Changemakers from 10 countries in Asia Pacific that have been selected for the annual Paragon fellowship, a Paragon being a model of excellence for others to aspire towards. As many countries struggle to create enough jobs for young people, youth entrepreneurship has emerged as an attractive alternative to widespread unemployment, as it integrates unemployed youth into the labor market and tackles poverty through the creation of jobs. In order to support young entrepreneurs who have dared to stride out, FYSE selects 100 young entrepreneurs and social Changemakers annually for a one-year fellowship in which they benefit from regional networking, leadership development, mentorship from an extensive network of professionals and entrepreneurs, capacity building and access to finance. To inspire more young people FYSE will profile Paragon fellows widely through an extensive network of more than 50 partners in Asia Pacific and multiple online channels as positive role models in order to inspire more young people to consider entrepreneurship as a career choice. The website will not only provide young people with inspirational role models, but also provide them with information on how to take the next step towards turning their ideas into reality. “We need to provide more young successful entrepreneurs as positive role models to our youth in order to inspire them to take actions. Many young people in Asia Pacific dream of being an entrepreneur, but they hesitate to take action because they don’t know any young entrepreneurs who have already succeeded in doing so. The Paragon fellowship aims to change that”, says Ms Andrea Krause, Executive Director of FYSE. “While in Europe and the US young social Changemakers and entrepreneurs are celebrated in the media and society, we need to move forward in Asia to celebrate and support our young entrepreneurs, as they can play a tremendous role in creating jobs and in contributing significantly to the economic and social development of our countries.”
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Press ReleaseFor immediate release
Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship Ms Andrea KrauseExecutive Director
T: +852 8170 3587 M: +86 150 108 708 79M: [email protected]://www.fyse.org http://www.paragon100.asia
Foundation for Youth
Social Entrepreneurship
10 young entrepreneurs from Pakistan selected for regional youth entrepreneurship fellowship
2009-11-10; Tuesday. Hong Kong. 10 young entrepreneurs from Pakistan have been selected out of 560 nomination from the region to join the annual Paragon fellowship (previously Asia Pacific Future 100) 2009.
The Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship (FYSE) announced today 100 inspiring young entrepreneurs and social Changemakers from 10 countries in Asia Pacific that have been selected for the annual Paragon fellowship, a Paragon being a model of excellence for others to aspire towards.
As many countries struggle to create enough jobs for young people, youth entrepreneurship has emerged as an attractive alternative to widespread unemployment, as it integrates unemployed youth into the labor market and tackles poverty through the creation of jobs.
In order to support young entrepreneurs who have dared to stride out, FYSE selects 100 young entrepreneurs and social Changemakers annually for a one-year fellowship in which they benefit from regional networking, leadership development, mentorship from an extensive network of professionals and entrepreneurs, capacity building and access to finance. To inspire more young people FYSE will profile Paragon fellows widely through an extensive network of more than 50 partners in Asia Pacific and multiple online channels as positive role models in order to inspire more young people to consider entrepreneurship as a career choice. The website will not only provide young people with inspirational role models, but also provide them with information on how to take the next step towards turning their ideas into reality.
“We need to provide more young successful entrepreneurs as positive role models to our youth in order to inspire them to take actions. Many young people in Asia Pacific dream of being an entrepreneur, but they hesitate to take action because they don’t know any young entrepreneurs who have already succeeded in doing so. The Paragon fellowship aims to change that”, says Ms Andrea Krause, Executive Director of FYSE. “While in Europe and the US young social Changemakers and entrepreneurs are celebrated in the media and society, we need to move forward in Asia to celebrate and support our young entrepreneurs, as they can play a tremendous role in creating jobs and in contributing significantly to the economic and social development of our countries.”
This year fellows represent 10 countries including India, Indonesia, China, Pakistan, Nepal and Singapore and an astonishing 65 percent of the fellows started social ventures or NGOs. As more and more young people want to use their education to make a difference in their society, starting a social venture or NGO enables them to tackle challenges they are passionate about with a business mind. “I am an entrepreneur because I saw a social need that had to be addressed immediately and I felt that I could adequately address it by taking it up institutionally”, says Indian Piyush Tewari founder of the Save Life Foundation. Ejaj Ahmad, founder of the Bangladesh Youth Leadership Centre agrees, “I am an entrepreneur because I wanted to change my society and for me social entrepreneurship provided the perfect platform.”
