Sobre nosotros
Young Water Solutions es una organización internacional sin fines de lucro que tiene como objetivo desarrollar y apoyar el potencial de lxs* jóvenes para contribuir a la gestión universal del agua, de los servicios de saneamiento, la higiene y la gestión integral de los recursos hídricos. Para conseguirlo, empoderamos a jóvenes líderes y emprendedorxs, proporcionándoles las herramientas necesarias para llevar a cabo proyectos sobre agua y saneamiento y lanzar empresas sociales en sus comunidades. Promovemos un enfoque integrado y apoyamos iniciativas que aborden desafíos integrales, como la adaptación al cambio climático, la reforestación, el empleo juvenil, la igualdad de género y la seguridad alimentaria.
Con sede en Bruselas, Young Water Solutions fue fundada en 2015 por 16 profesionales del agua (júnior y senior), procedentes de 11 países diferentes,
pero con una visión en común: un mundo en el que lxs jóvenes contribuyen a hacer del acceso al agua potable y al saneamiento una realidad cotidiana para todos los pueblos de la Tierra.
Nuestra misión es hacer una contribución efectiva y extensible a los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), empoderando a jóvenes para que implementen soluciones a los problemas de agua en sus comunidades. De cara a 2030, aspiramos a trabajar con más de 1.000 jóvenes líderes, entre los que se incluirán al menos 500 mujeres para que apliquen soluciones de agua en sus comunidades, de modo que al menos 1 millón de personas puedan contar con agua potable y saneamiento y disfrutar de una vida digna.
* En nuestra página web se utiliza lenguaje no sexista, aplicando el recurso gramatical de la letra “x” en sus textos, a fin de eliminar diferencias sexuales en la lengua y reflejar inclusión genérica, haciendo visible lo femenino y otras identidades no hegemónicas.
¿POR QUÉ AGUA, POR QUÉ JÓVENES?
Equipo operativo

Antonella Vagliente
Co-Founder & Director General (HQ in Brussels)
Antonella was born and raised in Argentina. She has been implementing youth empowerment and water projects since she was 15 years old. She has a degree in Local and Regional Development and a Master of Integrated Water Management from the university of Queensland.

Miles Bell
Programme Officer (HQ in Brussels)
Miles holds an MSc in the Science and Governance of Water from King’s College London, where his research focused on community-based water resource management. He is the Water Security Editor at the Global Water Forum and has previously worked for consultancies and NGOs in international development, hydropower and water management.

Anna Chaumont
Programme Officer (HQ in Brussels)
Anna has a Public administration degree, a Business Management master as well as a Territorial Development and Change Management diploma oriented towards diagnosis, operational monitoring, evaluation and systematization of development projects. She has worked previously in NGOs, in the European commission and ONU agencies in project management, communication and programme performance evaluation and reporting.

Sheila Ruyondo
2019 YWF East Africa local coordinator (TuriKumwe - Uganda)
A Rwandan and Ugandan native, Sheila holds an LLB (Bachelor of Laws) from the Uganda Pentecostal University. She is the founder of the NGO Turi Kumwe, and has previously worked on policy analysis and process mapping to ensure more efficient gender mainstreaming. She has built her career in a variety of roles, ranging from WASH to international education, rule of law program design, and rural public health.

Francis Akotia
2020 YWF Côte d'Ivoire local coordinator (IncubIvoir - Côte d'Ivoire)
Francis holds a degree in International Trade and Supply Chain Management and defines himself as an actor for local development, specialising in social entrepreneurship. He has worked for numerous youth associations and is now a Project Manager at Incub'Ivoir, an incubator based in Abidjan, and coordinator of the YWF Côte d'Ivoire.

Marie Ange Diouf
2020 YWF Sénégal local coordinator (Concree - Sénégal)
With an MBA in Management from the Hokkaido University in Japan, Marie Ange is passionate about entrepreneurship and creating social impact businesses. She works with WASH entrepreneurs in her role at Concree, a Senegalese incubator supporting entrepreneurs to grow their businesses from ideas to scalable business model. Marie Ange is the coordinator of the first edition of YWF Senegal.

Camilla Lavino
Communications Intern (HQ in Brussels)
Camilla holds a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics and has just finished her Msc in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Following her academic experience and her background in the public and non-profit sector, Camilla aspires to merge her passion about international development and communications.
Miembros y Consejo Administrativo

Bart Devos
Belgium, President

Joachim d’Eugenio
Germany, Board Member

Wasif Babar Bashir
Pakistan. Co-founding member

Susanne Reitsma
The Netherlands. Co-founding member

Joshua Newton
USA, Board member

Ilias Sawadogo
Burkina Faso, Vice President

Amna Omer
Sudan. Co-founding member

Arturo Martinez
Mexico. Co-founding member

Koffi Yameogo
Ivory Coast. Co-founding member

Sajid Iqbal
Bangladesh. Co-founding member

Jo Van Cauwenberghe
Belgium, Board Member

Flamay Ahiafor
Togo. Co-founding member

Bart Devos
Belgium, President

Joachim d’Eugenio
Germany, Board Member

Joshua Newton
USA, Board member

Ilias Sawadogo
Burkina Faso, Vice President

Amna Omer
Sudan. Co-founding member

Arturo Martinez
Mexico. Co-founding member

Jo Van Cauwenberghe
Belgium, Board Member

Flamay Ahiafor
Togo. Co-founding member

Koffi Yameogo
Ivory Coast. Co-founding member

Wasif Babar Bashir
Pakistan. Co-founding member

Susanne Reitsma
The Netherlands. Co-founding member
