The Young Water Fellowship Program is flagship program, and it 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, as well as mentoring support by senior level experts during one year.

Moreover, each year, this program brings about 10 young community leaders capable of successfully designing and implementing sustainable and inclusive water initiatives that significantly improve living conditions in their communities, while contributing to the achievement of SDG #6 (water and sanitation for all).

In 2018, 2019 and 2020 the YWF will have a special focus on social entrepreneurship. Young people with social businesses ideas (or projects that can be turned into social businesses) that address water-related issues are welcome to apply.

Benefits

• All training costs are covered by the organization (flights, transportation in Europe, accommodation, meals), but participants must cover their visa expenses and transport costs to the closest international airport in their country of residency.

Eligibility

• Be 18 to 30 years old at the time of the application
• Also, Be the founder or co-founder of an initiative that contributes to the solution of a well-defined water problem in country. In addition, the initiative should be in its initial stages and have the ability to be turned into a social enterprise (i.e have a long-term sustainability component or business model).
• Be a resident from this list of low and middle income countries.
• Also, Have a valid passport and be available to attend a workshop in Europe from August 3rd to September 7^th 2019 (note that these dates might be subject to change),
• Be able to communicate in English (intermediate level at least).