Global nonprofit Rise Up will select a group of 25 local civil society leaders from Kenya to participate in our Leadership and Advocacy Accelerator training program to advance gender equity and justice in girls’ education July 14-19, 2025. 

Visionary leaders (18 years of age at the time of the training – July 2025) that are based in Nairobi, Kiambu, Kajiado or Machakos Counties are eligible to apply. Newly selected leaders in Kenya will join our network of over 800 leaders who have successfully advocated for 218 new and improved laws and policies, positively impacting 160 million people globally. 

Rise Up will competitively award grants of $17,000 USD to participating leaders and their organizations and encourage those working on advancing girls’ education to apply. 

APPLICATION NOW CLOSED

Virtual Orientation: June 30, 2025
Leadership and Advocacy Accelerator: July 14-19, 2025, in-person, in Nairobi

Rise Up has developed an innovative hybrid—virtual and in-person—model that integrates intensive capacity building, leadership development, project funding, and technical support to ensure the leaders can launch advocacy strategies to advance education for women, girls, and gender-nonconforming people in Kenya. 

For more information, please contact Kenya’s Country Representative Naomi Monda at KenyaRep@riseuptogether.org.

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