The full profiles of all fellows are available at http://www.paragon100.asia
About the Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship The Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship (FYSE) is a regional organization inspiring and empowering young people to make innovative suggestions and actions to create positive change and real impact in their communities, their countries and Asia. FYSE’s major initiative is the Vision: Asia’s young people are inspired and empowered to change their community for good.
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“I am an entrepreneur because I love to be innovative and creative.”
Name: Shamila KeyaniAge: 28Venture: Jaroka Focus: TechnologyWebsite: http://www.tele-healthcare.org
“I am an entrepreneur to empower myself and eventually the people around me. I could not think of a better way than doing something of my own.”
Name: Yasir HussainAge: 26Venture: Al RugFocus: TradeWebsite: http://www.alrug.com
“I am an entrepreneur because I accept challenges and believe in changes through innovation.”
Name: Zeeshan ShokiAge: 30Venture: PAK Education SocietyFocus: EducationWebsite: http://www.pakedu.org
“I am an entrepreneur because I cannot accept the deeply rooted gender inequalities, and I do not want to be part of the injustices!”
Name: Gulalai IsmailAge: 24Venture: Aware GirlsFocus: Youth empowermentWebsite: http://www.awaregirls.webs.com
“I am an entrepreneur because life offered me much much more than any other young person in my family and in my community could have ever imagined to get. ”
Name: Khalida BrodiAge: 21Venture: Youth and Gender Development ProgramFocus: EducationWebsite: http://www.pdi.org.pk
“I am an entrepreneur because it’s about the burning desire to create and contribute without climbing a corporate ladder and be able to fully utilize your thinking and creativity. ”
Name: Muhammad Jamil AnwarAge: 29Venture: Cultural ClassicFocus: HandicraftWebsite: http://www.culturalclassics.com
“I am entrepreneur because I wanted to do something different and make a living from something that I am passionate about.”
Name: Raheel WaqarAge: 29Venture:White Rice CommunicationsFocus: Art & DesignWebsite: http://www.whiterice.pk
“I am an entrepreneur because I always wanted to contribute for the betterment of my community with fewer bureaucratic formalities.”
Name: Ranan Bilal AhmadAge: 29 Venture: Youth Alliance for Human RightsFocus: youth developmentWebsite: http://www.yafhr.org
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Social Entrepreneurship Fellows 2009/2010: Pakistan
“I am entrepreneur because I wanted to create opportunities for other, the opportunities that actually have positive impact on the lives of others.”
Name: Naveed AhmedAge: 27Country: PakistanCompany: for-profitFocus: ITWebsite: http://www.mustakbil.com
“I am an entrepreneur because I dream of creating a sustainable social enterprise that changes trends of communication flow and information management in my mountainous society in the Gilgit - Baltistan region of Pakistan.”
Name: Noor MuhammadAge: 26Venture: Pamir Times/ Pamir Media Servicecompany: non- profitFocus: MediaWebsite: www.pamirtimes.net
Bangladesh1. Ejaj Ahmad Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center2. Faisal_Islam Padma Research and Development Organization3. Taslima Mishu Rahman Media Arts and Technology Ltd
Cambodia4. Allison Hoffman The Pari Project5. Chab Vannkunn Yasmine Lodge6. Kristin Hansen Soria Moria Boutique Hotel7. Rithy Thul ProCambodia
China8. Caroline Watson Hua Dan9. Casey Wilson Wokai10.Lili Wang Chinese University Students Union for Health Education11.Li Zhang Social Venture Group Limited
