Yasmine Chaitou

Yasmine Chaitou is a Mauritanian national who has 4 years of experience in the communication sector. She is currently working at the United Nations in Mauritania as a Communication Analyst. Her job is to ensure greater visibility for all UN agencies and to make sure that they have a common communication strategy. Yasmine Chaitou loves culture and education and wants to improve education mechanisms in her country by working on an innovative approach. She would like to implement an education center that will boost children’s, especially girls’, self-confidence and offer them activities in leadership, empowerment, arts, sciences, reading, and writing. Upon completion of the Washington Fellowship, Yasmine plans to establish an extra-curricular center. She will work towards improving the quality of education by collaborating with her government to integrate this concept in the National Education Strategy. Yasmine is also a community-oriented person who truly believes in the potential of the youth in her country and in Africa. She is a member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Mauritania, where she is the Communication and Project Development Manager.Yasmine holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication and Tourism from Lasalle International College of Tunis. Stayed in Africa.