The Youth Leaders (YoLe) Fellowship programme is one of UNFPA Ghana’s flagship programmes which aligns with the organisation’s mandate of ensuring that every young person’s potential is fulfilled. In line with the United Nations Youth Strategy which calls on all UN agencies to increase impact and expand global, regional and country-level action to address the needs, build the agency and advance the rights of young people in all their diversity, UNFPA Ghana launched the Youth Leaders (YoLe) Fellowship Programme in 2018 and has since contributed to developing the capacities of young people between the ages of 18-30 years, to become great leaders and make impact their communities and countries at large.
During the 12-month fellowship, fellows are expected to provide insight and contribute ideas and efforts to support the Country Office’s efforts, to become even more responsive to youth-related issues within Ghana. As such, these selected young people work from the UNFPA Ghana Country Office’s Orange Loft, a specially designed, youth-friendly space that provides the needed flexibility for young people to work and collaborate, while supporting them to leverage existing modern technologies to innovate solutions that will improve reproductive health outcomes among other things.
You need an application letter (not more than one page), a CV/resume and legal evidence of your age (birth certificate, voter’s ID, passport, drivers licence, etc).
Yes, you can apply again once you meet the eligibility criteria.
A graduate of a tertiary institution in Ghana, between the ages of 18-30.
No, the fellowship does not cover accommodation. Fellows living outside Accra or far from UNFPA Ghana’s Country Office would have to cater for their own accommodation needs.
The fellowship is full-time and in-person at the Orange Loft in the Country Office.
Fellows are taken through rigorous training and capacity-building activities which are aimed at building their leadership, public speaking, research, entrepreneurial and networking skills. The fellowship also serves as a platform for equipping one with knowledge and skills about the UN system, especially about UNFPA Ghana, international relations and diplomacy; in chartering their career paths and professional development.
Fellows gain one-on-one mentorship training with high-levelled professionals.
Fellows undertake a mandatory internship with other UN agencies, CSOs/NGOs, public and private institutions.
No, the fellowship does not come with a salary. However, fellows are given stipends.
No, there is no guarantee of being employed at the end of your fellowship.
