Deadline: 30-Aug-2025
Are you a passionate young person eager to create change in your community? The Youth Projects Development Platform, with support from the AU-EU Youth Lab, is inviting applications from Community Youth Leaders to join from Margins to Leadership (FML), a 12-month project designed to empower rural and marginalized youth, including persons with disabilities, from Northern, Muchinga, Luapula, and Southern Provinces.
FML seeks to increase youth impact in decision-making processes, policy reviews, and policy formulation, contributing to Zambia’s 8th National Development Plan, Vision 2030, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
Through this initiative, participants will gain non-formal education and practical training in human rights, access to information, dialogue mechanisms, public speaking, and advocacy strategies. Selected Community Youth Leaders will amplify youth voices, represent their peers, and actively contribute to planning and implementing community development initiatives at ward and constituency levels. They will also have opportunities to represent their communities at national, regional, and continental forums, with the full support of YPDP and its partners.
As a Community Youth Leader, you will build strong knowledge in human rights and advocacy strategies, develop skills to influence policy, shape development plans, and mobilize your community. You will also gain a clear understanding of community development and governance processes, and actively engage in Constituency Development Fund, National Development Plans, and policy dialogues with ministries and decision-makers. You will access opportunities to contribute at SADC and African Union platforms, showcasing your community’s voice regionally and continentally. Finally, you will acquire hands-on experience through community projects and forums, applying what you learn directly in your local setting.
The project is looking for young leaders who are between 18 and 35 years old and have completed Grade 12, or are current students or graduates of a college or university in the provinces mentioned. Applicants must be residing in Luapula, Muchinga, Northern, or Southern Province and be passionate about human rights, advocacy, governance, or community development. They must be willing and committed to participating fully in the 12-month program and beyond. Priority will be given to applicants from marginalized or underrepresented communities. The project does not support politically aligned youth. There are only 40 positions available. The application deadline is August 30, 2025.
For more information, visit YPDP.
