Applications Invited for Peace First COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants 2020

About the Organization:

Peace First is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping young people around the world to become powerful peacemakers. Peace First empowers young people to create a just and peaceful world by providing digital tools, community support, start-up funding, and stories that celebrate their journeys and impact.

Peace First COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants 2020

Peace First is launching a rapid response grant process to help young people around the world lead projects that address community impacts of COVID-19, from providing meals to elderly neighbors to launching digital mental health campaigns to support youth feeling isolated. Rapid response grants are open to young people between the ages of 13-25, anywhere in the world, starting today. Learn more and apply here: https://forms.gle/JjxcPdUHMTpCcttR7

Find out how to get involved, and join in by sharing their campaign on social media and within your community using their sample social media posts in their call to action and social media toolkit: https://bit.ly/3977Pf2

Eligibility:

• You must be between the ages of 13-25 to apply
• You may apply as an individual or a team
• Your project should address the secondary effects of COVID-19
• Young people from any region are welcome to apply

Grant:

• Grants upto $250 will be pre-approved for immediate costs associated with your ongoing or imminent social action project

Application:

• Brief information about yourself
• A description of the injustice you want to solve
• A compassionate insight
• A plan detailing the steps you plan to take to carry out your project and mini-grant request of up to $250 USD
• A brief section to determine your eligibility
• You will also create a user profile on PeaceFirst.Org. This is a very brief process that should take no more than 5 minutes

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