LEAP has announced its open call for application for the 2014 Social Innovators Programme. The program will support talented youth between the ages of 18 and 35, whose ideas and initiatives offer effective solutions to challenges in local communities across Nigeria, with the necessary training, funding, advocacy and network support required to strengthen their existing initiatives and enhance their sustainability and impact.
ELIGIBILITY
- Nigerians resident in Nigeria (not Nigerians in the Diaspora).
- Between ages 18 to 35 years.
- Initiators of such projects/initiatives/organizations that are positively impacting local communities and lives of Nigerians particularly in achieving the MDGs through their creativity and innovation.
- Able to document and prove their work, benefits and some level of sustainability amongst communities and Nigeria for a minimum of 12 months prior to date of application for the SIP.
- Applicant must be a founder or co-founder is defined as a person who, either alone or as part of a team, conceived and established the project/initiative/organization.
DEADLINE: 29th August, 2014
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