The World Bank together with its partners invite you to participate in the international essay competition 2010 on the topic of youth unemployment. How does youth unemployment affect you? How can you tackle youth unemployment through youth-led solutions?
The deadline for submission is March 16 2010. Everyone between 18 – 25 years is welcome to participate.
For more information, visit www.essaycompetition.org
The International Fellowships Program (IFP) is a program supported by the Ford Foundation, and coordinated in West Africa by the AAU in collaboration with Pathfinder International in Nigeria and the West African Research Center (WARC) in Senegal. IFP provides fellowships for advanced study to exceptional individuals who will use their education to further development in their own countries and greater social and economic justice worldwide. IFP fellowships will be awarded to applicants from diverse backgrounds, including social groups and communities that lack systematic access to higher education.
A total of 136 fellows have been recruited into the Nigeria program since 2001 when support for the program first started. Eighty-eight fellows have completed the program. Some fellows have returned to their previous work in government, universities, and with NGOs, while others are now working in rural communities.
It is expected that 57 Fellowships will be awarded in West Africa for the 2011/2012 academic year.
Deadline for applications is Friday, January 29, 2010. Late application and non-current forms will not be accepted. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted in April 2010. Individual communication will not be entertained. Selection decisions are final.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Applicants must:
Be residents or resident nationals of Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal.
Hold a Bachelor’s or equivalent as the case may be.
Have at least 3 years of work experience.
Have substantial experience in community service or development-related activities.
Possess leadership qualities/potential evidenced by their employment, academic experience, or at the community level.
Propose to pursue a Master’s degree that will directly enhance their leadership capacity in a practical, policy, academic, or artistic discipline or field corresponding to one or more of the Foundation’s areas of endeavor.
Present a plan specifying how they will apply their studies to social problems or issues in their country.
Commit themselves to working on these issues following the Fellowship.
Communications/Fine Arts MUST submit writing/work samples.
Note:
Females, refugees, and individuals with special needs are encouraged to apply.
US citizens and Green Card holders are not eligible.
Applicants should note that background checks will be run on short-listed candidates.
To obtain the forms online, visit this site.
or obtain forms from these locations in Nigeria:
Abuja
Pathfinder International Nigeria Country Office
35 Justice Sowemimo St.
Off Gen. T Y Danjuma St.
Asokoro
Abuja FCT
Tel: (234) 9 314 7378/9
ifpnigeria@pathfind.org
Kaduna
Pathfinder Field Office
4 Mohammed Sanni Rd.
off Gwamna Rd.
Kurmin Mashi, Kaduna
Tel: 062-412 157; 412 184
Lagos
Action Health Incorporated
17 Lawal St.
Jibowu,
Lagos
Tel: 01-774 3745
Kano
Development Research & Projects Centre
63B Sultan Rd.
Nassarawa, GRA
Kano
Tel: 064-632 636
Enugu
Women Action Research Organisation (WARO)
38A Umuezebi St. New Haven
Enugu
Tel: 042-259 275
Cross River
Girl Power Initiative (GPI)
44 Ekpo Abasi St.
Calabar,
Cross River State
Tel: 087-230 929
Borno
Ayamsu Memorial Medical Centre
17B Bukar Boleri Rd.
Kumshe Ward
Maiduguri,
Borno State
Tel: 076-233 685
OR
Department of Education
University of Maiduguri
Maiduguri, Borno State
Nassarawa
Business Information & Training Centre (BITC)
Behind Parade Ground, Opposite Mobile Police Camp, Off Makurdi-Jos Road,
Lafia, Nasarawa State
Office hours: 9am-8pm (Mon-Fri)
10am – 6pm (Sat)
Tel: 0802 845 6110, 0703 451 7225
Kebbi
Youth Advancement Organization of Nigeria (YAON)
Dakin Gari St., Rafin Atiku
Off Badariya Rd.
Birnin-Kebbi
Tel: 068-322 063
OR
Women Advancement and Child Protection Initiative
Plot 26, Jihab Plaza
Emir Haruna Rd. Birnin Kebbi
Tel: 0708 636 0700
Edo
Women Health & Research Centre
(WHARC)
4 Alofoje Avenue, off Uwasota Rd.
Benin City,
Edo State
Tel: 052-600 151/602 334
Rivers
Office of the Honourable
Commissioner for Education
7th Floor, Ministry of Education
Podium Block,
State Secretariat Complex
Port Harcourt
Taraba
Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations of Nigeria (FOMWAN) Taraba State Chapter
Al-Qalam School
Off Barde Way, behind City Express Bank, Jalingo, Taraba
Tel: 0803-288 7201
OR
Nigeria Union of Journalists
NUJ Oyakhire Press Centre
Behind CSC
Jalingo, Taraba
Niger
International Centre for Reproductive Health & Sexual Rights (INCREASE)
1E Bosso Rd. Beside Fire Service
Minna, Niger State
Ebonyi
Human Rights & Conflict Resolution Centre
Hill Top Road, off Water Works Rd.
Abakaliki,
Ebonyi State
Tel: 043-306 704
Adamawa
Muslim Youth Associaiton of Nigeria
Adamawa State Branch
2, Sarkin Kano Aliyu St.
Wuro Hausa,
Yola Town
Adamawa State
Kwara
The Director
International Women Communication Centre (IWCC)
232 Nicon House 2nd Floor
Taiwo Road, Ilorin
Kwara State
Sokoto
Kulu Shagari Girl Child initiative
Media Complex
RTV Sokoto
OR
Educational Empowerment Initiatives Nigeria (EEIN)
No. 1A, Isa Muhammad Wasagu Way
GRA Sokoto
Sokoto State
Yobe
State NUJ House
Gashu’a Rd.
Near Maryam Abacha Hospital
Damaturu
Yobe State
Visually Impaired
BRAILLE copies of the application may be obtained for reference only from the Anglo-Nigerian Welfare Association for the Blind (ANWAB) at:
275 Herbert Macaulay Way, Alagomeji
Yaba, Lagos
Tel: 01 878 0012 or 0802 305 1705
Zamfara
State NUJ Press Centre
Along Sokoto Rd.
Gusau
Zamfara State
Nigerian Writer Simi Awosika benefited from this recently, you can also be a beneficiary too.
The Charles Pick Fellowship is dedicated to the memory of the distinguished publisher and literary agent, Charles Pick, whose career began in 1933 and continued until shortly before his death in January 2000. He encouraged young writers at the start of their careers with introductions to other writers and practical and financial help. The Fellowship seeks to continue this spirit of encouragement by giving support to the work of a new and, as yet, unpublished writer of fictional or non-fictional prose. Its purpose is to give promising writers time to devote to the development of his/her talents. The Fellowship will be for six months, starting on 1 September. The award is £10,000.
<a href=”http://www.uea.ac.uk/lit/awards/pick”> http://www.uea.ac.uk/lit/awards/pick</a>
The PTDF Scholarship for 2010 is on!
The only issue is the difficulty with laying hands on the scratch cards to register. I suggest you ask your friends across the country to check First Bank Branches close to them. I would like to suggest that the ptdf the employ interswitch payment platform for subsequent exercises. I hear that banks and cybercafes in some cities were selling the cards at 2 or 3 times the official rate of N1000.
Anyways, once you get your card, go here to apply.
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