Executive Director | Fadeelatu Yussif
Yussif Fadeelatu is a Creative Writer, Community Development enthusiast, and Founder of the Rural Resilience Foundation (RReF) where she focuses on advocating for the empowerment of young people especially in rural areas to have access to quality education and employment. Fadeelatu currently is studying at Memorial University of Newfoundland Canada in MA Environmental Policy. Fadeelatu is a past Global Peace Ambassador at the Global Peace Chain, an alumnus of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) West Africa Leadership Centre (RLC), West African Peace Ambassadors Network and African Change Makers Cohort 2 Fellow. She holds a bachelor’s degree in social and development Administration from the University for Development Studies (UDS). Fadeelatu is motivated by her passion to see the rural young person especially the girl child live happy and productive lives and she relishes opportunities to develop and utilize her knowledge, skills, and attitudes in making positive change and impacts in the lives of people and organizations.