Yak Speaks | Yakama Jones

Inspired Learning
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Women Empowerment
Youth Empowerment and Education

Jan 20
5 min

Driving Change or Breaking Glass Ceilings? Please bring others along. A Converse-Passion-Discuss

Driving Change or Breaking Glass Ceilings? Let's bring each other along and create a generation of change makers.

Oct 12, 2020
7 min

A combination of words dipped in love and belief to my daughters, Gold and Silver

A combination of words dipped in love and belief to my daughters, Gold and Silver on the International Day of the Girl Child, 2020.

Sep 3, 2020
1 min

A Masterpiece, yet still, a work in progress.............

A masterpiece, yet still a work in progress.......... what say you?

Aug 18, 2020
5 min

Did I hear you say ‘Yes’?

Reading is the foundation for all learning.Will you join us to bring back the reading culture to Sierra Leone? Did I hear you say 'Yes'?

Aug 5, 2020
3 min

Let’s Talk about the Economic Empowerment of Women

Keshab Chandra Mandal described five separate categories of female empowerment: social, educational, economic, political, and psychologic...

Aug 3, 2020
4 min

History-Fear-Excitement-Belief: Hitting Education Milestones COVID-19 Style

Children in Sierra Leone are Hitting Education Milestones COVID-19 Style

Jun 15, 2020
3 min

COVID-19…This too shall pass! Looking Back to Fuel Grit!

When I have conversations with many that wonder why I do what I do, I always say it’s because I am convinced, I was created to not do jus...

May 15, 2020
4 min

Join the COVID-19 Fight but with a ‘Systems’ view to collaboration

Crises have a way of bringing people together. It is probably our innate instinct to not only survive but also to thrive. Over the years,...

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