Wiem Hamdi

Wiem has a master’s degree in geomatics and a bachelor’s degree in urban planning. While in college, she volunteered with NGOs, holding positions such as the head of communications and the head of the volunteers’ section. She has also been project assistant and project manager at the NGO I WATCH. Her four years of experience in various positions such as project assistant, administrative and logistics assistant, facilitator, and cartographer led her to the Lazord Fellowship. Through the fellowship, she was placed as a project assistant at the Tunisian Association of Public Auditors, where she continued to work for a short period after the end of the fellowship. Wiem is currently a freelance cartographer.

Nouha Farhat

Nouha Farhat is a Lazord fellow and project coordinator at the Maghreb Economic Forum working on the 3eshra project. She completed her master’s degree in Translation from the Faculty of Letters, Arts and Humanities in Manouba.

Prior to her new position, Nouha had previous experiences with NGOs including “AIESEC” where she was a member of the incoming exchange department promoting community and social development projects. She was also a facilitator in “Jasmine Foundation”, a volunteer interpreter during the “World Social Forum” in 2015 and a short-term observer with “IWATCH” during the legislative elections. She also worked as a teacher’s assistant at an American preschool for two years.

Soulaima Jaouadi

Soulaima Jaouadi started her career in 2015 as an intern at the international organization, Search for Common Ground Tunisia. During her internship, she worked on projects such as youth and leadership and CVE (Countering Violent Extremism). This experience was very important to her as it allowed her to get to know other people and to learn from their experiences.

She also worked as a project consultant for two months for the evaluation of the Madam President project, where she covered many FGD’s in several regions in Tunisia as well as provided a logistical support for the external consultant.

“Thanks to the Lazord Foundation, and the host organization, UTIL, I have been the Administration, Logistics & HR Assistant at Search for Common Ground Tunisia since 2016.”

Imen Oueslati

Imen Oueslati is currently working as a Programme Assistant at UNDP Libya, an international organization based in Tunisia. Her main tasks revolve around the implementation of different projects’ activities.

Prior to this, she was a project assistant with an Italian NGO working on local governance in the framework of the Lazord Fellowship Program for youth support and civic engagement.

She did her undergraduate studies and completed her master’s in Translation at the Higher Institute of Languages in Tunis.

“I believe that the Lazord Fellowship Program offers a pathway for career development and stands as a fast-track program for reinforcement of professional networking.”

Ali Cherif

Ali Cherif is a young Tunisian activist. After his bachelor’s degree in technical science, he completed a master’s degree in computer science at the Higher Institute of Computer Science and Management.

In 2015, he joined UTIL and began discovering the world of civil society.

He got involved in supporting all aspects of civil society, including the promotion of democracy and citizenship, support of human rights, building expertise, know how, knowledge and training capabilities especially aimed to support vulnerable youth and minorities, and to fight against violent extremism and criminality.

He is a facilitator for the local municipal development program in Kairouan (Tunisian government).

“I believe that the Lazord program is really valuable for those wanting to be social change actors in addition to being a great learning opportunity.”

Riadh Dziri

Riadh admires technology and innovation; therefore he studied computer science and graduated from the Faculty of Sciences of Tunis with a master’s degree in computer science with the highest honors. He wanted to stand by his beloved country Tunisia, changed his career path, and professionally joined civil society.

He has been involved in many initiatives on human rights, freedom of association, governance and peace building. By getting accepted to the Lazord Fellowship, he made the best of a great opportunity to strengthen his network, foster his civic engagement and pave a new solid career path. After finishing the fellowship, he worked as a project coordinator at the organization where he had been placed as Lazord Fellow. Currently, he works as a project officer at a regional employers’ organization.

“Aslama ! ‘Do what you love, Riadh, and be what you want.’ This is what i have been telling myself. Believing in what I want to become, driven by my passion, I’m confidently heading for success.”