Meet Our Youth Leaders

I want a community that is free from Gender Based Violence (GBV), Child Labour and Forced Labour. I want our community to be an ideal and safe place for children, youth, and women where gender equality prevails. I firmly believe that youth can play an important role in successfully setting up such communities.

Name : Karen Cabatuan

 Co-op Name : Dama Farm Workers Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association

FLO ID: 29041

Country: Philippines

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”If we promote and support the youth to thrive in the sustainable local economic potential, it will lead to a gradual shift within the youth, to move away from economic activities that involve the exploitation of natural resources such as collecting woods and sands to sustainable local organic farming and eco-tourism.’’

Name :Ika Irawati

 Co-op Name : Koperasi Simpan Pinjam Karya Manunggal Sejahtera

FLO ID: 33806

Country: Indonesia

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As the core group president of the Youth Council, I want to provide a safe space for the youth to express themselves through arts and activities, or by just being able to talk openly with their peers and caring adults.

Name : CHRISTIAN SALDUA GODOY

 Co-op Name :Davnor Fairtrade Coconut Farmers Association

FLO ID: 38088

Country: Philippines

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One challenge I would like to address on a priority basis would be issues related to climate change. I would like to focus more on training and educating our farmers on the importance of climate change adaptation measures.

Name : Sudarshan S. Wali

 Co-op Name : Primary Agriculture Credit Co-operative Sangha Niyamit, Itagi

FLO ID: 27791

Country: India

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Youth comes with a fresh mind, have fresh ideas and are energetic. They can come up with new innovative ideas to support the older generation in the field. This is why organizations world-wide are appointing youth leaders to come up with a new vision.

Name : Ankur Chauhan

 Co-op Name : Bhoojal Mrada Urvarta Sanrakshan Samiti

FLO ID: 40505

Country: India

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As a youth, I think that agriculture can be made profitable if we can research more on maximizing productivity within the field. The same can be done by appointing more youth leaders to guide and motivate the farmers.

Name : Pritty Sunny

 Co-op Name : Wayanad Agricultural Society

FLO ID: 33805

Country: India

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I would like to empower and support more youth in our organization to become leaders. Currently, we have 100 members (maximum women) between the age of 16-26 years, and I am targeting training about 20 youth to become leaders in 2020.

Name : Dharshani Raja Manikkam

 Co-op Name : Stassen Natural Foods (Pvt.) Ltd. (Idulgashina Bio Tea Garden)

FLO ID: 1550

Country: Sri Lanka

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With the support of the educational loan from the Fairtrade Premium Fund, I am proud to get a degree in Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT). Now I have decided to give Agriculture a try through the knowledge gained from the course. My belief that being a farmer means being poor, gradually changed when I got exposed to several opportunities for young people in the Fairtrade system

Name : Jo-an F. Miralles

 Co-op Name : Dama Farm Workers Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association

FLO ID: 29041

Country: Philippines

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