High School Fellowship Program
What is The Fellowship?
Many students want to become leaders who change the world, but don’t know where to start. This Fellowship program teaches students how to lead a global service project at their school so they can become changemakers of the future.
In this program, youth meet monthly with an international cohort of peers to learn from experts who are leading the fight against the global water crisis. Throughout the program, we will support the fellows through a service project that they can implement in their school and community to help bring clean water and sanitation to a partner school somewhere around the world. By the end of the program, fellows will have explored careers by hearing from impact speakers, earned service hours, developed leadership skills, and will be recognized by H2O for Life as a Global Changemaker!
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Why Join?
- Make friends across borders during cohort and peer learning groups!
- Learning more about issues connected to accessing clean water and sanitation, and how you can become a leader who takes action.
- Earn service hours! Each fellow will earn at least 20 service hours from attending meetings with their cohort and participating in activities, plus project planning and implementation outside of the meetings.
- This fellowship looks GREAT on a College Application! Many previous fellows have written about their experince with H2O for Life on college applications and scholarship applications.
- Hear from impact speakers, career professionals who share how they make a difference in the world. This is an excellent opportunity to explore careers that make an impact!
Previous career speakers have included:
- Austin Alexander (Vice President, Sustainability and Social Impact, Xylem)
- Emily Onufer (Senior Management at Savan Consulting for The Environmental Protection Agency – EPA)
- Georgie Badiel Liberty (Former Miss Africa, International Model, Children’s Book Author, Activist, and Philanthropist)
- Jennifer Hyde and Kayla Miller (Policy and Sector Building Team at U.S. Implementing Partner: Dig Deep)
- Jenna Saldaña and Rob Bell (Director of U.S. Operations and Executive Director at Our nicaraguan Implementing Partners: El Porvenir)
- Lamah Bility (Founder and CEO of Didómi)
- Mica Standing Soldier (Policy Fellow at The Legal Rights Center)
- Patty Hall (Former Educator and Founder of The Nonprofit H2O for Life)
- And more!
Who Can Join?
Anyone at high school age (14-18) is welcome to apply. The fellowship is open to international applicants.
Meetings take place on Saturdays at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm U.S. Central Timezone (CDT). More than one fellow can apply per school; in fact, we encourage you to apply with friends!
Contact Emilee Vizenor with questions at emilee@h2oforlifeschools.org.