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Ayub Mohamud
Eastleigh High School, Nairobi, Kenya

Ayub is passionate about innovation, design and creativity and tries to equip
students with the skills to become successful social entrepreneurs. An idea
developed by his students – the production of roofing tiles from recycled waste - has
impressed at several competitions including the USA’s Diamond Challenge. It has the
potential to change the lives of millions of slum dwellers in areas affected by
poverty, cholera, malaria and disruption during Kenya’s rainy season.

Prior to working in Nairobi, Ayub taught at a number of schools in rural areas,
educating students from traditional herding communities and attempting to impress
upon their families the importance of attending school. He has significantly raised
achievement levels in his current school.

Ayub is active in attempting to combat extremism and prevent radicalisation on both
local and national levels. As a speaker at the Global Counter Terrorism Forum in Abu
Dhabi, he helped Hedayah design strategies to counter violent extremism. He
established Teachers Against Violent Extremism, an anti-terror network, and is the
patron of a grassroots youth empowerment initiative. He has helped implement
engagement programmes in Kenyan schools and developed a lesson plan teachers
can use to incorporate de-radicalisation messages into key subjects such as Islamic
Religious Education.

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