Noel is an unconventional youth voice, global citizen, community organizer, and educator making real change happen, while fighting for the people and the planet through The People’s Project.
With over a decade of experience in nonprofit management, Noel empowers youth, supports children with disabilities, and advocates for environmental and social justice. As the founder of Project HOPE, Noel is laser-focused on demanding systemic change by driving more support and fronting an amplified voice on issues affecting children with disabilities and girls’ education, health and well-being.
Noel is also the founder of Boys Champions, a women-and-youth-led nonprofit organization that partners with the UN Women and Nigeria’s Ministry of Gender and Women Affairs to build a more equitable world by bridging the equality divide and addressing all forms of violence against women and girls with specific emphasis on domestic and family violence, sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices. In 2022, Noel was named the first African to win the American Field Service (AFS) Award for Young Global Citizens at the AFS Youth Assembly in New York, for his work with Boys Champions
