My passion for empowering the unemployed and underemployed stems from two formative experiences. The first, was when a young man attempted to steal my phone was struck dead by oncoming traffic and the second was the passing of my father. A few weeks before he passed away he spoke to me about what sort of life I wanted to live and urged me to “Make my life count for something”  

It falls on a generation to be great, these were the wise words of the late Nelson Mandela. Looking back at the past few months together, I am convinced that we are that generation. We may seem like a drop in ocean but believe me, we can and should be the Wangari Mathaai’s hummingbird. LéO Institute has given us an opportunity to bridge the gap between generations, let’s use these wings and fly.