African Union Youth Volunteer Corps Call for Applications

The African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AU-YVC), established in 2010, is a continental development program that promotes youth volunteerism in Africa.

The program aims to deepen the status of young people as key actors in Africa's development targets and goals, enhancing their participation in policy development as well as design and implementation of relevant interventions towards the Africa Union’s Agenda 2063, ‘The Africa we want’.

It brings people together to share skills, knowledge, creativity and learning to build a more integrated, prosperous and peaceful Continent driven by its citizens.

The volunteering opportunities are intended to build professionalism and a sense of
responsibility among the participants, thus enhancing their employability.

Young African professionals are recruited to serve for a period of 12 months as AU Volunteers in an AU Member State other than their own.

The next intake of volunteers for deployment in 2019 will be from the 15 – 31st May 2018.

African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AU-YVC) - Call for Applications: 9th Batch AU-YVC Recruitment

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants have to meet the following criteria: