Western Union Foundation Fellowship

The Western Union Foundation Fellowship is for next-generation high-promising entrepreneurs and community leaders who are from and working with highly marginalized, refugee, and forcibly displaced communities around the globe.

Eligible Applicants

We are looking for applicants from and are working in the following countries: Mexico, Kenya, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, and Afghanistan.

Ideal applicants will join with relevant social impact and leadership experiences with proven experience of building community development projects within these communities.

Program Duration

Western Union Foundation Fellows must be able to commit to be part of the 16-week program from January 17th to May 5th, 2023. There  is a 2-week intensive (20-25 hours per week) followed by a 14-weeks of weekly programming (5-8 hours per week) and spend an additional 80-100 hours implementing a 3-day intensive program called Basecamp.

Program Benefits

Fellows will be given a stipend- $25,000 in seed funding will be distributed among the Western Union Foundation Fellows based on progress and impact throughout the Fellowship.

This is a fully-funded program thanks to the support of the Western Union Foundation.

For more information: https://watson.is/western-union-foundation-fellowship/

The final application deadline is November 15th.