Grace Ihejiamaizu is a Sociology graduate and emerging Social Entrepreneur with over 3 years experience managing various youth-led and community based projects. Her passion for positive change in Nigeria has led her to develop the RYPE Initiative, a project that is helping young people gain real skills to become leaders and productive entrepreneurs.
Her active involvement in various community-based projects and outstanding leadership achievements has won her some national and international recognition including her recent recognition by Google's Zeitgeist as one of the 12 Brightest Young Minds in 2011. She is also a worthy alumnus of a US Government program, SUSI - "Study of the US Institute for Student Leaders". Grace's commitment to ensuring that young people are properly guided and engaged to achieve their dreams won her the Michelle Obama Young African Women Leader's Forum Grant in 2011 in support of her work in the community.
Follow this blog 'GoldenYouth' for great articles, stories and relevant information for young people.
Poems yet unwritten, Songs yet unsung, Children yet unborn, Homes yet to be mended, Issues yet unsolved, Heights yet to be reached, Communities yet untouched, Bowels of mercy yet to be poured out, We keep striving, We keep running, We keep dreaming, Till we reach the mark................................
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