Financial management & internal control
Organizational-purpose spending, documented approvals, transaction support, restricted-fund identification, reconciliation, expense records and donor-reporting discipline.
Governance & accountability
Accountability should be visible in the structure.
YSI Africa is building the governance, financial-control, safeguarding, monitoring and evidence systems required for responsible environmental work and institutional partnership. This public page summarizes the structure; detailed records and exceptions are handled through due diligence.
Legal identity
Registered in Sierra Leone.
Documented| Public brand | YSI Africa |
|---|---|
| Constitutional name | Young Sustainability Initiative |
| Legal form | Company Limited by Guarantee, Sierra Leone |
| Company number | SL100426YOUNG29718 |
| Registration date | 10 April 2026 |
| Registering authority | National Investment Board of Sierra Leone |
| Registered address | 25 Sander Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone |
Document reconciliation: YSI is formally reconciling a documentary name inconsistency within its registration set. Original legal records and the explanatory note are available to banks, regulators, funders and other qualified counterparties during due diligence.
Governance
Titles follow authoritative records.
Current governing record under verificationYSI has archived its constitutional record and is verifying the current director/governing-body record through authoritative corporate documentation. The public site does not convert subscribers, members, staff or advisors into directors unless the governing record supports that title.
Institutional control: current governing-body particulars will be published when authoritative verification is complete. Supporting corporate records can be provided during due diligence.
Executive leadership
Clear responsibility without an inflated team picture.
Trevor Victor Young
Founder & Managing DirectorTrevor leads organizational strategy, institutional development, fundraising direction, partnership development, public representation and executive oversight. YSI distinguishes executive responsibility from technical credentials that require separate evidence.
Documented operating functions
Huldah Imah-PaulTechnical Manager
Albert BrewahField Operations Manager
Samuel YoungSenior Advisor — Programs, Partnerships & Resource Mobilization
Christiana KamaraOffice Manager
Financial accountability
Build the control environment before claiming grant readiness.
Institutional banking verification in progressYSI is establishing and verifying organizational banking, approved signatory controls, transaction support, reconciliations and restricted-fund tracking. Sensitive account details are not published. Banking verification will be made available to qualified institutional counterparts when the setup is fully evidenced.
Funding history: YSI is a newly incorporated organization and does not present itself as having already administered a major institutional grant. Earlier founder experience is kept separate from YSI's own institutional funding history.
Policies & safeguards
Public summaries backed by real working controls.
Safeguarding & code of conduct
Prevention, PSEA, child protection, dignity, non-retaliation, responsible communications and reporting standards.
Health, safety & environmental safeguards
Risk assessment, stop-work authority, PPE, waste-handling controls, hazardous-material isolation, coastal/water safety, incident reporting and first aid.
Due-diligence principle
Website summaries do not substitute for underlying records. Qualified counterparties may request the relevant adopted policies and supporting institutional documents.
Theory of change
Cleanup becomes evidence; evidence becomes a system.
01Cleanup
02Measure
03Characterize
04Recover
05Validate
06Replicate
YSI uses field experience to identify real environmental and operating problems, tests practical responses, documents results, improves the model and scales only where evidence supports it.
Monitoring & evidence
Evidence standards improve with every project.
The detailed status of the historical 20,000+ kg waste-removal figure is published on the Evidence page. Going forward, YSI's monitoring standard is designed around auditable weights, dates, sites, material categories, destinations, responsible staff and supporting field records.
Due diligence & downloads
Public summary here. Full records where appropriate.
Registration, governance, banking verification, policy records, project documentation and financial-control information can be supplied to qualified institutional counterparts as the relevant records are completed and verified.