Grace Ihejiamaizu is a Sociology graduate and emerging Social Entrepreneur with over 3 years experience managing various youth-led and community based projects. Her passion for positive change in Nigeria has led her to develop the RYPE Initiative, a project that is helping young people gain real skills to become leaders and productive entrepreneurs.
Her active involvement in various community-based projects and outstanding leadership achievements has won her some national and international recognition including her recent recognition by Google's Zeitgeist as one of the 12 Brightest Young Minds in 2011. She is also a worthy alumnus of a US Government program, SUSI - "Study of the US Institute for Student Leaders". Grace's commitment to ensuring that young people are properly guided and engaged to achieve their dreams won her the Michelle Obama Young African Women Leader's Forum Grant in 2011 in support of her work in the community.
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The International Youth Foundation was launched in 2001 by Youth Action Net to strengthen, support and celebrate the role of young people in leading positive in their communities. Every year, 20 Global Fellows are selected from a very competiitive application process to enroll in a one year long program which includes - a seven day leadership retreat and a year round learning opportunities based on individual needs and six other dimensions of leadership.
Eligibility
Open to all young people aged 18-29 (as of October 7, 2012)
Applicants should be founders of existing projects/organizations, or leading a project within an organization.
Proficiency in English is required; applications must be submitted in English
Must be available to attend full retreat (all expenses paid) in the second week of October 2012.
For more information on application processes and requirements, click here.
Poems yet unwritten, Songs yet unsung, Children yet unborn, Homes yet to be mended, Issues yet unsolved, Heights yet to be reached, Communities yet untouched, Bowels of mercy yet to be poured out, We keep striving, We keep running, We keep dreaming, Till we reach the mark................................
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