Two of the Global Citizen Fellowship Program candidates are from Soweto
Beyoncé will once again enroll ten promising young South Africans to the Global Citizen Fellowship Program.
Global Citizen Africa is kicking off it’s second annual Global Citizen Fellowship Programme powered By BeyGood and has finally announced this year’s 10 candidates. The candidates were chosen from hundreds of applications. Launched last year, the program intends to provide young people with remarkable opportunities to fulfill their dreams. This follows the overwhelming success of financial and policy commitments made at the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 in December 2018.
Beyoncé will once again enroll ten promising young South Africans to the Global Citizen Fellowship Program and we are proud to announce that two of the candidates are from Soweto. They are 24-year-old Zamokuhle Ndwandwe from Freedom Park and 25-year-old Nomthandazo Xaba from White City Jabavu.
Ndwandwe’s ambition of ending Gender-Based Violence (GBV) comes from personal experience.
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“I’m a victim of a taxi robbery that occurred in 2019. I was kidnapped for 15 to 30 minutes by criminals who want money and sex from people,” she said.
“Right now my country is going through a very difficult time of what I would call women and children genocide. I would love to come across other young leaders from other countries who might be able to advise on how to curb this terrible pandemic,” she added.
Xaba is passionate about education and believes that empowered young girls make future leaders.
“Since I don’t have a relevant qualification yet, I want to teach young girls about sexual health because our schools only focus on basics. Girls are not given the platform to express themselves and talk about their experiences,” Xaba said.
The program is aligned to Global Citizen’s vision of eliminating extreme poverty by 2030.
“With all that is happening in our world, educating, empowering, and employing our youth to use their voice and vocation to make a positive impact is essential to creating lasting change. The model BeyGood has designed through the fellowship program in partnership with Global Citizen has become a pathway for sustainable economic impact,” said Ivy McGregor, Director of Social Responsibly at Parkwood Entertainment, headquarters for BeyGOOD
The ten selected young candidates for 2020 will serve paid, year-long fulltime fellowships with Global Citizen in Johannesburg, each focusing on one of the organisation’s four pillars of activities which are creative, campaigns, rewards, and marketing.
The primary aim is to immerse the Fellows in the use of digital technology for social change, storytelling tactics that shift attitudes, and the process of building lasting professional relationships. It also aims to foster an in-depth understanding of the role that innovation has to play in a constantly changing world.
“Global Citizen’s unique model calls on young global citizens to contribute to change through their actions, this enables us to take the voices of an engaged and informed millennial audience into the halls of political power,” said Chebet Chikumbu, Regional Director for Southern and East Africa, Global Citizen.
The Program features a four-phase learner-centered curriculum designed to equip the fellows with a variety of practical, useful, and pragmatic skills, such as problem-solving, critical thinking, how to build community, professional and personal development, advocacy, international development, and global citizenship.
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