Opportunities For Youth

Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa is pleased to
announce its call for applications
http://www.moremiinitiative.org/milead-fellow-summer.php for the 2010
Moremi Leadership Empowerment and Development (MILEAD) Fellows Program
for young African women leaders.

The MILEAD Fellows Program is a one-year leadership development program
designed to identify, develop and promote emerging young African Women
leaders to attain and succeed in leadership in their community and
Africa as a whole. The one-year program targets dynamic young women
interested in developing transformational leadership skills that help
them tackle issues affecting women in their communities.

The MILEAD fellowship will be awarded to 25 young women with exceptional qualities who have exhibited leadership potential in their community,
organization, and/or profession. To be eligible for the one-year
program, an applicant must be African, living on the continent or in the
Diaspora; agree to participate in /all /required activities related to
MILEAD including a three-week residential Summer Institute in
July-August; and commit implement a community project as part of the
program. Applicants must be between 19 – 25 years of age. Specific
requirements of the program and related dates are outlined in the
application package.

/*Please note*// that this is not a full-time fellowship. Selected
candidates may remain full time students or work full time for the
program duration, except during the 3–week summer institute. The 3-week
summer institute is an intensive and full-time residential program and
all fellows will be required to attend. The rest of the program involves
community-based, online and other distance activities./

Applications http://www.moremiinitiative.org/milead-fellow-summer.php
are welcome from young African women living in any part of Africa and
the Diaspora. There are three ways to apply- Applicants can *click here
fill out online application
http://www.moremiinitiative.org/application-info.php; ** Click here to
download application
http://www.moremiinitiative.org/milead-fellow-summer.php form- email
or mail in completed application to info@moremiinitiative.org
or to the mailing address below.

Application package is available at: www.moremiinitiative.org
<http://www.moremiinitiative.org/>. The deadline for completed MILEAD
Fellows applications to be submitted for review is March 31, 2010.

* Interested applicants should submit the following materials by the
application deadline:*

1. Completed MILEAD Application Form

2. Resumé/Curriculum Vitae (C.V.)

3. Two letters of recommendation from professional or academic contacts

For more applications or information, please contact:

MILEAD Program Coordinator

*Email: **info@moremiinitiatives.org*

*Tel: +233 21 770 736 Ghana) or +1 404 826 2942 (USA)*

*Note:* Applications will only be reviewed upon receiving all four
documents. All forms must be received by *_March 31, 2010_* to be
considered for review and selection. Applicants will be notified of the
selection committee’s decision by May 12, 2010.