Deadline: 1 July 2018
Applications are open for Ashoka’s Youth Venture India’s 9th Panel Program which identifies and supports teenagers who have started their own initiatives for addressing social and environmental problems.
The selected Youth Venturers are inducted into a global community and gain access to workshops, strategic mentorship, fundraising support, media partnerships, exposure visits and more opportunities to grow themselves and their initiatives.
Benefits
- Ashoka covers all programme related expenses including travel, accommodation, and food for the Selection Panel, the workshops and any other engagements that require applicant to travel or stay outside of their hometown.
- The team will communicate from time to time the exact details of what is paid directly by Ashoka and what is reimbursed upon production of original bills.
Eligibility Criteria
- A Youth Venture candidate:
- Is between 12 and 20 years old (as of 31st December of the year in which they are applying)
- Has an innovative idea for creating positive change
- Has built a team
- Has implemented the idea and impacted their communities
- Has an action plan for greater impact
- Successful candidates are those who have, through their initiatives, demonstrated mastery of essential skills for Changemakers – empathy, creative problem solving, teamwork and collaborative leadership. Having adult advisors is an added benefit, but the initiative has to be created, led and managed by teenagers.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit Ashoka’s Youth Venture India’s 9th Panel.