WE BELIEVE EVERYONE DESERVES TO THRIVE
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Y.E.P.
Youth Empowerment Program
Meet Our Y.E.P. Global Youth Empowerment Program Directors
Our Y.E.P. Global Directors are more than facilitators—they are mentors, coaches, visionaries, and Heart-Led Leaders committed to helping youth discover their potential, find their voice, and create a future filled with possibility.
Through the Y.E.P. Global Youth Empowerment Program, our Directors guide students through the 7 Pillars of Thriving:
🧠 Mindset – It's the Biggest Deal
🎯 Focus – What You Focus On Is What You Get
🗣 Declaration – Declare It and Make It Happen
🌈 Visualization – Visualize It and Make It So
🚀 Accountability & Imperfect Action – Action Creates Results
🤝 Creativity & Collaboration – Together We Go Further
💜 Community & Heart-Led Leadership – Leadership Is Service
Our Directors empower youth to think bigger, dream bigger, and take meaningful action in their lives, schools, businesses, and communities.
They help students learn how to use AI as a Thinking Partner, solve real-world challenges, collaborate with local businesses, create community impact projects, and become confident leaders who know their voice matters.
Most importantly, they teach our youth one powerful truth:
✨ You are not the leaders of tomorrow.
✨ You are Leaders Now.
Together, our Directors are helping us fulfill our mission of raising 1 Million Heart-Led Leaders by 2030 and creating a generation of young people who believe in themselves, serve their communities, and know that anything is possible.
Welcome to the movement.
Welcome to Y.E.P. Global.
Because We All Deserve To Thrive.™
Behind every empowered young leader is a leader who believes in them.
Carol Witt
Founder & Global Director, Y.E.P. Global
Passionate. Visionary. Connector.
As Founder and Director of Y.E.A. Global (Young Entrepreneurs Alliance), and Y.E.P. (Youth Empowerment Program), I am dedicated to empowering youth, entrepreneurs, and communities worldwide. With students in 86 countries, including 46 across Africa, I’ve built a global platform that inspires leaders to rise, businesses to grow, and communities to thrive.
Amir A. Abdalla
Global Director of Youth Leadership Development, Y.E.P. Global
Neuroscience-Based Identity & Mindset Coaching | Helping Professionals Find Clarity and Self-Trust from Day One
Kenneth Kisang- Africa Y.E.P. Director
💡 My Philosophy: The 4 C’s of Transformation
I lead through a framework of Competence, Character, Connection, and Culture. My goal is to mentor the "young architects" of Africa by sharing lessons gathered over 20+ years in leadership, focusing on moving from rigid authority to heart-led authenticity.
🌐 Key Impact Areas
Director, Kerstine Schools: Cultivating academic excellence and moral integrity in Nairobi.
Director for Africa, Y.E.A. Global: Empowering the next generation of African entrepreneurs to scale their impact.
Y.E.P. Director - Ghana | Director of Affiliate Marketing @ Y.E.A Global | Digital Marketer | AI | I help ambitious young entrepreneurs across Africa and beyond access world-class coaching and build businesses with global reach.
Prince Duku Afful
·Y.E.P. Director - Ghana | Director of Founder & CEO at AffDuk | Bringing 3 Days Delivery to Africa| Solving the 60 Days China to Africa Trade Delay
Y.E.P. Director - Canada
Sustainable Leadership Coach for Women Leaders | Woman-Centered Practitioner | Conflict Transformation Practitioner | EDI-Informed Facilitator
Daniela Cohen - Y.E.P. Director - Canada
Y.E. P. Director - Ecuador
Policy & Research Analyst – Governance, Migration & International Security
Youth Leader | Community Development Practitioner(CDP) | Founder Ryfdo-Uganda/ Global Director SLDS | Championing Youth Livelihoods & Community Empowerment/Director Conrad Foundation(Africa)/ Y.E.P Director Uganda