Rise Up Together Leadership & Advocacy Program in Kenya 2026 – YOA

Deadline: July 19, 2026

Applications are open for the Rise Up Together Leadership & Advocacy Program in Kenya 2026. Global nonprofit Rise Up Together will choose a gaggle of 25 native civil society leaders from Kenya to take part in the Leadership and Advocacy Accelerator coaching program to advance gender fairness and justice from November 2-7, 2026.

The 2026 Kenya cohort can have a selected deal with advancing gender fairness in schooling and supporting native leaders working to enhance instructional alternatives and outcomes in their communities.

Benefits

• Following the Accelerator, Rise Up Leaders have the OPPORTUNITY to apply for aggressive seed funding to launch advocacy methods to advance gender fairness in schooling throughout Kenya.

Eligibility

Eligible candidates should meet the next choice standards:

• Civil Society leaders who’re a minimum of 18 years of age on the time of the coaching in November 2026.
• Currently works in Kajiado, Narok, Machakos, Makueni, Kiambu, and/or Nairobi Counties.
• Has a private curiosity and present dedication to selling gender fairness broadly in the 4 precedence areas of well being, schooling, financial alternative, and local weather options for ladies, ladies, and gender-nonconforming individuals. While leaders working throughout all 4 subject areas are inspired to apply, this cohort will place explicit emphasis on schooling-centered advocacy and management, reflecting a strategic precedence inside the program.
• Represents or works carefully with marginalized teams from socially or economically marginalized communities, girls and ladies with disabilities, ethnic and/or spiritual minorities, and/or different traditionally deprived populations.
• Ability to take part in an in-person coaching from November 2-7, 2026, with some digital classes pre- and put up-workshop. Please observe that Rise Up Together will cowl all prices associated to program participation, together with transportation, lodging, meals, and supplies.
• Currently works at a non-revenue group, civil society group, media group, or authorities group at a degree of coordination or administration and has some degree of resolution-making energy.
• Has the assist of their group’s management to take part in Rise Up Together’s Leadership and Advocacy Accelerator coaching.
• To be eligible for a grant, Rise Up Together requires organizations to be legally registered in-country and set as much as obtain worldwide funds. Entities that aren’t registered could be sponsored by one other monetary entity or fiscal sponsor. Note: Government organizations are not eligible to obtain grants by means of this program.
• Proficient in oral and written English.

Application

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Rise Up Together Leadership & Advocacy Program.