In this episode, I host Hawa Dominica Yokie!! Hawa was born on the July 11th 2000 in Kenema, Sierra Leone. She started her education at Forum For Africa Women Educationalist (FAWE) and later proceeded to the Holy Rosary Secondary School in Kenema. Hawa started her advocacy in 2014 during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, as she was moltivated to promote and empower women and girls in her community. At age 14, she started a community development service in her school to improve the lives of young girls in rural communities. At age 15, Hawa was awarded an academic excellence award for her performance in high school. The US State Department recognised Hawa with a voluntering certificate for her voluntering service in 2016. Also in 2016, Hawa together with a few of her firends won a US Embassy grant to promote girls' education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). During her days as a STEM champion, she organised weekly activities for girls wherein issues affectng girls in Sierra Leone such as teenage pregnancy.
