YES Leader: Mr. James Hallowell
Email : hallowell.james@gmail.com

• Founded YES Sierra Leone Network in 2002, as a nonprofit organization that is working to empower youth for employment and micro enterprise development .
• Hallowell’s vision is to bring the issue of youth unemployment on the national agenda in Sierra Leone
• Initiated youth support to transition process projects and the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Initiative for Development and Empowerment (PRIDE).
• Raised US $ 40,000 from key partners for YES Fourah Bay College (FBC) Branch.
• Was Sierra Leone’s former delegate to the Oxfam International Youth Partnership (OIYP) Sydney, Australia and 2007-2008 Third Millennium Fellow, New York.
• Volunteers time for United Network of Young Peace Builders (UNOY) Netherlands, Energy Crossroads Sierra Leone/West Africa and Community Initiatives for Transformative Actions (CITA) International Sierra Leone.
• Has a Bachelors Degree in history and sociology.
• His key expertise is in the areas of project writing, management, public advocacy and action, and youth unemployment issues.