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QUALITY EDUCATION MENTEES Akinyi Manners-Obama
MENTORS
Frederick Otieno Alego
FOR SUSTAINABLE Racheal Sabore Azra Mujacic
DEVELOPMENT Elia Mahushi Benedetta Mbeneka
Emanuel Mtui
Emmy Chirchir
Ruth Invota Katie Plichta
Dennis Imani Margaret Koli
Natasha Koli
Rasmus Emil Bertelsen

Since the establishment of the PDAid “My worries and concerns were soon laid to
Foundation in 2015, Phoenix Design Aid has rest as the PDAid Foundation hand-held me
TARGET 4.3 actively supported the foundation as part of through the process and what I and other
the company’s professional alignment with mentors ought to expect. We had a series
SDG 4, target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal of meetings where we were taken through
Mentoring access for all women and men to affordable the objectives, expectations and materials to
programme update and quality technical, vocational and use and even had talks with previous years’
tertiary education, including university. The mentors and mentees as well as partners of
PDAid Foundation’s mentoring programme, the programme. This provided me with all
developed with the Talent Scouts, has the information I needed. Dennis, Azra and
continued to welcome new mentors and Benedetta did a sterling job in providing this
mentees over the last reporting period. guidance and were an email or phone call
away if additional help was needed,” said
About the PDAid Foundation Association The PDAid Foundation onboarded six new Natasha. She added:
mentors in September 2021 and another in
The PDAid Foundation Association was launched December 2021, bringing the foundation’s “Thank you, PDAid Foundation, for making the
in February 2015 by the CEO of Phoenix Design total number of mentors to eight. The mentorship onboarding process as seamless
Aid, Dennis Lundoe Nielsen, and Pia Nielsen onboarding consisted of a number of sessions as possible. The good work you are doing will
with the support of the Kilimanjaro Initiative,
headquartered in Kenya. In 2021, the foundation that introduced the mentors to the foundation have a positive impact on the lives of many
officially became an association. and its structure as well as the mentoring youths in Africa.”
programme itself while also providing insights
Through education, financial assistance, personal into the roles of both mentor and mentee. Among the new mentees is Elia Mahushi. He
communication and mentorships, the foundation was very excited to hear that young people
supports talented young individuals from The first mentoring partnerships of from both Kenya and Tanzania would be
disadvantaged backgrounds to increase their 2022 have begun, with six mentors selected for mentorships.
leadership and management skills and become
positive change agents at all levels of society. introduced to six of the young people who
participated in the 2021 Big Climb – the “It even got nicer when we were introduced
https://pdaidfoundation.org most mentorships the programme has to our mentors. After we were introduced, I
had at one time. The foundation expects started meeting with my mentor, Emmy, on
that more young people will join the WhatsApp. It was very nice for me because I
mentoring programme in the near future. finally found a person to share my plans and
even my fears with. She is so passionate to
“We are excited to have more mentees in the help, friendly and a sister to me. We are even in
programme. We will use this opportunity touch outside our meeting schedule, sharing
to get some feedback on the programme experiences, opportunities and sometimes
and the structure around it as well as the wishing each other good days. Since I started
About Talent Scouts whole onboarding process,” said Dennis the mentorship program, it has lifted my
Lundoe Nielsen, Founder of the PDAid confidence and self-discovery and has given
Talent Scouts (Talentspejderne) is a Danish Foundation and CEO of Phoenix Design Aid. me more energy to pursue my future life plans.
humanitarian organization. The organization is The mentorship programme is awesome, and
non-profit, non-political and non-religious. The first impressions of the new mentors I wholeheartedly appreciate my mentor,” said
Through its mentoring programme, developed and mentees have already been shared with Elia, who looks forward to learning even more.
in collaboration with leading learning experts,
Talent Scouts offers support to young Danes the PDAid Foundation. Natasha Koli was
ages 15 to 20. both nervous and excited when she heard
she had been selected as one of the PDAid
https://talentspejderne.dk Foundation’s new mentors.