Abdourahman Bamba is a young activist with four years peer education experience on STDs/HIV/AIDS, blood donation campaigns, and students' learning. From 2013 to 2017, Abdourahman took executive positions in the Board of the English Club Universite de Lome (ECUL), becoming successively first organizer, secretary general, and then president, where he designed and implemented projects to spread the mastery of the English language to better opportunities for French speaking students. In 2013, Abdourahman co-founded Education, Citizenship and Change (E2C), a non-profit for youth civic engagement where he currently serves as Secretary General with a focus on citizenship, transparency, and communication. Abdourahman is a B.A. holder in linguistics, a freelance translator and interpreter, and besides, has been serving as a voluntary advisor for Togo EducationUSA since April 2016. His dearest wish is to promote a new generation of young citizens mindful of their duties toward their fellow citizens and their country. Upon completion of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, he will return to his country and continue his work with E2C, implementing a project on youth training for the understanding of decision-making processes and advocacy to solve community issues.

Abdourahman tragically passed away in November 2019. He is missed by all in the YALI family.