The Kashiva Africa Challenge for Education and Health is a 3-month experiential learning program that empowers high potential individuals to launch an impact career or scale their own social ventures.

The Challenge aims to increase capacity for social impact leadership and be at the forefront of exciting online community-led development initiatives.

The program has two components; an online experiential learning and a fully funded weekend summit in Ghana.

Experiential Learning Program

You will be responsible for 4 leaders and 100 volunteers from your chosen community to implement the following sustainable development projects:

Education Projects:

(i). Empower indigent students with school kits, books, and solar reading lamps.

(ii). Build the capacity of community schools to connect with old students online and raise funds.

Health Projects:

(i). Provide monthly free medical screening and treatment centers.

(ii). Introduce micro-health insurance to low-income people in urban and semi-urban areas.

 The experiential learning and collaboration platform is provided by Kashiva.

Global Citizenship Weekend

At the end of the program, successful participants attend a global citizenship weekend summit in Ghana. The summit is made possible by Move the World.

Benefits

Gain experience in social sector leadership and project implementation.
Attend a fully funded Global Citizens weekend summit in Ghana.

Other benefits include:

• Powerful Network of Leaders, Entrepreneurs and Volunteers
• Incubator for Social Venture Leadership
• Portfolio of real-world projects
• Project Management
• Impactful Communication
• Team Collaboration
• Critical Thinking
• Data-Driven Decision Making

Eligibility

We are looking for people who are:

• 18 years and above looking to make social impact
• Passionate about innovative solutions to Africa’s greatest challenges
• Available 10 minutes/day via reliable internet to interact with team

Dateline

Applications for the 2019 January Challenge are due on January 30, 2018.

We will review all applications within 24 hours and let participants know of their success to begin the program.

Start Date

24 hours after approval.

How to Apply

Visit www.kashiva.org/apply-africa to apply.