Opportunities For Youth

Dear friends,

Our “Opportunities For Youth” website has set up for more than 15 months. Up to now, we have posted 700+ opportunities in 11 major categories. 42000+ visitors around the world have come with 230000+ page views in all. We are so proud to provide you all these information and help you achieve your dreams.

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The deadline for submitting your Letter of Interest and Plan is approaching: only six days are left!

Adopted by UN member states in 2001, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aim to: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat HIV/AIDS and malaria, ensure environmental sustainability, and develop a global partnership for development.

Ten years down the line, we still have much to do if the 2015 target of achieving the MDG is to be met. Whilst significant progress has been made in some areas, just over 3 billion people (about half the world’s population) currently live on less than US$2.50 a day (Population Reference Bureau).

Many citizens across the world are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the slow progress being made towards achieving the MDGs and are taking action by petitioning and talking to their elected representatives. In 2009 more than 173 million people gather at “Stand Up, Take Action, End Poverty Now!” events, setting a new world record for the largest mobilization of this kind. Read more…

Young Innovations Europe, a fresh and exciting magazine created for and by young people interested in exercising positive leadership in their own communities in groundbreaking ways, is looking for youth networks and organizations to establish content partnerships.

What we are looking for:
-          Stories about outstanding  initiatives by and for young people throughout Europe;
-          Distribution of our Publication through relevant networks. Read more…

We are writing to ask for your assistance in sharing information about GYC’s International Human Rights Delegation and Training program in Rwanda, which will take place between December 28, 2010 and January 16, 2011. We are seeking young leaders (ages 18-35) to participate.

Brief information on the program can be found below in this email and more detailed application information is available on our website at: www.globalyouthconnect.org/participate.

The final deadline to receive applications is September 27, 2010. An early deadline has been set for September 15th, for a selection of up to five of the fifteen delegates. Read more…

The application for the Humane Studies Fellowship is now available!

IHS awards Humane Studies Fellowships of up to $15,000 to graduate students and outstanding undergraduates planning academic careers with liberty-advancing research interests.

Last year, we awarded more than $650,000 to 190 students pursuing degrees at universities worldwide. They study in disciplines such as sociology, economics, psychology, history, law, and philosophy.

The fellows are researching ideas that will further individual liberty – ideas such as the influence of historical events upon contemporary laws, how individuals respond to government restrictions, and potential new institutions and approaches that maximize freedom of action. Read more…

The African Union Commission as a publicly financed institution with a mandate entrusted to it by 53 Member States. Herewith it has a basic obligation towards all Africa’s people, as well as various stakeholders and partners, to keep them informed regarding its work. It is imperative, therefore, that the Commission should, partner, inform and communicate what it does, not only to foster accessibility and transparency, but also to consistently promote the AU’s achievements regularly and strategically to various stakeholders through diverse channels. In sequel, recognizing that Youth led and Managed, including Youth Serving NGOs and Networks in Africa are invaluable and infallible to advancing this move. Read more…

iCON Women and Young People’s Academy (IWYPLA) is pleased to announce its Call for Applications for  the “2010 ICON WOMEN IN BUSINESS TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP FELLOWSHIP” programme.

Are you a woman interested in getting the highest return from your investment?

Ø  Do you want to start a business venture but do not know how?
Ø  Have you already started a business venture?
Ø  Are you wondering how you can balance work and other responsibilities and still lead in this competitive business world?
Ø  Do you want to become a member of a Business Mentoring Network that will support and promote you and your Business?

If any of your answers to these questions is yes then the  iCON Women In Business Transformational Leadership Fellowship is the right program for you. Read more…

How about kicking off the International Year of Youth by sharing something about your culture—and your wild imagination—with the rest of the world? We’re making it even easier for you by starting you off with a story. All you have to do is finish the story below, adding no more than 300 words. Give it a title too. Just one more thing: because the theme of the International Year of Youth relates to dialog and understanding across cultures, generations, borders, etc., we want you to include one thing about your culture in your story. It could be a song, a tradition, a piece of clothing, a verse from a poem…it’s up to you. So, what are you waiting for? Start storytelling! Read more…

OMOLOLU FALOBI FOUNDATION

4th ANNUAL WRITING COMPETION FOR STUDENTS IN
MASSCOMMUNICATION/JOURNALISM IN NIGERIA.

CALL FOR ENTRY

The Omololu Falobi Foundation (OFF) sets out to promote quality media
reporting among young and aspiring journalists through diverse means
including competition, seminars and interactions and other dynamic
strategies. The Foundation invites applications from Mass communication
/Journalism students   in public and private tertiary institutions in
Nigeria for the 4th annual Writing competition.  Read more…

AfriGrowth Foundation employs mentoring as a capacity building tool for Youths, it is in line with this that we are organizing a one-day Seminar on: ‘‘The Role of Nigerian Youths in Sustained Democracy and Good Governance’’.

The Seminar is scheduled to hold on 20^th November 2010, in Abuja.

The objectives of the workshop are as follows:

·         To make Youths become tools of positive change in the democratic process.

·         To raise Youths awareness on their role and impact as democratic leaders within Society.

·         To empower Youths into promoting good governance, democracy, integrity and transparency in our Society.

The Seminar would include paper presentations and interactions with key persons in the political arena in Nigeria. Read more…