President Wavel Ramkalawan meets education advocate Zuriel Oduwole at UNGA

When the US Secretary of State John Kerry met with then 14 year old Zuriel Oduwole in January 2017 in his office at the State Department in Washington DC and the images made some Newspaper covers in parts of the world, very few knew that prior to that meeting, she had already sat down with several world leaders from the age of 10. They included President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, President Ellen Johnson Searleaf of Liberia, President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria, President Jorge Fonseca of Cabo Verde, President Marie Louise Preca of Malta, President Salva Kiir of South Sudan and President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya to name a few.