AYF Mini Fund for Youth 2022 opens for application

KUCHING: The Asean Youth Forum (AYF) Mini Fund for Youth 2022 is open for applications until May 22.

It aims to support right-based and youth-led activism and movements at national and local levels across Southeast Asia on pandemic recovery.

AYF supports initiatives that respond to issues such as freedom of expression, right to participate in political and public life, and right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.

Examples of appropriate programmes or activities include training and capacitybuilding, advocacy, social media campaigns, press conferences, creative or arts projects, support groups, and research.

The mini fund expects to support three projects from each Asean country, up to a maximum of US$825 per project.

Those eligible to apply are youth-led organisations and communities led by young people aged 18 to 35, based in Southeast Asia.

Those in minority or marginalised groups are encouraged to apply.

The proposal must not be more than three pages including a short profile of the organisation or community, background, project description, objective, expected output, timeline and budget.

The project implementation runs from June 17 to July 24.

To apply, click to https://bit.ly/MiniFund2022.

AYF is a movement that represents and fights for the young people in Asean to voice out their concerns and strategies for ways to achieve a better Asean.

It has been a platform of the youth in Asean to raise their voice and claim their rights for a sustainable, inclusive, people-centred, and youth-driven regional community.

To learn more about AYF and its various activities, visit https://aseanyouthforum.org/ or follow its Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/asean.youth.forum/.