Bridging academic inquiry, advanced geospatial hydrology, and grassroots humanitarian logistics. Join YADI’s competitive fellowship to pioneer innovative disaster solutions across Nigeria’s 6 geopolitical zones.
The Youth Disaster Leadership Fellowship & Internship Programme (Y-DIP) is YADI's flagship talent development initiative. Designed in synergy with the National Disaster Management Framework, the programme trains young Nigerian professionals, Corp members (NYSC), and university graduates in high-impact disaster governance, predictive hazard modeling, and rapid emergency intervention.
Work alongside SEMA and community response teams during seasonal flooding, erosion audits, and camp assessments.
Gain hands-on proficiency in QGIS hydrology mapping, OpenStreetMap validation, and drone photogrammetry.
Co-author policy briefs and zonal disaster assessment reports submitted to MDAs and national legislative committees.
Selected full-time fellows receive operational stipends covering transit, safety gear, and communication kits.
Select from five core tracks tailored to diverse academic disciplines and field operational passions:
Focus on satellite remote sensing, flood plain hydrodynamic modeling, DEM contour mapping, and telemetry sensor maintenance along River Niger and River Benue tributaries.
Master warehouse inventory management, rapid relief food/non-food supply chains, evacuation corridor routing, and inter-agency coordination with NEMA/Red Cross.
Deploy mobile water purification systems, assess flood-affected solar boreholes, lead youth cholera barrier campaigns, and train women vanguards in sanitation hygiene.
Draft legislative memos for state disaster management agencies, research loss-and-damage climate finance, and support youth submissions to national environmental committees.
Translate scientific meteorology alerts into Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, and Pidgin; design interactive infographic posters; and counter social media crisis misinformation.
Complete this expression of interest. Shortlisted candidates are invited for virtual interviews on a rolling basis.