Yenumpunti Elsa Ouali

Yenumpunti Elsa Ouali has worked in civic leadership for a year and represents Burkina Faso in the World Youth Parliament for Water, where she works on water and sanitation related issues through advocacy, sensitizing, communication, networking, and local projects. She is involved in REJEDD, a youth network for water, sanitation, environmental, and sustainable development, and works with the FLA organization for better access for girls’ to scientific studies, and women’s rights in general. Elsa has experience in team work and groups’ monitoring, the use of media and communication tools, project building, and management. Yenumpunti Elsa Ouali holds a Bachelor’s degree in Water and Environment Engineering and a Master’s degree in Electrical and Renewable Energy (with a focus on thermal storage systems, for concentrating solar power plants). Back home after the Fellowship, Elsa intends to continue her civic commitment and to create her own organization focused on water, sanitation, and renewable energy. Stayed in Africa.