YECAN AWARD 2025
The Young
Environment and Climate Action Network (YECAN) Award 2025
An
Initiative of Salama Heritage Ecovillage (SHE) Africa Ltd and AbibiNsroma
Foundation (ANF), Eastern and Southern Africa Secretariat- Kigali Rwanda
Deadline
of Application, Wednesday, November
20th, 2024 (Africa Industrialization Day)
Introduction:
Applications
are open for the Young Environment and Climate Action Network (YECAN) Award
2025. The YECAN Award 2025 is a flagship youth engagement initiative of Salama
Heritage Ecovillage (SHE) Africa Ltd and AbibiNsroma Foundation (ANF), Eastern
and Southern Africa Secretariat in Kigali, Rwanda. This Award will be bestowed
annually to ambitious young people around the East African Community (EAC)
Partner States with outstanding and innovative ideas to protect, manage,
conserve and restore the environment around East African rural and urban
communities.
Humans
are using an equivalent of 1.6 Planet Earth, to maintain an unstable way of
life and nature cannot cope with this unsustainable lifestyle. Our oceans
(Atlantic and Indian) are drowning in plastics, our rivers are very polluted,
our forests are burning out and our farmlands are drying out. Through the YECAN
2025 Award, SHE Africa Ltd, AbibiNsroma Foundation (ANF) and partners seek to
promote environment and climate action by Young People across the East African
Community (EAC).
Why The YECAN AWARD 2025?
We
are looking for young change makers with path breaking innovative ideas and
solutions that showcases nature’s potential in addressing the triple planetary
crisis of Climate Change (CC), Biodiversity Loss (BL) and Environmental
Pollution and Waste (EP). By Monday, March 3rd, 2025, during the celebration of
the African Environment Day/Wangari Maathai Day (a way to raise awareness of
the pressing environmental challenges facing the African Continent), the Young
Environment and Climate Action Network (YECAN) Award will select one winner
from each of the East African Community (EAC) Partner State.
Benefits of The YECAN AWARD 2025!
Each winner will
receive;
Eligibility:
Application:
The
Young Environment and Climate Action Network (YECAN) AWARD 2025, will be
required to share their journeys, through videos and blogs on the YECAN website
for up to 2 years. Applications close on Wednesday, November 20th, 2024 (Africa Industrialization
Day) at 23.59, Central African Time (CAT), Kigali-Rwanda.
For more information about the YECAN
Award, please contact;
The Coordinator
the YECAN AWARD 2025
Tel/WhatsApp:
+250 787249860
Email:
mboneenie@abibinsromafoundation.or
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Address:
Kimironko, Gasabo District, Kigali-Rwanda, East Africa