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YouthActionNet Awards for social entrepreneur projects

By Becky McCray

Do you know a young social entrepreneur? Send them to this link.

The YouthActionNet Awards offer grants of $500 each to help fund the social change projects of young social entrepreneurs around the world.

The awards are supported by a global youth development initiative of the International Youth Foundation and Nokia. Each year twenty exceptional young social entrepreneurs are selected as YouthActionNet Fellows through a competitive application process. In addition to receiving a $500 grant, YouthActionNet Fellows participate in a week-long capacity building workshop in Washington, D.C. A key focus of the workshop is facilitating peer-to-peer learning and networking opportunities.

The contest is open to all young people between the ages of 18 and 29. Applicants should be founders of existing projects/ organizations or leading a project within an organization, and must be able to clearly articulate their learning objectives through the fellowship.

Deadline: May 15, 2007.

More info at YouthActionNet.

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Becky started Small Biz Survival in 2006 to share rural business and community building stories and ideas with other small town business people. She and her husband have a small cattle ranch and are lifelong entrepreneurs. Becky is an international speaker on small business and rural topics.

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April 11, 2007 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, global, youth

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  1. Evan Carmichael says

    April 12, 2007 at 5:34 pm

    Great post! I manage the YoungEntrepreneur.com blog and made your entry one of our Young Entrepreneur Links of the Day!

    Keep up the great work!

    Evan.

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  2. Becky McCray says

    April 12, 2007 at 5:52 pm

    Thank you, Evan! I’m glad to spread the word.

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