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Oscar van Leer Fellowship

Countries

Colombia, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda

Region

Caribbean

Deadline Date

August 18, 2009

The Bernard van Leer Foundation invites journalists interested in covering stories about children to apply for the Oscar van Leer Fellowships for professional training. The fellowship consists of a four-week, expenses-paid training course in The Netherlands covering journalism and children's issues.

Three fellowships will be awarded. The fellowships are open to journalists in nine regions where the foundation currently funds projects for disadvantaged young children: Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, the Caribbean, and the Indian region of Orissa. Applicants can work in any form of media, including print, radio, television, or web.

Through the Oscar van Leer Fellowships, the Bernard van Leer Foundation aims to contribute to a gradual improvement in the quality and quantity of media coverage of issues affecting young children. By training journalists in how best to cover stories to do with early childhood development and children’s rights, they seek to improve society’s understanding and influence decision makers.

To access suggested reading for applicants, please click here.

Application Information

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Contact

Vera van der Grift
Bernard van Leer Foundation

PO Box 82334

The Hague
2508 EH
Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)70 331 22 00
Bernard van Leer Foundation website
ovlf-info@bvleerf.nl

Source

Email from Angela Barrau-Ernst to Soul Beat Africa on April 8 2009.



Placed on the Communication Initiative site April 14 2009
Last Updated June 08 2009


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Bernard van Leer Foundation

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2009-08-28 08:24.

Hi,
The foundation is doing a wonderful job especially in Sub-Saharan Africa where the rate of poverty is at an alarming rate. Secondly, most of the governments in Sub-Saharan Africa have given Early Childhood Education very insignificant importance failing to understand its core role. This page has however provided valuable information on how better this sector could be improved. Thanks.

Mikisi Dominic

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