The International Federation of Workers' Education Associations (IFWEA) is offering two scholarships for YGAP that will take place from the 13-27 October 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa. YGAP offers young worker educators and labour organisers a transformational learning experience to understand global challenges and solidarity. The aim of YGAP is to develop the next generation of worker educators for the 21st century labour movement. Toqualifyfor the scholarship you have to be under 35 years old, have a passport valid for travel to South Africa and submit an essay with the following requirements.
Topic and Content:
The topic of your essay should be“How our education project helped build democratic participation”. The essay should describe who were the target participants or learners; what democratic participation they desired; what resources and activities in the course helped to improve their participation; what did theysay at the end of the course.
Language and Length:
The language of the essay should be in English. The length of the essay should be between 2000 and 2500 words.
The closing date is the 15 July 2018
The scholarship includes:
- Flight and visa costs to Cape Town, South Africa
- Accommodation, food and local travel for the two week duration of the course.
- Course fees and course activity costs.
See flyer attached below
NOTE:The IFWEA secretariat will make the final decision to award the scholarships by the 31st July 2018. The essays of the winners will be posted on the IFWEA website.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
In solidarity,
Erna
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Erna Curry / Media and Communications
InternationalFederation of Workers' Education Associations (IFWEA)
P.O Box 376 Woodstock 7915 Cape Town South Africa
tel.+27 21486 1115
cell+27 744661238
Skype: 'soundreamerct'