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Young Water Solutions Fellowship Program 2019

Young Water Solutions is an international non profit organization aiming to develop and support the potential of young people to contribute to universal water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and water resources management. We do so by empowering young leaders, providing them the tools to carry out water projects in their communities. We promote an integrated approach, through our projects we often address interlinked challenges such as climate change adaptation, reforestation, youth unemployment and food security.

The Young Water Fellowship Program is our flagship program, and it aims to empower young leaders from low and middle income countries to implement projects to tackle water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), water pollution and water scarcity issues, by offering them an intensive training program, seed funding grants for their projects, and mentoring support by senior level experts during one year. Each year, this program brings about 10 young community leaders capable of successfully designing and implementing sustainable and inclusive water initiatives that significantly improve living conditions in their communities, while contributing to the achievement of SDG #6 (water and sanitation for all). In 2018, 2019 and 2020 the YWF will have a special focus on social entrepreneurship. Young people with social businesses ideas (or projects that can be turned into social businesses) that address water-related issues are welcome to apply.

Title: Young Water Fellowship Program Requirements

Be 18 to 30 years old at the time of the application
Be the founder or co-founder of an initiative that contributes to the solution of a well-defined water problem in your country. The initiative should be in its initial stages and have the ability to be turned into a social enterprise (i.e have a long-term sustainability component or business model).
Be a resident from this list of low and middle income countries.
Have a valid passport and be available to attend a workshop in Europe from August 3rd to September 7^th 2019 (note that these dates might be subject to change),
All training costs are covered by the organization (flights, transportation in Europe, accommodation, meals), but participants must cover their visa expenses and transport costs to the closest international airport in their country of residency.
Be able to communicate in English (intermediate level at least).

How to Apply

– The next call for applications will be open from February 22nd to March 24th (midnight CET time) for one month. You can download the Terms of Reference. – To apply, you will be asked to fill in an online form. The link to the form will be made available when launching the call. We recommend that you start preparing your application offline using the Word version here. – While preparing your application, please read our guidelines to increase your chances of being selected.

For more information, visit http://youngwatersolutions.org/#apply Application Deadline: March 24th, 2019