Deadline: 31 March 2019
Are you young leaders or young entrepreneurs willing to use mindfulness to foster sustainable world peace? Do you feel that your startup or organization need support to improve and move to its next stage? Do you think that you don’t have enough financial support from local organizations and want to reach more people in your community?
World Peace Initiative is proud to announce its Mindfulness Grant for the Community intended for young leaders and entrepreneurs!
WPI is very passionate about making a difference in the world so we focus its resources on supporting individuals and organizations at all levels that share the same goal and drive to make this world a better place. After more than 7 years working with the young leaders who participate in meditation, mindfulness, and self-empowerment events, WPI can see a clear trend in what makes a social project a success. The success of a social project depends heavily on how well the inner aspects of the project are handled. In other words, change always starts from within. As an international organization, WPI thinks it is extremely important to reach out to local communities. This is why WPI is launching a grant program which aims at encouraging mindfulness-based social projects at the community level. All non-profit organizations, youth leaders, social entrepreneurs, peace activists, and anybody with an idea are eligible to apply for WPI’s Mindfulness Grant. The aim of the grant is to support projects that make a positive change in society and promote mindfulness and meditation as a tool to improve people’s quality of life.
Benefits:
- Winning up to 3,000 USD to implement the proposed project.
- The opportunity of having one of our certified meditation instructors as an advisor for the implementation of the mindfulness aspect of the program and as a trainer at no cost.
- If the project is successfully implemented, the team will also be sponsored to attend one of our training programs or meditation retreats.
- The top 20 applicants of the grant will be given preference to attend one of our Peace Revolution African fellowships in 2019 if they apply.
Eligibility:
In order to participate in this program, there are certain project requirements:
- The project will be carried out in the Africa region by Africans only.
- The project should be initiated originally by you and your team, not a copy of a previously implemented project and not something copied from somewhere else.
- The project should not violate any human or animal rights or be involved in any process of killing or harming the lives of any other beings.
- The project can’t be involved in any kind of trade of financial securities or cryptocurrencies.
- The project should have a positive social impact with a reach of at least 200 people.
- The project must be environmental friendly.
- The project can’t involve any kind of hate or harsh speech.
- This project can’t involve the use of or promotion of intoxicating substances such as alcohol, cigarettes, or illicit drugs.
- The project’s duration should be no more than 90 days.
- The project must somehow involve mindfulness and meditation and be able to show how mindfulness and meditation can benefit the project.
- The project should ideally have a plan for long term sustainability
For enquiries:
Contact Henry MOLINGE, WPI Africa Coordinator: [email protected]
