Young Water Fellowship Program

The Young Water Fellowship Program aims to empower young leaders from low and middle income countries to implement projects to tackle water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), water pollution and water scarcity issues, by offering them an intensive training program, seed funding grants for their projects, and mentoring support by senior level experts during one year.

This program will bring about in its first edition (2017) 10 young community leaders capable of successfully designing and implementing sustainable and inclusive water projects that significantly improve living conditions in their communities, while contributing to the achievement of SDG #6 (water and sanitation for all).

Conditions to apply:

Be 18 to 30 years old at the time of the application
Have a water project idea to contribute to the solution of a WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene), water pollution or water scarcity problem
Be a resident from this list of low and mid income countries
Be the founder or co-founder of the project idea you’re proposing

The project must not have been implemented yet, although new phases of pilot projects are accepted
Be able to attend a workshop in Belgium in November 2017, and cover your personal costs from your residency to the airport and back (the rest of the travel expenses are covered).
Be able to cover your visa expenses (we will provide Invitation letter).
Be able to communicate in English (intermediate level at least).

Apply here

To know more about the program

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News type	Inbrief
File link	http://youngwatersolutions.org/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_feed%3BdYJwzESWSwydHNGrE4%2Ftxw%3D%3D#toggle-id-1
Source of information	youngwatersolutions
Subject(s)	INDUSTRY , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT
Geographical coverage	Belgium,
News date	05/07/2017
Working language(s)	ENGLISH

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