Website: http://www.ashoka.org/philippines
Contact: Mr. Antonio La Vina, Ashoka Representative
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Tel: +632 497 7614
Adress: Innovators for the Public, c/o Ateneo School of Government, 1/F Pacifico Ortiz Hall, Social Development Complex, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, 1108 Philippines

About
Ashoka's Youth Venture is a global movement that inspires, invests, and supports young people to lead social change. They invest in young people, from the age of 15 to 24, to design and lead their own initiatives that create social impact. In creating and launching their “Ventures,” as they form teams and work together, young people learn the important skills of leadership, teamwork, entrepreneurship and empathy. They also realize that they are powerful and will continue to take initiative and lead again and again throughout their lives.

Program description:
The one-year Youth Venture Fellowship includes three workshops over 3 months. 1. Workshop:  Idea Refinement 2. workshop:, World Café, enables peer-to-peer learning 3. workshop buiness planning and budgeting. Following this preparation each team presents their project to a panel of professionals. Based on the panelists feedback the Venturers launch with Seed funding. Along with the workshops and site visits, each team joins the Community of Changemakers, where teams often gain inspiration and learning from each other.  Youth Venture also provides networking, guidance and seed funding. Youth Venture also provides a professional mentorship program. Towards the end of the fellowship year, Youth Venture connects teams who are interested in continuing their project in touch with other organizations.

Participants:
Young people range from the age of 15 to 24, comes from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds. Applicants need to form teams of 3-8 people.

Applications
Registration is open to everyone and is on-going. A participation fee of PhP 250 per youth team will be collected once your team has been selected. Application form can be download at the Ashoka website.