Mentoring Tomorrow's Leaders… My Father's House Foundation Host YES Summit

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The Youth Empowerment Synergy (YES) summit that is organized by My Father's House Foundation (MFHF) with support from Africell will end today with an extra ordinary rewarding excellence YES 2017 awards and cocktail. 

The summit which started from the 3rd April ends on the 7th April 2017 at the Miatta Conference Hall in Freetown.
The week long events saw different stakeholders in the youth business such as the Minister of Youth Affairs, National Youth Commissioner among others gracing the event.
MFHF Co-Founder and Head of Strategy, Ninie Unachuku described the summit as one that is in line with their dreams and vision for the youth.
 She said MFHF started their mentoring program for young people between the ages of 16 to 25 few months back as a way of empowering them for a brighter future not only for themselves but the nation as a whole.
MFHF is a non-profit community initiative set up in Sierra Leone to assist in the regeneration effort of the nation. She mentioned that all their membership is Sierra Leoneans at home and abroad that have real passion to help young people from falling below the poverty line and build a strong nation.
According to her MFHF strongly believed that the life of every Sierra Leonean matters and that every Sierra Leonean can become great contributor to the national good.
Madam Ninie Unachuku went further to explained that they called their first project 'Start with One'
She added that when the youth succeed they succeed; if they fail they would have failed to impact their next generation of potential Doctors, Lawyers, Sportsmen, Entertainers and Business Moguls among others.

MFHF Co-Founder and Head of Public Relations, Rosemarie Suma-Keita said MFHF provide access to rehabilitation, education, training and entrepreneurship.

“Basically we take off where other charities have left off. We look after the victims so they don't fall below the poverty line.”
She stressed that MFHF acts as the go between for the vulnerable children and young people, by providing them with access to; medical help, educational and vocational training and also business and entrepreneurial training including access to a micro loan for the qualified to start their own business venture.
Melford Vincent is one of the latest young entrepreneurs in Sierra Leone and she is one of the nominees of the rewarding excellence awards.
 She is the CEO of I-GRO natural and relaxing hair production. 
She explained how she came into the business world and how she is determined to ensure that her brand is recognized all over the world.
The categories of awards include:
Sport
Advocacy
Leadership
Environment
Peer support
Entrepreneurship
Arts and culture

Technical innovations

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