FY 2016 Pan Africa Youth Leadership Program

Post Date

April 14th 2016

Application Due Date

May 23rd 2016

No Explanation

Funding Opportunity Number

ECA-ECAPEC-16-030

CFDA Number(s)

19.415

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

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Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education
Other

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Funding

• Award Range:

  $0 - $4800000

Grant Description

The Pan Africa Youth Leadership Program began in FY2013 and supports the Department's goals of fostering regional cooperation on the continent in addition to nurturing young leaders. The program offers secondary school youth (ages 15-18) and a small number of adult educators from countries in Sub-Saharan Africa the opportunity to engage in intensive, thematic exchanges in the United States focused on civic education, community service, and youth leadership development. Subthemes that explore these overarching themes should be added, such as entrepreneurship and employment, the environment (wildlife and/or climate change), and/or public health (healthy living). Youth Leadership Programs offer an examination of democratic principles and U.S civil society and provide leadership development training. Participants should engage in workshops on leadership and service, community site visits related to the program themes and subthemes, interactive training, presentations, visits to high schools, local cultural activities, and other activities designed to achieve the program's stated goals, while living with American families for a significant period of the exchange. Additional opportunities for participants to interact meaningfully with their American peers must be included. Follow-on activities with the participants are an integral part of the program, as the students apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired by planning and carrying out service projects in their home communities. For additional information, please see the full announcement.

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