Call for the HumAngle Accountability Fellowship Program 2024 is open now!!!
The HumAngle Accountability Fellowship is a merit-based professional programme that prepares young people at the start of their careers to develop self-designed projects around accountability in the security and humanitarian sectors, climate security, education, sexual and gender-based violence, and transitional justice. It enables the fellows to make informed career choices and cultivate emerging leaders and change-makers.
The HumAngle Foundation manages the fellowship programme through a merit-based and competitive application process. The programme aims to identify exceptional young men and women passionate about professionally implementing and advancing their self-designed projects.
The fellowship is seeking nine (9) young, passionate individuals from these areas to undergo a 6-month programme with HumAngle. Fellows must be interested in either investigation and storytelling, advocacy at the grassroots, and conducting ground-breaking research or all of the above. They will select fellows from all senatorial districts in the three states. The fellows will undergo training in the following thematic focus areas:
- Accountability and whistleblowing at the grassroots level.
- Tracking of funding activities in the humanitarian and security sectors.
- The prevalence of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and how to track and report cases.
- The impact of climate change on vulnerable populations and mitigation efforts.
- Tracking and reporting access to education.
- Transitional justice in peacebuilding.
The fellows will also double as Investigative Champions. They will go through an intense mentorship programme virtually and physically in their respective state capitals and be equipped with the knowledge and skills to begin implementing their self-designed projects.
The fellowship programme runs twice a year, each cohort for six months.
Founded in March 2020, HumAngle is a niche media platform committed to insightful and objective coverage of Africa’s conflict, humanitarian, and development issues.
Over the years, insecurity has become one of the chief drivers of mass mortality and instability in the region. Yet, it has attracted no dedicated coverage from the media. HumAngle was established to fill this vacuum.
Their primary duty is to investigate, analyse, and report conflict issues in a sensitive, in-depth, and human-centred manner. They paint accurate pictures of crises and how they affect different communities and demographics. They hold the government to account on its responsibility of protecting lives and properties.
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African CountriesBenefits
- Fellows will receive monthly training and mentorship from industry leaders while they begin to test the viability of their respective projects in the field.
- Fellows will be provided with a monthly stipend to support their fieldwork and cover the cost of transportation and data/communication.
- Fellows become freelancers for HumAngle after the duration of the fellowship, if they wish, and will be paid in that capacity each time their work is published.
- Fellows will be awarded certificates at the end of the fellowship.
- Fellows will be provided with wider professional networks to pursue their goals.
- Fellows will have monthly conversations with exceptional individuals who have excelled in their careers.
- Fellows will get referrals from HumAngle for a wide range of opportunities, and outstanding fellows will be invited as facilitators for subsequent cohorts.
- Fellows who contribute articles and reports and do so diligently and professionally may be considered for a full-time or part-time role in HumAngle newsroom.
Eligibilities
- Applicants must be indigenes of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe and will be required to carry out their assignments in the senatorial districts of their projects.
- Applicants must be aged between 22 and 30.
- Applicants must possess at least a Diploma degree.
- Applicants must demonstrate passion in the thematic areas and show a track record of work.
- Applicants should be residents in their place of assignment; otherwise, they should be willing to relocate at their own expense.
- Applicants must be familiar with the region if they do not reside there.
- Women are strongly encouraged to apply for this fellowship.
- Fellows must be of good moral character and must not have a record of criminal misconduct.
- Fellows must not miss any training schedule or fail to submit a monthly report detailing their activities without informing the facilitators to give them a grace period.
- Fellows must ensure that their self-designed projects are their original ideas.
- Fellows must have good knowledge of the project and the environment in which the project will be implemented.
- Fellows must undertake step-down training in their respective communities and continue their work on accountability after the programme.
- Please note that any applicant that does not meet all of the listed criteria and does not fill out the application according to the instructions will be automatically disqualified.
Application Process
- Apply by going to the ‘Apply Link’ and filling out the form.
- Applicants must send a 250-word personal essay alongside a 500-word self-designed project essay. The essay should state why the applicant is interested in the fellowship and what they expect to gain from it. The project essay must clearly outline how the applicant intends to carry out the activities and why the project is important to the community. The project essay title should indicate the thematic area under which the project falls.
- The application requires two letters of recommendation and a resume.
Application Deadline: December 31, 2023
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