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Rotary Peace Fellowship Program Applications now being accepted for 2024
www.rotary.org/our-programs/peace-fellowships
Application deadline 15 May
As a leading humanitarian service organization, Rotary International promotes peace locally and globally as part of its mission. The Rotary Peace Fellowship Professional Development Certificate program is a yearlong program for working professionals that blends online learning, 11 weeks of in-person classes, and an independent project, based at Makerere University in Uganda. Each year, up to 40 fellows are selected by The Rotary Foundation to receive full funding to earn a post-graduate diploma in peacebuilding and conflict transformation. Candidates for this program must either be from Africa, have worked in Africa, or work with African communities or initiatives outside the continent.
Rotary is looking for mid-career professionals with at least five years of relevant experience, and who have a record of prior achievements in peacebuilding and potential for future growth and impact as leaders in the field.
Fellowship components:
Alumni connections: Access a growing number of Rotary Peace Fellow alumni in the region for career and collaboration opportunities.
Certificate candidates must also:
Candidates must have at least three years between the completion of their most recent academic degree program (undergraduate or graduate degree) and their intended start date for the fellowship. Candidates currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program are not eligible to apply.
Learn more:
About Rotary: Rotary brings together a global network of volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. We connect 1.4 million members from more than 46,000 Rotary and Rotaract clubs in almost every country in the world. Together with partners and communities, Rotary members and supporters champion peace, fight illiteracy and poverty, provide clean water and sanitation, fight disease and expand access to health care, and protect the environment.