MWFAAN Beyond School Community Challenge for Secondary School Students in Nigeria 2021 (N1.5 million in prizes)

Published: 13 Sep 2021 1,827 views

Applications are open for the MWFAAN Beyond School Community Challenge for Secondary School Students in Nigeria 2021. The Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni Association of Nigeria (MWFAAN) in collaboration with United States Mission Nigeria invites applications for this Challenge.

The Beyond School Community Challenge is a national social entrepreneurship competition that discovers, mentors, and funds indigenous solutions to critical community problems and needs identified by high school students selected from across the country. It aims to engage young people creatively to develop entrepreneurial skills which will be marketable beyond the four walls of learning.

The BSCC provides a platform for outstanding secondary school students aged 13-18 to provide solutions to problems around their environment by creating community development projects. Guided by mentors and their schools, the students identify the challenge, proffer a viable entrepreneurial concept to address the challenge. The Challenge identifies top finalists annually from the pool of applications received across Nigeria, where top finalists selected are invited to pitch and exhibit their entrepreneurial ideas. The #BSCChallenge2021 will be virtual for participating schools.

MWFAAN Beyond School Community Challenge

Application Deadline	September 20, 2021
Country to study	Nigeria
Type	College School
Sponsor	Mandela Washington Fellowship
Gender	Men and Women

Benefits of MWFAAN Beyond School Community Challenge

Cash grant prize of N1.5M will be shared amongst the winners as follows:

• Top 3 Winning Project Grant:
• All 30 Students will share N300,000, that is, N10,000 each
• Best Teacher Award: N100,000
• Other 2 teachers: N50,000 each

Requirements for MWFAAN Beyond School Community Challenge

• Applicants must be a team of 4 consisting of 3 young people between the ages of 13-18 years and a Teacher/Mentor, aged 20 years and above.
• All Teams, schools or Educational Institutions must be based in Nigeria.
• Applicants must have access to strong and reliable internet.
• Applicants must be willing to grant both print and electronic media interviews if selected

Application Deadline

September 20, 2021

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Mandela Washington Fellowship on mwfaan.org to apply