Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Deadline: February 10, 2023
The Youth Leadership Development Program is designed to empower, equip, and support young change leaders who are Nigerian undergraduates under 30 by providing them with knowledge and abilities. A supportive environment is needed to become self-leaders who bring long-lasting change to their communities. The Youth Leadership Program has never been more pertinent to the present problems being experienced in Africa today, especially those bordering on leadership, active citizenship, and sustainable development, as we approach an election year.
Through the Youth Leadership Program, youth leadership and activism in Nigeria will be strengthened and enabled through outcomes-driven policy engagements and inclusive resourcing that help youth shape the country’s future long-term development plans.
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Program Pathways
The Youth Leadership Development Program will take on two pathways this year; the Sustainability pathway and the Advocacy pathway.
The Youth Leadership Programme (Sustainability Pathway) addresses the need to educate, strengthen, support, and enable young people in Nigeria for leadership, activism, and social change through outcome-driven policy engagements and inclusive resourcing that will support youth in shaping and supporting medium and long-term national development.
Intercampus Leadership Debates (Advocacy Pathway) provides an avenue to reawaken student activism in Nigeria, demystify what leadership means, inspire active citizenship, and support them in collectively articulating their visions of the future while catalyzing pathways for them to decisively participate in that future themselves. This will be done through nationwide leadership debates.
Eligibility Criteria
To successfully apply for the YLDP, an applicant should possess the following qualities:
- A Male or Female Undergraduate in a Tertiary/Vocational Institution in Nigeria.
- Aged 18 – 30 years
- Passionate about advocacy, activism and community development
- Interested in inclusion, diversity and civic responsibility and eager to exercise these interests
- Eager to champion change projects geared towards community development & the SDGs
- Eager to engage with government institutions and influence policy
- Committed to attending the Online Training, Debates and is available for mentoring
Application Registration Deadline: 10th February 2023
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