UNFPA Ghana Youth Leaders (YoLe) Fellowship Programme 2026 – Cohort 8 – YOA

Deadline: May 14, 2026

Applications are open for the UNFPA Ghana Youth Leaders (YoLe) Fellowship Programme 2026. UNFPA’s mission is to ship a world the place each being pregnant is needed, each childbirth is protected and each younger individual’s potential is fulfilled. In help of its mandate on younger folks, UNFPA Ghana launched the Youth Leaders (YoLe) Fellowship Programme in 2018.

The YoLe Fellowship is a one-yr programme designed to empower younger folks to be ethically pushed transformational leaders. It provides members the alternatives for skilled and profession growth in management at varied ranges and in numerous sectors. Fellows even have entry to at least one-on-one excessive-degree mentorship and training from excessive-reaching personalities from completely different sectors.

Benefits

• Fellows are taken by rigorous coaching and capability-constructing actions that are aimed toward constructing their management, public talking, analysis, entrepreneurial and networking expertise. The fellowship additionally serves as a platform for equipping one with data and expertise in regards to the UN system, particularly about UNFPA Ghana, worldwide relations and diplomacy; in chartering their profession paths {and professional} growth.
• Fellows acquire one-on-one mentorship coaching with excessive-levelled professionals. 
• Fellows undertake a compulsory internship with different UN companies, CSOs/NGOs, private and non-private establishments.

Eligibility

The applicant should be:

• Youth aged between 18 – 30 years and resident in Ghana. 
• Youth with {qualifications} from accredited tertiary establishments.
• Able to decide to the Fellowship Programme and period totally (one yr), on-web site on the UNFPA Ghana Country Office and on the University of Ghana Digital Youth Village and Centre for Digital Youth Development, Legon, Accra. 
• Proactive and possess sturdy interpersonal expertise.
• Proficient in English (working data of English). 
• Passionate about Leadership, Sustainable Development, Peace and Security, Human Rights and many others.
• Demonstrate a drive for change in all sectors together with Social entrepreneurship, agribusiness, innovation, synthetic intelligence; neighborhood growth and volunteerism.
• Demonstrate curiosity and dedication to growth points and contribute in direction of Ghana’s 2030 Agenda. 
• Demonstrate affiliation with youth-led group/community, NGOs/CSOs, neighborhood volunteerism, or at the moment engaged on youth growth tasks by Government companies, associated to UN and UNFPA’s mandate.

Application

Interested candidates ought to submit:

• A motivation letter (no more than 500 phrases) which states – your motivation for making use of for the Fellowship, your skilled objectives, what you hope to attain by taking part within the programme. 
• C.V./Resume.
• Proof of Identity (Ghana Card or Valid Passport or Birth Certificate).
• Evidence of Health Insurance (National Health Insurance is appropriate)

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For extra data, go to UNFPA Ghana YoLe Fellowship.