GCSAYN Mentorship Cohort 4

🎉 Welcoming Our New GCSAYN Mentorship Cohort – Youth Leading Climate Action

We are thrilled to welcome a fresh cohort of passionate, talented mentees to the Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network Global (GCSAYN)! 🌍✨

As part of our flagship mentorship program, these dynamic young changemakers will help drive forward GCSAYN’s mission: empowering youth to lead climate-smart agriculture and sustainability efforts across the globe.

What are the aims of mentorship program?

GCSAYN was founded on the idea that youth have unique insight, energy, and agency to drive sustainable transformations in agriculture. Our network now spans over 170 countries, connecting young people with knowledge, partnerships, and on-the-ground impact.

The mentorship program is one of our new flagship initiatives, alongside internships, exchange programs, climate hackathons, and more. GCSAYN mentees engage in research, policy dialogue, community outreach, project development, digital campaigns, and more — all designed to strengthen climate resilience, boost food security, and scale youth leadership in agriculture.

🙌 Meet the Mentees of Cohort 4:

Our new mentees come from diverse regions and disciplines, all united by a shared vision of climate action and sustainable development.
Here’s a glimpse at a few of our new team members:

🧑🏽‍🌾 Yemeli Manfouo Huguette – Cameroon
Based in Cameroon, Yemeli is a student at Catholic University Institute in Yaoundé, Cameroon with a passion for sustainable agriculture, and youth empowerment.

👨🏻‍💻 Derrick Mukanshi – Zambia
Mr. Derrick represents Zambia and is focused on agri-innovation and youth involvement in climate policy.

👩🏽‍🔬 Shinyuy Glory – Cameroon
Ms. Shinyuy from Cameroon, with strong roots in community-driven climate adaptation and working with school children.

👩🏽‍🔬 Mehendi Behera – India
Ms. Behera from India, with strong roots in educational community, developing higher knowledge about sustainability and climate resilient agriculture and widening her sphere with global horizons.

👩🏽‍🔬 Esthia Elfeige Galahi – Ivory Coast
Ms. Galahi from for Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), is a student of Masters degree in management, brings diverse experiences about management.

Over the coming months, our mentees will bring fresh ideas, diverse backgrounds, and bold perspectives to GCSAYN’s work. They come from multiple regions, academic disciplines, and lived experiences, united by a commitment to sustainable futures.

These mentees will contribute across GCSAYN’s projects: from community-level initiatives to global dialogues. They will work on research, digital storytelling, stakeholder engagement, and refining strategies for sustainable agriculture across contexts.

What to Expect from the Mentorship Journey

Over the next months, we’ll be sharing:

• Monthly blogs & profiles: Learn more about each mentee’s journey, their work, challenges, and successes.

• Project highlights: From pilot interventions to knowledge synthesis, see how each mentee contributes.

• Collaborative events & webinars: Mentees will co‑host conversations, dialogues, and idea-sharing sessions.

• Impact stories: Real stories from communities, partners, and the mentees themselves, showing how climate-smart practices are gaining ground.

We encourage you to engage — leave a comment, ask a question, connect with them on social, or offer mentorship and support.

Why You Should Be Excited

• Youth-led innovation often accelerates change with fresh perspectives and agility.

• Local + global impact: Mentees will do both grassroots work and help shape policy, bridging the gap between communities and decision-makers.

• Learning and shared growth: As GCSAYN grows, so do our network members, partners, and the broader agriculture-climate community.

Let’s celebrate this new cohort! 🎉 May their creativity, courage, and drive help us push the boundaries of climate-smart agriculture and scale youth-led solutions for a resilient future.