Deadline: 31-Mar-21
The Connecting Dreams Foundation is currently accepting proposals for the Global Changemaker Fellowship to empower Global Young Leaders to Accelerate their Transformative Initiatives.
Global Changemaker Fellowship is a 10 month advancement program intended to interface and develop a pipeline of Social Change Leaders who are focused on handling challenges in their local communities.
Over the course of the program, the Fellows continue with implementing their initiative while participating in immersive workshops, training and mentorship. The fellowship equips changemakers with an opportunity to get access to global knowledge, community, training and tools to become more effective collaborators of change and grow their initiatives.
The Fellowship Year
- A Global Cohort of 30 Individuals working on solving the challenges in their communities that are selected
- The Fellows continue to stay in their college/ jobs during the fellowship
- They attend 3 fully-funded training camps around the year
- Between the training, they complete weekly assignments 3-4 hours per assignment
- The fellows will be supported in their initiative by Global Experts and Mentors
- At the end of 10 Months, they become a part of the lifelong global community
Focus Areas
- Adaptive and Collaborative Leadership: Catalyzing and embracing the process of creating change through collaboration
- Systems Thinking: Designing solutions for all stakeholders by examining problems through a systems lens
- Thought Leadership: Building the capacity of leaders to articulate the vision, speak across differences, and inspire others to act
- Sustainable Development Goals: Learning the foundations of social change while exploring the meaning of a sustainable future
- Polarities Management: Leading when opposing but interdependent values are in tension
Eligibility Criteria
- Dedicated leaders aged 13-30 Years with an entrepreneurial mindset and approach towards solving community-centric challenges
- Demonstrate a commitment to community development in social entrepreneurship or leadership
- Leading or an integral part of building an initiative that is along the lines of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Willing to undergo an intensive 10 month-long personal and professional leadership development
- Vision for transforming and scaling their initiative
About Connecting Dreams Foundation
Connecting Dreams Foundation (CDF) is a non-profit organisation registered and licensed under section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956, Government of India. CDF provides the youth with an opportunity to bring about a sustainable and scalable change by working along the lines of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as defined by the United Nations. Through its changemaker network, CDF uses entrepreneurial action to empower people to improve their livelihoods in an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable way, thus converting their dreams into reality.
Connecting Dreams Foundation aims to address the problems of the rural-urban divide in the country, as well as the deficit in percolation of employment and entrepreneurship opportunities to the bottom of the pyramid. CDF is working largely to utilise the potential of the youth and directing it towards activities that will lead to inclusive social development and enable the achievement of SDGs. It works to resolve a diverse set of challenges which align with the global narrative of Sustainable Development Goals, focusing on the multidimensionality of development ranging from job creation to health to environment. It has created urban and rural models for solving the key SDG challenges through systemic models of entrepreneurship.
For more information, visit https://new.connecting-dreams.org/changemaker-fellowship/