Are you part of an Organization led by young people aged 15-32 years who has piloting innovative approaches to employment, good urban governance, shelter, secure tenure and risk rehabilitation?

The UN-Habitat Urban Youth Fund empowers global youth by providing grants and capacity building to selected organizations in developing countries.

Applications for the UN-Habitat Urban Youth Fund are open till April 15 2015.

Yearly, more than 8,000 youth-led organizations start the application process to be part of the program. Approximately 30 organizations are selected yearly to receive a grant up to 25,000 USD and capacity building support throughout the duration of the project.

Since its inception, the Fund has impacted individual lives, communities, and countries. The Urban Youth Fund projects have:

  • Operated in 172 cities and 63 countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, and the Caribbean
  • Helped youth gain employable skills and opportunities
  • Sponsored vocational training and credit mechanisms for entrepreneurship and employment
  • Promoted gender equality in urban developments in the global South
  • Increased the involvement of young people in local governance
  • Worked to stop sexual harassment of women through the use of ICT
  • Mapped informal settlements using GIS tools
  • Improved perception of youth in the local communities

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