Unlock Your Potential and Make a Difference in Global Health Apply for the Africa Fellowship at Global HealthCorps

Work on the front lines of global health and develop your leadership skills, apply for the Africa Fellowship 2024

About the Africa Fellowship- GHC

GHC welcomes young professionals from Burundi, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe to apply for paid 13 month fellowships with health organizations in Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia.

Applications for our 2024-2025 cohort are now open! Apply by January 2nd, 2024 for priority consideration. Applications close January 10th, 2024. 

GHC recruits and selects highly qualified applicants with diverse skill sets and backgrounds to be placed in high-impact organizations for a year-long fellowship. During their fellowship year, fellows make significant contributions to their placement organizations and the communities they serve. They also engage in robust leadership training and integrate into GHC’s global network. 

IDEAL APPLICANTS

We are looking for a diverse group of high-potential leaders from every sector and professional background who bring the skills necessary to address critical health systems gaps and who embody our key leadership practices:

Collaborative.

You value inclusion and collaboration across sectors, cultures, and borders of all kinds. You are ready to listen to and embrace others’ perspectives, even when they are different from your own.

Committed to learning.

You are willing to push yourself outside your comfort zone often (while practicing self-care). You are ready to approach a personally transformative year with integrity, humility, and self-reflection.

Inspiring and mobilizing.

You are ready to strengthen and use your voice — the most powerful tool for change that you have — in order to engage others, create space for critical conversation, and effect meaningful social change in global health.

Committed to social justice.

You are passionate about social justice in health and have both the patience and the motivation to engage in the hard, complex work of building just health systems.

Adaptive and innovative.

You are excited by a design-thinking approach to building a better world, creatively embracing problems and ready to embrace failure as learning.

Results-driven.

You bring your best self and are motivated to do the day-to-day work needed to bring about positive change in the global health equity movement.

ELIGIBILITY

By the start of the fellowship, fellows must:

• Be 30 years of age or younger.
• Hold a bachelor’s or undergraduate university degree.
• Be proficient in English.
• Be a citizen or legal permanent resident of Burundi, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, or Zimbabwe.

Africa Fellowship Benefits & Logistics

In addition to the intensive leadership development and professional growth that the fellowship offers, the Global Health Corps fellowship includes: 

• Living stipend
• Professional development funds
• Completion award
• Housing
• Health Insurance
• Travel costs covered to and from GHC training and retreats
• Visa/Work permit

GHC arranges several logistical details on fellows’ behalf with the expectation that fellows will take ownership of their overall experience. Read on to learn more about how these items apply to specific placements.

How to Apply

Create an  by clicking here and log in to start an application. You will need to use a computer (not a tablet or smartphone) with one of the web browsers listed on this page.

For more information, including video tutorials for completing the application, check out our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page for the Africa fellowship. To preview the application questions and prepare your answers without logging in, see our Africa fellowship application preview. All application submissions are done online – we do not accept applications by email. 

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