Adama Kouyate

Adama Kouyate has over six years of experience working directly with disadvantaged communities focusing on health and capacity building for women and youth. He currently serves as the Communications and Public Affairs Manager for the Mali Health Organizing Project (MHOP) and is responsible for all of MHOP’s communication activities. He works to promote the prevention of disease in women and children and to improve the quality of health care Adama Kouyate is also the founder and CEO ofInitiative contre la Faim des Enfants (IFE-Mali), an organization specializing in the field of child nutrition and food sufficiency through food donation and strengthening the agricultural production capacity of local farmers in western Mali. He has completed an intensive management training course through the Management Development Institute, participated in an intensive English study program at Ohio University, holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Bamako, and a master’s of business degree in Human Resource Management from Technolab-ISTA. Upon completion of the Washington Fellowship, Adama plans to expand IFE-Mali to other communities in northern Mali in order to enhance the agricultural production capacity of more local farmers. Stayed in Africa.