Sora Kaufman Fellowship

Fellowship

Fellowship – Introduction Form

The Sora Kaufman fellowship is an Advocates for Community Alternatives’ flagship program to establish a network of African leaders and practitioners in the field of community-driven development and advocacy .It targets practitioners who collaborate with relevant stakeholders to tackle community and systemic challenges that hinder accessibility and involvement of citizens in decision making. The fellowship shall build global expertise in areas of collective action,
advocacy, human rights and local governance systems.
The Sora Kaufman Fellowship is a practicum that emphasizes mutual exchanges of existing leadership skills, and networking to solve common community-driven challenges to improve on people centered approaches for development in Africa.

Duration

Duration: 12 Months (6 weeks residential training and exchanges, 10 months non-residential independent project implementation and monitoring).

Obejectives

Provide integrated training on implementation of community-driven development and advocay programs in African countries.
Build deeper relationships with fellow members to exchange knowledge and experiences on community-driven development centered programs.
Nurture African leaders to adapt and scale up community-driven development approaches in their home communities.
Recruit practitioners who are ready to contribute to the regional knowledge base on community-driven development through data collection and publication of lessons learned.

Eligibility criteria

Must be an African and reside in any of the African countries.
A minimum of five years full time working professional in NGO /local government environment.
Can articulate in English and any local language of their African communities.
A minimum of bachelor’s degree.
High chance of receiving study leave from their employer.
Demonstrated commitment to community service and social work.
Has a good understanding of community driven-development initiatives.
Applicant must represent a local civil society organization that is prepared to undertake community-driven initiatives.

Application Deadline

30th september,2025

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Sora Kaufman Fellowship

Surname

First Name

Date of birth

Nationality

Place of residence

Town/ District/ Region

Place of Work

Position

Number Of People Under Your Supervision

Email Address

Primary Structure Other/Contact

PERSONAL ABILITIES/COMPETENCY

1. Briefly describe yourself (not more than 2000 words).

2. What is your definition of community-driven development?

3. What topic can you facilitate in community driven development and why?

4. What personal strength are you bringing to the Sora Kaufman fellowship program.

5. What personal attributes make you stand out as the preferred candidate for the highly competitive Sora Kaufman fellowship program.

LEADERSHIP /BEHAVIORAL ABILITIES.

6. Briefly describe your leadership style in your current position.

7. Briefly describe a specific thing about yourself that you would love to improve on in relation to your work environment and relating to others.

8. In your current career pathway, are there any areas you would love to adjust or improve on and why?

9. Which leadership personality inspires you in life and why?

10. As a fellow, what would be an appropriate engagement approach to a community where there are leadership struggles and migrants-indigenous tensions?

INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY

11. What is the most innovative project you have worked on, but your predictable approach was not suitable during the project implementation. How did you creatively resolve it to achieve the expected results and meet the project timelines?

12. Briefly describe two identified gaps in the Ghanaian local government system in your district, municipality, metropolis and suggest at least two sustainable and innovative solutions that would benefit the communities.

13. How do you understand this statement “community power is community participation.

Career Goals

14. How does the Sora Kaufman fellowship objectives fit your career goals?

15. How do you intend integrating the knowledge from the fellowship program in your workplace and community development work.

16. What are your proposed plans after the completion of the Sora Kaufman fellowship program?

TEAMWORK ABILITIES

17. Briefly describe your teamwork capacities

18. Tell us about your experiences in working with a difficult person in a team and how well you coped?

19. Briefly describe how you select a friend amidst a crowd?

20. How would you react to a colleague fellow who takes a bite of your snack uninvited?

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