Hong Kong12.Kwai Bun (Bonnie) ManyMany13.Wallis Wong 3 Dynamics (Asia)14.Wong Kam Fan (Kafar) Glomote
India15. Abhishek Humbad NextGen PMS Pvt. Ltd.16. Akhil Ravi Khelo Communications Private Ltd.17. Amit Kataria ROSE Computer Academy18. Amit Singh HeadStart Network Foundation 19. Anirban Gupta Dhriiti – The Courage Within20. Anjali Chandrashekar21. Ankit Maheshwari Instablogs22. Anshumaan Verma Beans & Intellect23. Arindam Dasgupta Dhriiti – The Courage Within24. Ashish Kumar Tekriti Software25. Biju Savindran SA Metroplots Pvt. Ltd26. Dr. Prahalatham KK Bhumi27. Ganapati Bhat Manuvikasa28. Inir Pinheiro Grassroutes29. Irfan Alam SammaaN Foundation30. Joshua Hishey Studio Alaya31. Jyoti Ramnath CraftMyGift32. Karthik Sunkara 33. Ketan Deshpande Fuel34. Keerthikiran Kiran Grassroutes35. Madhusudan Agrawal MAM Movies36. Manish Sankla Yuva Ignited Minds37. Manoj Vasudevan Pilani BPO Private Limited38. Matthew Jose BlueLabs Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd39. Medha Agrawal MAM Movies40. Medhavi Gandhi Happy Hands Foundation41. Nanda Kumar D S JEET42. Nidhi Arora Dhriiti – The Courage Within43. Parul Gupta NGO Post
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Social Entrepreneurship List of fellows 2009 (By country)
India (cont.) 43. Piyush Tewari SaveLife Foundation44. Prabal Bhardwaj Media 4 Change46. Prabhpuneet Kaur Bookcurry 46. Radhika Nair Animal Angels47. Raghu Khanna CashurDrive48. Rajkumar Janagam Cycle Chalao!49. Ram Kumar R Dreamajax Technologies Private Ltd. 50. Rashmi Vaswani Rage Chocolatier51. Rohini Fernandez Animal Angels52. Sahil Parikh DeskAway53. Sameer Segal Engineers for Social Impact54. Sasikanth Chemalamudi Habits Edutainment Pvt. Ltd.55. Saurabh Bhandari !llusions4real56. Vamsi Krishna Lakshya57. Varun Gupta Khelo Communications Private Ltd.58. Vijaya Switha Grandhi Chitrika59. Vineay Jaju Why New Coal60. Vinoth Kumar Arumugam Vinjey Software Systems Pvt. Ltd,61. Vineet Kumar National Anti-Hacking Group (NAG)62. Vivek Pahwa Accentium Web Pvt Ltd
Indonesia63. Bellamy Benedetto Neuro Designs64. Hendy Setiono PT Baba Rafi65. Vania Santoso AV Peduli66. Yanuar Rahman Pipilaka Comic School
Nepal67. Jiban Kumar Baral Alternatives68. Kanchan Jha S ANO PAILA (a little step) 69. Kumud Singh Alpine Coffee Estate Pvt. Ltd.70. Laxman Prasad Rimal Technology Sales Pvt. Ltd71. Nimesh Ghimire Invasive Education Program (MIE Project72. Nirmal Thapa Color Nepal(CNEP) 73. Pushpa Basnet Early Childhood Development Center74. Shambu Prasad Das Awareness & Skill Development Program75. Ram Prasad Rimal Technology Sales Pvt. Ltd
Pakistan76. Gulalai Ismail Aware Girls77. Khalida Brohi Youth and Gender Development Program78. Muhammad Jamil Anwar Cultural Classics79. Naveed Ahmed Mustakbil.com (TechnoBird)80. Noor Muhammad Pamir Times 81. Raheel Waqar White Rice Communications82. Rana Bilal Ahmad Youth Alliance for Human Rights83. Shamila Keyani Jaroka84. Yasir Hussain Sheikh Al Rug85. Zeeshan Shoki PAK Education Soicety (PES)
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Philippines86. Alexander Reyes RuralLight Corp.87. Clare Amador Youth Trip (YTRiP)88. Daniel Matutina Ideals Creatives, Inc.89. Denise Margaret Matias The Green Itch Project90. Jan Virnice Sering Ideals Creatives, Inc.91. Jed Christian Sayre Aley-Nm92. Laiden Pedriña Young Artists Fellowship for the Environment (YAFE), Inc.93. Marie Bernice de Leon Ideals Creatives, Inc.94. Marielle P. Nadal Ideals Creatives, Inc.95. Melissa Yeung Got Heart Foundation, Inc.96. Therese Fernandez Rags2Riches, Inc.
Singapore97. Bernice Ang Syinc98. Ming Guang Yong Socialwok - Enterprise Social Media Group Collaboration 99. Nina Halim RightBrain Pte Ltd100.Rishi Kumar TenCube Pte ltd
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