DW Akademie SparkChange Program 2025 for Youth in Uganda & Tanzania – YOA

Deadline: July 11, 2025

Are you somebody who’s already working to verify youth and ladies are heard and included in the conversations and choices that form their neighborhood? Do you consider that when extra voices are introduced in—particularly these which might be typically omitted— communities change into stronger, extra vibrant, and extra inclusive?

If you’re between 25 and 35, already lively in this area, and have a daring, sensible concept to construct in your work – even when it’s small – SparkChange is for you. DW Akademie is inviting neighborhood champions from rural and peri-city Uganda and Tanzania to pitch inventive concepts that amplify youth and ladies’s voices in public life.

Benefits

If you’re chosen to hitch SparkChange, you’ll take part in a arms-on, inventive journey designed to develop your management and produce your concept to life. Here’s what’s in retailer: 

• Idea Lab (August 17–23, 2025): Develop your concept with knowledgeable help in design, communication, and neighborhood engagement. 
• Action Lab (December 8–12, 2025): Build a prototype and put together to pilot your concept. 

You’ll additionally obtain:

• Practical coaching in design, communication, proposal writing, and pitching 
• Ongoing teaching and mentorship 
• An opportunity to apply for seed funding 
• A regional community of changemakers from Uganda and Tanzania 

Eligibility

You can apply, in the event you:

• Are 25–35 years previous;
• Live in, or are actively working in, a rural or peri-city neighborhood in Uganda or Tanzania;
• Are already concerned in amplifying youth and/or ladies’s voices—both as a person or via a company;
• Have expertise working with youth or ladies, and a transparent concept of easy methods to construct on that work;
• Can use primary digital instruments like WhatsApp or e mail;
• Can converse and perceive English;
• Are accessible to journey to Kampala in August and December 2025 (journey and lodging might be coated).

Application

They aren’t asking for a proper proposal. Instead, they invite you to pitch your concept in a inventive approach that clearly reveals what you need to do and why it issues. You can submit a video, audio message, drawing, photograph story, or any expressive format—so long as it solutions the next questions: 

• What is the concept you need to develop? 
• Why is it necessary for youth and/or ladies in the neighborhood? 
• How do you propose to make it occur? 
• Who might be concerned or profit from it? 
• What makes you the best individual to steer this concept? 

Your inventive pitch must be considerate, convincing, and full. It doesn’t have to be good—but it surely ought to assist us perceive your imaginative and prescient and your dedication.

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to DW Akademie SparkChange Program.