Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC) International Youth Fellowship Program 2025 – YOA

Deadline: January 31, 2025

Applications are open for the Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC) International Youth Fellowship Program 2025. The International Youth Fellowship Program is a novel OPPORTUNITY for current graduates and early-profession professionals in Canada to convey a world dimension to their careers. Through an intensive pre-departure coaching and an abroad placement, Fellows get palms-on expertise in worldwide improvement. Their placements assist native establishments to implement applications that enhance the standard of lifetime of the communities they serve.

Fellows can be positioned in considered one of three streams: International Development Management (IDM), International Microfinance and Microenterprise (IMM), and Young Professionals in Media (YPM). IDM Fellows are usually positioned with organizations working in fields like well being and schooling, IMM Fellows with organizations concerned in microfinance or market improvement, and YPM Fellows with Nation Media Group, a number one media outlet in East Africa.

Each Fellow spends eight months in Africa or Asia working with businesses and companions of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), one of many world’s largest and most revered worldwide improvement organizations.

Benefits

• AKFC covers the vast majority of prices related to dwelling and dealing abroad together with journey, lodging, vaccinations, medical health insurance, and a modest stipend to cowl the price of dwelling. Successful candidates are required to make a one-time contribution of CAD $1,000 in the direction of the prices of the Fellowship.

Eligibility

To turn out to be an International Youth Fellow, candidates:

• Hold, at minimal, a bachelor’s diploma from a acknowledged establishment by April 30, 2025, with a document of robust tutorial efficiency.
• Will not be enrolled in any academic program in the course of the Fellowship program (May 2025 – February 2026).
• Demonstrate a dedication to worldwide improvement by means of associated volunteer, skilled or tutorial expertise.
• Be 30 years of age or below on or earlier than February 1, 2025. 
• Be a Canadian citizen or a everlasting resident.
• Be fluent in English.
• Present all acceptable documentation (CVs, levels, transcripts, references, and so on.)

Application

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to AKFC International Youth Fellowship.