Grassroutes – Fellowship Program 2010
Introduction: Grassroutes is a Fellowship Program which funds youth to go on road-trips across India, discover and work with changemakers, do their bit to change the world and inspire more youth into social action.The program centers around a month long road-trip, that is designed to make the Fellows question themselves and their existing beliefs. They will be sponsoring around 40 fellows’ road-trips during the summer break this May 2010. The road-trips will be of 30 days duration.The program can be divided into three phases :
1. Pre Road Trip
2. Road Trip
3. Post Road Trip
Eligibility: Indian national below the age of 25 with social consciousness can apply for the Grassroutes program.
Awards: During the road-trip, fellows are expected to
- Travel extensively in and around the mapped organization
- Strike conversations with community and change makers
- Be an activist by working on projects allotted
- Collect interesting and inspirational stories
Advantages: After the road-trip, fellows will:
- Use social media to bring to fore the stories and experiences from their trip
- Engage larger community in a dialog around social issues from your experience through talks and conversations.
Application Procedure: For Online Application Form Click http://apply.grassroutes.in/
Application Deadline: They are accepting applications in two phases to encourage people to apply early. First round of evaluations will start by 1st Feb, 2010, selected fellows will be intimated by the 15th Feb 2010.The second and final phase of applications will end on 1st March, 2010.
Email: team(AT)grassroutes.in
Source: http://grassroutes.in/program/overview/
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