2024-2025 Global Agroecology Pathways Program (GAPP): Kenya -- Application Form

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Thank you for your interest in MESA's newest program! We will be able to accommodate up to 20 participants for the 2024-25 pilot program. Please note: if you are applying from outside of the United States, the program fee is the same regardless of your current country of residence, and you must attend the weekly class scheduled for 6pm PDT.

2024-25 Global Agroecology Pathways Program (GAPP)

Orientation & community building: September 4, 6pm (Pacific Daylight Time)

Course Dates: Sept. 11 - November 13, 2024 | Wednesdays at 6pm (Pacific Daylight Time)

Kenya Fellowship Dates: July 1 - July 30, 2025

Course Overview: A 10-week certificate course that includes one online orientation session and 10 facilitator-led, interactive sessions based on agroecology topics where students learn about global sustainable food systems and social movements. A quarter of the curriculum will focus on guiding students to apply for a grant/fellowship to sponsor their participation in a one-month global fellowship opportunity with MESA's global partner NGO, Grow Biointensive Agriculture Center of Kenya (G-BiACK), based in Thika, Kenya in July 2025. For a more comprehensive curriculum overview, please read here.

Kenya Fellowship Overview: 4 weeks of training at G-BiACK and local community based organizations learning sustainable, biointensive farming methods. Includes housing, meals, and local transportation. For more a more detailed fellowship overview, please read here and watch this video.

Program Cost:

- Full Fellowship Program (10-week course + 1 month fellowship in Thika, Kenya during July 2025): $3,950 (does not include airfare)

*This pilot program is subsidized by MESA. Limited, partial, need-based scholarships available for full Fellowship.

- 10-Week Course Only, starting in September: $425

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Email *

Which certificate program are you applying for? *

Full Fellowship Program (10-week course + 1 month fellowship in Thika, Kenya during July 2025)

10-Week Course only

Did you complete the GAPP Interest Survey? *

Yes

First name *

Last name(s) *

Main phone number *

Your Home Address: *

Country of Residence *

Age *

18-30

31-49

50+

Prefer not to respond

Which of the following best represents your racial or ethnic heritage? *

African

Asian

Black, African American

Caucasian, White

Hispanic or Latinx

Native American or Alaska Native

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Prefer not to respond

Other:

Required

GAPP PROGRAM REVIEW & QUESTIONS

How comfortable are you with online learning? *

No experience with online learning

I am an expert with online tools

Beginning September 11, 2024, classes will be held weekly on Wednesdays at 6pm PDT.

Do foresee any challenges with attending all weekly sessions?

Yes, I already know I will have to miss 1 - 2 sessions.

Yes, I already know I will have to miss more than 2 sessions.

No, I anticipate attending all 10 sessions.

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Why do you want to join GAPP? (Please describe how specific life experiences may have influenced your current training objectives): *

Please describe any agroecology practices you have experience with (e.g. crop farming, agroforestry, animal husbandry, etc.): *

What type of learning community are you seeking? *

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