The Hands Along the Nile Professional Fellows Program 2017 looks for candidates for a two-way trade program that will concentrate on NGOs advancement for associations working in the field of enhancing the status of the incapacitated. The program plans to reinforce the authority limit and expert abilities of mid-level experts from Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia working in NGOs devoted to advancing the strengthening of people with in capacities.
Chosen members will participate in a US-based trade program from May 1 to June 2, 2017, where they will be set in partnerships with nearby associations in more prominent Washington DC region, Chicago, IL and Seattle, WA. Colleagues will likewise go to the Professional Fellows Congress in Washington, DC, where they will have the capacity to meet kindred members from around the globe.
Award Value:
All travel, convenience, and sustenance costs for members will be secured by the program, and in addition nearby transportation expenses and charges for instructive and social visits;
The program will likewise give members medical coverage and a J-1 visa to go to the US.
Qualification:
Open to mid-level NGO experts from Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt who are attempting to advance the strengthening and incorporation of the crippled in their social orders;
Candidates must be between the ages of 25 and 40;
They ought to have finished college level studies;
English capability is required. Members ought to have extremely solid English perusing, composing, and talking abilities;
Planned members ought to have no less than three years of showed association with exercises advancing the strengthening of the debilitated in their social orders, and in addition an enthusiasm for utilizing new instruments to progress such work and be partnered with enlisted NGO in their nation;
Hopefuls must exhibit long haul astuteness about the consideration and interest of the handicapped in their social orders. The application will request that hopefuls present an article demonstrating their comprehension of the significance of the strengthening of people with handicaps, their own particular arrangements for tending to this issue after the trade, and a consciousness of the present difficulties of advancing such exercises, and additionally the replicable triumphs as of now accomplished in their nation of origin;
Long term commitment to the program that reaches out past the official end-date;
Candidates must have the capacity to supply two letters of proposal;
Candidates must have a substantial visa for go with a termination date that does not fall before the dates of required travel.
Application Process
Program Schedule
May 1-28, 2017: Fellowship trade program;
May 29 – June 2, 2017: Professional Fellows Congress in Washington, DC;
Winter 2018: Exchange programs in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia
In the event that you have any inquiries, please email Ivana Smucker at ismucker@handsalongthenile.org
Application due date: December 23rd, 2016