Mandela Washington Fellowship - Summer 2023
“What motivates me is my experience as a refugee. I perfectly understand the vulnerabilities that comes from displacement.”
Anibiko Koosa has more than five years of experience helping young people in South Sudan. Anibiko is project director at the Foundation for Youth Empowerment. He is also founder and chief executive officer of DPL Investment Company. Anibiko empowers youth and women through initiatives and activities aimed at addressing knowledge gaps, teaching new skills, and providing mentors. His work enhances young people’s capacity to take responsibility for driving growth and adding value to the economic and social development of their communities. Anibiko is also a volunteer preacher whose message gives hope and comfort to people in need. He is committed to restoring hope to less privileged youth. Through mentoring and innovative leadership development programs, he equips them to achieve life goals and become agents of change in their society. After completing the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, Anibiko plans to expand his youth empowerment program, identify protection gaps in the community, and advocate for the rights of vulnerable members of his community.