Sora Kaufman Fellowship

Fellowship

Fellowship – Introduction Form

Sora Kaufman fellowship program inscribes an integral milestone in the roadmap of Advocates for Community Alternatives under the tutelage of the Community-Driven Development Department towards the establishment of African centered cohorts of community -driven development experts who are passionate about sustainable development and advocacy. This exchange program targets practitioners who collaborate with relevant stakeholders to tackle community and systemic challenges that hinder the 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 program just like others is a non-academic degree programs that emphasizes on mutual exchanges of existing knowledge, enhancing 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).

Benefits

Beneficiary fellows shall receive a certificate of completion.
Outstanding Fellows shall receive a grant size of $5,000 -$10,000 to implement an innovative community-driven development project in line with the objectives of the fellowship program.
Awardees shall benefit extra months of mentorship from ACA including planned field visits.
All fellows shall benefit from alumni engagements, networking for sustainable impacts projects/programs.
Their discoveries from Community-driven Development experience over time shall be featured on notable platforms, articles and other publications and be incorporated into our community of practice guide.

Eligibility criteria

Must be a Ghanaian and a resident of Ghana.
A minimum of five years full time working professional in NGO /local government environment.
Can articulate in English and any Ghanaian language of their 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.

Application Deadline

30th July ,2024

Your Name*

Your Age*

Your Gender*

Your Town*

Your District*

Your Region*

Your Place Of Work*

Your Position*

Your Number Of People*

Your Email*

Contact Number*

Discovery

1. Briefly describe yourself (not more than 2000 words).
2. What is your definition of community-driven development?
3. If you could facilitate any topic related to community-driven development, what would you choose and why?
4. What is your personal mission statement, and how does it fit into contemporary community-driven development work?

Behavioral/Leadership

5. If you could adjust your career path in any way, what would you change, and why?
6. Describe briefly one thing about yourself that you would like to improve upon.
7. Who has inspired you in life, and why?
8. How has your current role or responsibilities in the work environment influenced your decision- making? Walk us through a scenario.

Creative Thinking

9. How would you consider yourself as an innovative person?
10. What is the most innovative project you have worked on, but your predictable approach was not suitable. How did you bounce back? (not more than 2000 words).
11. Describe two identified gaps with the local government system in your Metro/Mun/district and suggest solutions that would benefit your communities.
12. Community power is community participation

Career Goals

13. How did you hear about this fellowship, and how does it fit with your career goals?
14. What are your plans after completing our fellowship training program?
15. As a fellow, what would be an appropriate engagement approach to a community where there are leadership struggles, and migrants-indigenous tensions?

Competency

16. What strength would you bring to our program as a fellow?
17. The Sora Kaufman Fellowship is highly competitive with thousands of applicants, what makes you stand out?

Teamwork

18. Tell us about a time you had to work with someone who was difficult to get along with, and how did you cope?
19. Amid a crowd how do you select a friend?
20. What would be your reaction to a colleague fellow who takes a bite of your snacks uninvited?

Sora Kaufman Fellowship

Fellowship

Discovery

Behavioral/Leadership

Creative Thinking

Career Goals

Competency

Teamwork

Files to Upload

Recommendation letter from current employer

Highest academic certificate

A curriculum vitae

One photo of community work experience

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