Call for application – YESS Girls Movement 2023 (Task force team member)

Eligibility

• An active Girl Guide age 18 – 25
• A paid-up member of GGGA in good standing.
• Available for 6 months (January to July, 2023)
• Has never volunteered with the YESS Girls Movement in previous years (task force member).
• Computer literate.
• A team player.
• Able to relate well with everyone.

Other helpful qualifications/skills

• Volunteering experience
• Good communication skills
• Report writing skills
• Higher educational qualification attained

YESS is an international exchange programme funded by the Norwegian Agency for Exchange Cooperation (NOREC), a Norwegian Government Agency. From 2015 to 2020, the programme has given 211 Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from 15 different countries across Africa and Asia Pacific the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live and work in another country for six months.

The YESS Girls Movement is a collaboration between WAGGGS and NOREC. The programme, dubbed as ‘a journey of a lifetime is an International exchange programme where young women are facilitated to travel to another country (away from their homes) and are given a platform for six months to advocate for and take action on global issues that affect girls including gender equality, climate change and sustainable community development.

In the year 2023, the YESS Girls Movement will give volunteers the opportunity to work within the exchange as task force team members. WAGGGS Member Organisations that have so far participated in the programme include: Bangladesh Burundi, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe Girl Guiding Associations. Now a flagship programme that has become a favourite for young women in Africa and Asia Pacific, the YESS Girls Movement has amplified voices of Young Women in WAGGGS’ Member Organisations.

Application

Interested applicants can visit ghanagirlguides.org/yess-task-force-team/ and complete the application forms no later than 23:59 (GMT) of Saturday 31st December, 2022.