African Union Youth Volunteer Program
African Union Youth Volunteer Program 2017
Scolarshipport.netAbout.The African Union is working closely with the office of the youth Envoy (OYE) in a 2 year mandate to create an Africa where young people are drivers of development, agents of positive change and leaders of a peaceful, prosperous and integrated communities.
Youth Volunteer Programs
Deadline: June 30, 2019The African Union Youth Volunteer Corps is now open for applications. AU-YVC is a continental development program that recruits and works with youth volunteers, to work in all 54 countries across the African Union.AU-YVC promotes volunteering to deepen the status of young people in Africa as key participants in the delivery of Africa’s human development targets and goals. It brings people together to share skills, knowledge, creativity and learning to build a more integrated Continent and by implication strengthen Africa’s relevance in the globalized world. The concept is in line with the African Youth Charter as well as the Decision of AU Head of States and Governments in Assembly/AU/Dec.274 (XVI) January 2010, to set up a continental Volunteer initiative.
AU-YVC was officially launched on the 3rd of December 2010 in Abuja, Nigeria, in the presence of H.E. Living Condition: Your living condition may vary extremely between rural and urban communities. Availability of running water, internet and electricity in your house or even a small rural hut. However AU-YVC ensures minimal standards for modest living conditions enabling a healthy lifestyle with access to clean water, sanitation and health care. Living Expense: AU-YVC would provide you with a living allowance that would enable you cover all your expenses during your deployment and provide you with a medical insurance and a plane ticket to country of deployment and back home. The monthly allowance could vary greatly from country to country and within a given country itself.