Teslima Jallow is
an Activist and an Advocate in The Gambia with over 5 years experience in
community development focusing on peace building and promoting democracy. He is
Teslima is Motivated and Committed to community
development and serving communities to bring about development is of great
interest to him as he refers to himself as “that of the community”. He is currently taking part in the Young
African Leadership initiative, a United States Government initiative in an effort to invest in
the next generation of African leaders. This was launched in 2010 to support
Young African Leaders as they spur growth and prosperity, strengthen democratic
governance, and enhance peace and security across Africa. Upon completion of the YALI RLC
West Africa program, Teslima plans to continue his work in exploring local efforts to create,
maintain, and strengthen citizen-led and community-driven development to his
community.”
Where
did you see yourself in the next five years?
Teslima plans to continue his work in exploring local efforts to create,
maintain, and strengthen citizen-led and community-driven development to his
community. He wants to be a
champion of democracy, peace builder and a champion of change working with both
local and international NGOs and local government to bring about development to
his community.
What
is your greatest strenght and weakness?
Teslima’s biggest strength is the ability to
manage and recognized threats while working with communities in
developing life transforming self-led programs having lasting impacts in their
lives while he is a team player and his weakness is ability to work with a slow
and ineffective set of people.
What
is your greatest achievement?
In
January, 2017, Teslima represented YCFaC at the first ever African Youth
Conference on African Unity and Development organized by the African Youth Commission (AYC) which took place in Addis
Ababa, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on the sidelines of the 28th
African Union Ordinary Summit of Heads of States and Governments. And in
November 2016, he was amongst the few Gambians who participated at the 12th Conference of Youth (COY12) in Marrakech, Morocco
which was aimed at consolidating the recommendations of the world youths about
climate change in order to translate it into action and proposals sent to UNFCCC secretariat and the presidency of COP22.
Teslima was
nominated as the Youth of the Month Award in recognition of his efforts in
advocacy by The Balance TV Crew in June 2016.
Tell
us in brief your story of impact?
I work closely with Communities in
identifying problems, projects and implementation of commensurable lasting
solutions to the identified and prioritized problems through participatory
community-led approaches. These were successful due to my keen enthusiasm in
changing the lives of people and my ability to mobilize equally passionate
stakeholders.
What
is your greatest accomplishment?
Together with my fellow Gambian jointly
fought to end dictatorship in the process.
What
are your greatest challenges?
Working with communities is not one
easy task. Working with conservative community leaders and other members of the
community is one of my greatest challenges in making them do away from their
traditional beliefs and activities. Example, the practice of Female genital
mutilation.
Who
is your mentor?
Ibrahim
Ceesay
Sustainable Development Practitioner
Social Justice and Climate Campaigner
Youth Policy Expert|Film-maker|Peacetivist|ARTivist|
What
is change to you and how do you hope to effect change in your community?
To me, Change is something
that presses me out of my comfort zone. I am working with communities in
helping identify problems and providing lasting solutions to the identified
solutions. This has lifted me out of my comfort zone and be able to work with
community
How
are you when you are under pressure to achieve a goal?
I am always calm when am under pressure
and am able to focus to achieve the goal at hand
What
have you done to improve your knowledge in your chosen field?
I am currently pursuing a bachelor’s
degree in Development studies due to my passion to work with community to be
able to help bring sustainable development to respective communities in my
country and Africa at large.
A
word of encouragement for you audience?
Everything one sets his or her mind on,
one shall be able to achieve the set goal. As young people, we should be
proactive and always be demine to achieving our desired goals
He is from The Gambia and a Spotlight in all spheres of life
Contact:
+2203025005(Whatsapp)
Email:
taslima.jallow@gmail.com
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