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TOYIN F. SANNI FOUNDATION ESSAY COMPETITION

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Application Deadline: March 31st 2024.

LOCATION: Nigeria

The TFS Foundation is hosting an essay contest with the aim of providing financial support to deserving students for their university fees. 

Participants are invited to engage with one of the following thought-provoking essay topics:

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Concerns: Identify an ESG-related issue in your local community. Discuss its significance and propose solutions.

Nigeria’s Economic Challenges: Analyse recent events impacting Nigeria’s economy, their effects, and suggest potential remedies.

Inclusive Finance and Its Impact: Define inclusive finance and explore how a finance and investment group like Emerging Africa Capital can significantly contribute to this area.

ELIGIBILITY:

Eligibility: You must be a senior secondary school student at the time of submission.

Essay Length: Your essay should not exceed 1000 words.

Prize Allocation: Monetary awards will be managed by Emerging Dreams Trust and disbursed based on your academic progression.

Originality Check: All essays will be scrutinised for AI/plagiarism, with plagiarised content leading to disqualification.

Submission Format: Submit through a Google Form, including required personal details and your essay in PDF format.

Language and Formatting: Essays must be in English, formatted in Century Gothic font size 11, double line spacing, and justified alignment.

Filename Format: Use the format FirstName-LastName-Question-Number.pdf (e.g., Sarah-Ayomide-1.pdf).

Deadline: Submit your essay by March 31st. Late entries will not be considered.

Evaluation Criteria: Essays will be judged on originality, creativity, coherence, grammar, and adherence to the prompt or theme.

Judging Decisions: The decisions of the organization are final.

BENEFIT:

The competition will celebrate a total of nine winners, three in each category:

Winner: N1,500,000

1st Runner-Up: N1,000,000

2nd Runner-Up: N500,000

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WIA WOMEN FOR ZERO HUNGER PROGRAM

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Application Deadline: 29 February, 2024

LOCATION: France

Because food security is a fundamental right, because Stop Hunger and Women In Africa believe in the potential and determination of women to lift the most vulnerable communities out of hunger – together they created the Women for Zero Hunger program, in order to support associations fighting against hunger and food insecurity in Africa. Non-profit organizations are invited to applyby completing a detailed selection questionnaire.

ELIGIBILITY:

The program is accessible to nonprofit organizations with at least 3 years of experience

The association must be African or active in an African country

The association must work in at least one African Anglophone and/or Francophone country

The top 7 non-profit organizations will be pre-selected by WIA Philanthropy and Stop Hunger before being presented to the international jury of the program, which will select 3 associations! 

BENEFIT:

to be visible: to inspire, to be recognized and to have more impact;

to be mentored: to benefit from expert advice and personalized support;

to be funded: each of the 3 associative structures will receive €10,000. At the end of the mentoring program, one of the three finalist structures will be chosen by the jury members on the basis of pre-established criteria. In addition, the representative will be invited to the annual Stop Hunger event in Paris to receive a trophy and benefit from a crowdfunding operation during the event

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