Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge 2019/20 in Ghana
We are excited to launch the Generation Unlimited (GenU) Youth Challenge 2019/20 in Ghana, bringing together bright young minds to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing your generation.
This Youth
Challenge aims to inspire young people with brilliant ideas, but without the
resources to bring them to life including, those who face daily discrimination
due to their gender or their disability and those who are disadvantaged by
poverty.
Who can Apply?
We are
calling for young creates aged 14 -24 (on September 23 2019) to form
a team of at least 3 members and no more than 5 based in Ghana to join the Youth Challenge to
identify solutions that can have a positive impact around education, skills,
training, employment opportunities and empowerment of young people.
What does the Youth Challenge look like?
Successful
applicants will be invited to take part in work shop in Accra from 15 to 17 November
2019. Following these workshops, the five most promising ideas from will be
selected and awarded USD 1,000 each in funding and provided with mentoring to
support the projects’ implementation. Then, in June 2020, the most promising
solutions will be submitted to a global judging process. These projects will
receive further funding of up to USD 20,000, along with a tailored global
incubation programme from Generation Unlimited partners to support them to
scale.
We need your creativity
and passion to unlock new ideas and create a world without limits. It’s your
time. Your turn to speak up and be heard. Your chance to share your talents and
make a real impact for young people like you. Because it’s your future.
The application for the Youth Challenge is now CLOSED
