About Us:
The “Young Professional Development Program (YPDP)” is a career-driven nongovernmental organization tailored toward empowering young and enterprising emerging leaders in Liberia and Africa. The organization was established on October 1, 2018, by a team of young visionary leaders from Liberia, Ghana, and Nigeria, predicated upon recognizing the human capacity development gap amongst youth in the sub-region. This is considered major challenge countries on the African continent are faced with in achieving major development priorities. Our program is aimed at connecting the development and empowering African youths especially women and girls in Liberia and their counterparts from neighboring countries on whom the future of Africa depends on ethical leadership, governance, entrepreneurship, and technology. Since the inception of our program, we have targeted and trained about 50 career-driven young professionals between the age of 18 to 35, online and onsite across Africa, who are working to transform their communities for socio-economic development and prosperity.
Our Online Program Metorship Focus Area:
Technology
Coaching Track
Leadership
Coaching Track
Volunteerism
Coaching Track
Entrepreneurship
Coaching TrackFAQs
How do I become a YPDP Fellow?
The YPDP provides the platform for connecting the development and empowerment of African young professionals especially women and girls between the age of 18 to 35, who are working to transform their communities for socio-economic development and prosperity.
How do I become an international volunteer or an ambassador for YPDP?
The YPDP volunteer program accepts only professional alumni of its fellowship program, who has gone through the rank and file of its professional career development coaching to serve as an international volunteer.
Which background knowledge requires to be considered for YPDP fellowship?
The YPDP fellowship selection criteria are based on applicant’s ability to demonstrate their passion to make positive impact in their communities. Interested in leadership and entrepreneurship for Africa sustainable development.
What is the Eliibility Requirements?
Our Mission:
To provide an enabling environment for the realization, respect, and protection of fundamental human rights among youth and develop their leadership qualities to make them active contributor within the society.
The YPDP Mandate:
The YPDP’s objective is to provide youth-initiative career driven opportunity programs for the emerging West Africa youths. Our programs seek to promote awareness of leadership in the contemporary technological revolution world for development and prosperity. We conduct recruitment of deserving youths for mentorship and training with professional development in Liberia, Ghana, Nigeria and the sub-region of West Africa.
Our Value:
In our pursuit to improve the quality of life for the young people through its online capacity development program, the YPDP is guided by the highest moral and ethical standards.
Our Vision:
To create an enabling environment for equipping young people with knowledge and skills appropriate for self actualization and development.
The Organization is a non-profit, non-partisan, non-religious and non-governmental organization established to serve the public benefit of the youthful population of West Africa. The Organization was accredited by the government of Liberia on July 9, 2019 in Monrovia, Liberia. The Organization works within the legal framework of the Liberia Constitution and in accordance with the Law of the Civil society organization mission on Non-Governmental Organizations and other relevant laws and statutes. The Young Professionals Development Program is also a registered member of the United Nation Youth Organizations and GlobalGiving fundraising partner organizations.
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Our Principles:
Our Goals:
HONESTY
SAFEGUARD THE PUBLIC TRUST
Foster cultural diversity and equality
Youth Development
Public Awareness
Our Strategy:
A sustainable strategy is devised to achieve the maximum, a need based and right based approach initiated ascertains the problem with fully community involvement and mobilizing all indigenous and local resources. The program goal is materialized with a helping hand from member’s donor agencies, Philanthropists.
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