Learn more about Damilola Babatunde

Damilola Babatunde, 22

Founder and Executive Director, Young Changemakers Foundation - Nigeria

Damilola Babatunde is a Peacebuilder and Gender Equality Advocate. He is the Founder and Executive Director of Young Changemakers Foundation (YCF); a youth-led and impact-oriented organization that is focused on positively transforming people and communities through peacebuilding and empowerment initiatives/projects.

Damilola is passionate and engaged with peacebuilding, gender equality and international development. He has worked with several local and international organizations to execute diverse social impact projects in low-income, underserved and marginalized communities. He has also worked on advocacy projects to counter violence, promote impact-driven policies, amplify the voices of people from marginalized communities and foster diversity, equality and inclusion.

Damilola is a graduate of Pharmacy from the University of Ibadan. He is a United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Generation Change Fellow, United Nations Academic Impact Millennium Fellow, Women Deliver Young Leader, The Institute for Economics and Peace Ambassador, a member of the Global Health Workforce Network of World Health Organization (WHO), among other notable international fellowships.

Tags: peacebuilding, Gender equality, community empowerment