Educational project for young people creating and developing NGOs

Are you a young team that wants to create an NGO or has recently created one? Get comprehensive support in the project «Strengthening Civic Activism Among Youth | Let’s NGO». Applications are due by September 22.

«Strengthening Civic Activism Among Youth | Let’s NGO» (lets_ngo) is an online educational project for young changemakers. We strengthen newly created organizations so that they can work consistently and implement quality projects. We combine group training and work with each team individually for top results. 70 organizations have already been trained by us, and 42 were born with our support.

During the three-week intensive, your team will:

• We will have step-by-step support from a lawyer to register your NGO.
• Working with a mentor, you will turn ideas into a fully packaged project using the human-centered design methodology.
• You will be able to receive a $1,000 grant to implement the project based on the results of the pitching.
• In trainings with practical cases, you will improve your communication, fundraising, and project management skills and learn how to form an organization’s community.

Our experts in organizational development and digital tools will also conduct individual consultations for your team, based on your goals and requests.

And after graduation, you can join the Let’s NGO Alumni Community. And this is additional support, closed events, exclusive content and, of course, cool people with whom you will create change together!

What are the requirements for participants?

• Assemble a team of 3+ people aged 18 to 35.
• The team must represent an initiative group that has decided to create an organization or NGO/BO within two years of registration.
• It is mandatory to register your organization when participating in the project, if you are not already registered.
• The project will provide an opportunity to win an educational grant, but we will not be able to finance infrastructure projects (construction, reconstruction), repairs, purchase of equipment, humanitarian aid or assistance to the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

Ready to move to a new level of activism? Take the first step and submit application for participation by September 22.

The project «Strengthening Civic Activism Among Youth» is implemented by the NGO «Ukrainian Professional Development» with the support of the National Foundation for Democracy Support”