Virtual Volunteering

Business Incubator Speaker Series

Rise for Yemen collaborated with Medalah in Aden to match volunteer speakers to their business incubator cohort in Summer of 2023.

"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth." — Muhammad Ali

Project Goals

Medalah requested speakers for their Sandbox incubator cohort to address highly specialized fields and needed them to speak Arabic. RFY had to seek out experts for issues that face Yemen like water scarcity, business challenges specific to Yemen, food scarcity, etc.

Organization Summary

Medalah is a local Yemeni non-profit based in Aden, Yemen specializing in empowerment projects and youth in Yemen using technology and entrepreneurship.

Project Details

Start Date: May 14, 2023

End Date: August 27, 2023

Number of speakers: 5

Number of students: 20

  • Volunteering with an incubator was a new challenge. We hope you can benefit from the lessons we learned too! Feel free to download the case study and let us know if you have any questions!