What is YDOS
Initiated by LEAP Africa, The Youth Day of Service (YDOS) is a week-long youth-led social impact campaign to create awareness and mobilise young people across Africa to take civic action in commemoration of the annual United Nations’ International Youth Day (IYD). It is Youth and Personal Leadership in Action!

Youth Day of Service is a massive movement intended to empower young people, strengthen communities and trigger collective actions that would move us closer to achieving the SGDs with 2030 in view. The campaign theme for this year is ‘Youthful and Useful’.

To celebrate ‘International Youth Day on August 12, LEAP Africa is inviting young people, corporate organizations, public and social sector organizations, and SMEs, to become advocates and renew the spirit of active youth citizenship with an emphasis on spreading the culture of service and collective responsibility. The campaign, which is a week-long event from August 12 – 18, will showcase different projects championed by young people in communities across Nigeria, in commemoration of International Youth Day.

With less than 10 years to the actualization of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Youth Day of Service presents the unique opportunity to reinforce the need to engage youth for a decade of action and rally an ecosystem of like-minded organizations to support the race to 2030.

Your Role as a YDOS Ambassador
We are honoured to have you on board as an ambassador for the YDOS 2022. This is a special and exciting year for us because it is also our 20th Anniversary. As part of our goal to generate more publicity and encourage participation for the YDOS we will require ambassadors who will help promote the YDOS within their network.

YDOS is an amazing opportunity for you to serve with your Time, Talent, Tools and Treasures. You are also playing your part in changing Africa and advancing development. Isn’t that exciting? Now, this is what comes next:

• As an Ambassador, you will be recognized on the YDOS Website and be inaugurated into our YDOS 2022 Hall of Fame which is housed on the YDoS Website.
• You will be given 10GB worth of Data for online campaigns
• You will receive branded LEAP Africa x YDoS Materials (Shirt, SDG Pin & Water Bottle)
• Your projects will be prioritized for seed grants

Your responsibilities will include:

• You will be required to commit to the successful execution of YDOS 2022.
• All Ambassadors will participate in an onboarding meeting by June 17th where you can share your ideas on how best we can make YDOS 2022 successful. This is a safe space and hosted by the LEAP Africa YDOS team.
• You will be sent a link to join a Telegram group where you will meet and connect with fellow Ambadassors across Africa.
• Leverage your social media to get people excited about the YDOS 2022 and drive conversations around YDOS; use the hashtag #YouthDayofService #YouthfulAndUseful #Youth4SDGs and tag “@leapafrica,” on Instagram; “LEAP Africa,” on Facebook and “@LEAPAfrica” on Twitter.
• Encourage young persons in your network to register and sign up for projects. This can be done leveraging social media (especially Tik-Tok, Instagram Reels), testimonial videos, etc the channels are endless.
• Share videos promoting the YDoS Call for Application, sharing learning videos on how to sign up/volunteer for a project, FAQs etc.
• Engage with other young persons on the YDoS Facebook Community
• You will support the LEAP team in promoting other YDOS activities e.g. Webinars, Awards, Subgrants etc.
• Follow us on social media and engage with us “@leapafrica” and “@youthdayofservice” on Instagram; “LEAP Africa,” on Facebook and “@LEAPAfrica” on Twitter, to stay updated on YDOS.