Deadline: November 16, 2020.

The Youth Silencing the Guns Award was created by the AU Office of the Youth Envoy to celebrate, recognise and support young Afri​cans behind impactful peacebuilding initiatives that are building a culture of peace. A total of​ Six Awards​ will be issued six categories

CATEGORIES

Building Free-Conflict Africa The award will go to any young man or woman who has contributed immensely to conflict prevention or resolution in their community/ country/ continent through mediation, negotiation, peacebuilding efforts, education and promoting peace, reconciliation and unity amongst others

• Silencing Poverty & Hunger
  The award will go to any young man or woman who has contributed immensely to reducing poverty and hunger within their community/ country/ continent
• Silencing Gender-Based Violence
  The award will go to any young man or woman whose work helps to reduce the incidence of Gender-Based Violence in their community/ country/ continent, or who work to support victims of GBV
• Silencing Youth Unemployment
  The award will go to any young man or woman, leading advocacy around unemployment in their community/ country/ continent; or contributing to solving the unemployment challenges in their country and creating jobs
• Silencing Corruption
  The award will go to any young man or woman who has campaigned to end corruption in their community/ country/ continent
• Silencing Climate Crisis:

The award will go to any young man or woman who has done tremendous work in calling attention to the climate crisis in their country/continent or doing extensive work to mitigate the impact of climate change in their community/ country/ continent

ELIGIBILITY

● Nominee must be aged 15 – 35 by 30​th November 2020 (as per African Youth Charter
definition of youth)
● Nominee must be national and living in one of the African Union member states
● Nominee must fit in one of the 6 award categories and directly address one of the
thematic areas
● Nominee’s project must have demonstrated impact in peacebuilding and directly impact
to at least ​300 people
● Nominee’s complete contact information provided
● Nominee must be committed to report on Monitoring and Evaluation of how the
grant/Award supported the work of their projects
● Nominee’s project must be ​apolitical in nature and must not be operated for profit

BENEFITS

Award Winners will receive:
● Recognition for their work
● $2000 up to $5,000 ​grant funding to support their existing peacebuilding projects
● Featured at the African Union and partners platforms

OFFICIAL LINK

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u_H9TWQHTcxIMFzCVs8d3BGYbD2AMlKU/view