Deadline: April 18, 2025
Applications are open for the UNFPA Ghana Youth Leaders (YoLe) Fellowship Programme 2025. The Youth Leaders (YoLe) Fellowship programme is one of UNFPA Ghana’s flagship programmes which aligns with the organisation’s mandate of ensuring that every young person’s potential is fulfilled.
In line with the United Nations Youth Strategy which calls on all UN agencies to increase impact and expand global, regional and country-level action to address the needs, build the agency and advance the rights of young people in all their diversity, UNFPA Ghana launched the Youth Leaders (YoLe) Fellowship Programme in 2018 and has since contributed to developing the capacities of young people between the ages of 18-30 years, to become great leaders and make impact their communities and countries at large.
Overview
The Youth Leaders (YoLe) Fellowship identifies and attracts young, innovative change-makers who are graduates of Ghanaian tertiary institutions and who positively impact their communities. These identified change-makers are then taken through a year of learning and skills-building after which they exit the fellowship and take up various academic, entrepreneurial and professional ventures.
During the 12-month fellowship, fellows are expected to provide insight and contribute ideas and efforts to support the Country Office’s efforts, to become even more responsive to youth-related issues within Ghana. As such, these selected young people work from the UNFPA Ghana Country Office’s Orange Loft, a specially designed, youth-friendly space that provides the needed flexibility for young people to work and collaborate, while supporting them to leverage existing modern technologies to innovate solutions that will improve reproductive health outcomes among other things.
Benefits
- Fellows are taken through rigorous training and capacity-building activities which are aimed at building their leadership, public speaking, research, entrepreneurial and networking skills. The fellowship also serves as a platform for equipping one with knowledge and skills about the UN system, especially about UNFPA Ghana, international relations and diplomacy; in chartering their career paths and professional development.
- Fellows gain one-on-one mentorship training with high-levelled professionals.
- Fellows undertake a mandatory internship with other UN agencies, CSOs/NGOs, public and private institutions.
Eligibility
- Open to graduates from Ghanaian Tertiary Institutions and resident in Ghana during the Fellowship period.
- Applicants must be 18-30 years old at the time of application.
- Applicants must be proficient in English language and have the ability to communicate clearly.
- The Fellowship welcomes passionate individuals who aspire to lead and drive change in their communities and organizations.
- Young change makers working with youth-led organizations, CSOs and NGOs are highly preferred.
- Young women and persons living with physical disability are strongly encouraged to apply.
Application
You need an application letter (not more than one page), a CV/resume and legal evidence of your age (birth certificate, voter’s ID, passport, drivers licence, etc).
For more information, visit UNFPA Ghana YoLe Fellowship.
