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| From left: Paulina Kowalke & Tim Tolle |
The national chapter of Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN
Gambia) on Thursday held a session to welcome interns from GLEN (Global Education
Network of Young Europeans).
Their arrival is part of a three months
internship programme between the two organisations on areas of youth work and
development in the Gambia.
Speaking at the welcoming ceremony, Mamadou Edrisa Njie,
Executive Director of the national chapter said the receipt of two interns by
his office is a significant mark of partnership between GLEN (Global Education
Network of Young Europeans) and the Gambia chapter of Global Youth
Innovation Network (GYIN Gambia).
He said that the internship programme is intended to
promoting and supporting youth in rural areas in the areas of agriculture and
small-scale agri-business. He added that their engagements will include sharing
knowledge of entrepreneurship, business advisory services, mentoring, and
organisational management, as well as public relations work, fundraising and
some computer skills with their counterparts in the country.
For his part, Ebrima Bah, Head of Projects as GYIN Gambia
stated that the posting of
GLEN interns to country is in perfect time.
According to him, their office is currently busy on preparation for the third
edition annual summer youth camp on Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and
Information Technology (ELIT) after which his office will shift to a five
months intensive mentorship programme.
“So our friends from GLEN are a great encouragement on
our team”, he said, adding that their partnership will tighten the grip in
youth development in the country.
Within a short moment of working relationship with the
visitors, Jainaba Manjang, GYIN Gambia’s Head of Programmes observed that the
GLEN interns business oriented and focus in progress. “They will no doubt
support our entrepreneurship trainings, and business management workshops.” She
also said that these occasions will give the interns chance to share knowledge
of entrepreneurship and to engage in business advisory services.
Ms Manjang anticipates that her partners will find
interesting times as they get involved in programme and in various projects
which focus field works in the provincial regions.
About
GLEN
GLEN (Global Education Network of Young Europeans) is a
network of non-governmental and governmental organisations as well as committed
young people who are involved in global education. It is a joint non-profit,
politically independent initiative of ten organisations from the European
Union.
GLEN envisions a world in which people reflect on the
realities of the globalised world and their own role in it, and join hands,
minds and hearts to build fair and sustainable societies.
About
GYIN Gambia
Founded in 2012, the Gambian chapter of the Global Youth
Innovation Network (GYIN Gambia) is a non-profit organisation with the mission
of supporting young people from Gambia’s rural areas interested in starting
their own businesses. Through promoting young rural people’s engagement in
entrepreneurship, the organisation hopes to ultimately reduce rural
unemployment and poverty and foster rural development.
About
the Interns
Tim Tolle, is a German national. Some of his experiences
include tutorial on financial reporting, basic techniques of accounting, and
German GAAP as well as international IFRS at the University of Göttingen,
Göttingen (Germany).
He supports Deloitte during annual audit services for
clients on the capital market in addition to engagement at the Audit and
Advisory service line of IFRS in Germany.
Paulina Kowalke who is from Poland is an accredited
expert in International Economic Relations (specialisation in International
Business) by the University of Gdansk in Poland.
She is Talent Intelligence Manager in London supporting IT
recruitments to ensure undisrupted, continuous digital transformation of a top
5 global FMCG company. She also builds strategic relationships and networking
with SMEs across various IT technologies as well as providing guidance on
market intelligence, specifically on IT talent in the European market.
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