Youth leaders' role
GPE engages youth leaders around the world to help drive global change in education.
We partner with young people to:
- Amplify their voices in global education discussions
- Raise awareness of barriers to education, particularly for marginalized groups
- Boost leaders’ ambition for education financing
- Influence decision-makers and mobilize action for inclusive, quality education.
GPE youth leaders are young education activists based in GPE partner and donor countries. They are raising awareness of the barriers to education and aiming to increase the ambition of leaders for financing education and development. They are supporting GPE’s financing campaign to transform education systems in their countries and around the world.
Meet the youth leaders
Alumni
The GPE youth leaders alumni network is an informal group for the youth leaders who have formally exited the program. It convenes the most committed and standout former youth leaders for exchanges, experience sharing and continued advocacy.
- Amani Espérance, Burundi
- Anjalie sookra, Guyana
- Anna Bella Sabilah, Indonesia
- Asimawu Tahiru, Ghana
- Ayesha Farah, United Kingdom
- Ayesha Khan, Canada
- Ayesha Siddika, Bangladesh
- Billan Ahmed, Somaliland
- Carlos Lougourou, Italy
- Clement Kaponda, Zambia
- Diana Ayala, Honduras
- Eliza Chikoti, Malawi
- Farida Ally, Kenya
- Heela Yoon, UK
- Hiyona Otake, Japan
- Isabella Kila, Papua New Guinea
- Jonatan Balle, Denmark
- Kevin Eustatia-Palm, The Netherlands
- Lalita Tamang, Nepal
- Lilia Touil, France
- Maimouna BA, Burkina Faso
- María José Carranza Padilla, Guatemala
- Marina Takahashi, Japan
- Martine Billing, Norway
- Maryjacob Okwuosa, Nigeria
- Massah Esther Nyally Bockarie, Sierra Leone
- Memory Banda, Zambia
- Michelle Kafe, UK
- Muhammad Asad Hashmi, Pakistan
- Neha Imtiaz Ullah, Denmark
- Ngimou Victorine Nchokuno, Cameroon
- Nir Shrestha, Nepal
- Phương Anh Dương, Vietnam
- Ranja Diab, France
- Rebecca Mpoyi, DRC
- Rianka Chance, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Rosalie Schoemaker, The Netherlands
- Salha Azia, Tanzania
- Selina Nkoile, Kenya
- Seme Luate cons, South Sudan
- Sikemi Okunrinboye, United Kingdom
- Temilade Salami, United Kingdom
- Tendai Kunyelesa, Zimbabwe
- Tomoe Nakano, Japan
- Valentine Chepkoech, Kenya
- Wadi Ben-Hirki, Nigeria
- Zoé Elkær Nicot, Denmark
- Zubair Junjunia, UK
Latest youth leaders content
July 22, 2025
As young people from around the world, we are living in a time of challenge and opportunity. Inequality, youth unemployment, conflict, and the rapid pace of digital change are reshaping our futures. In the...
March 17, 2025
Through her personal story, a GPE youth leader paints a vivid picture of the struggles many young girls endure when being forced to marry, why it is urgent to address this harmful practice, and how education...
February 17, 2025
Anna Bella Sabilah, GPE youth leader from Indonesia, takes us through her past months advocating for inclusive and equitable education policies.