Hello, All!

Unfortunately, this week tossed us quite a few curve balls. Be advised:

• Torrential rains and flooding in Zimbabwe stranded our Founding Director and staff members for 3 days in the midst of outreach, washing out roads and making travel impossible.

• A major winter snow storm & frigid temperatures (-4°F / -20°C) also struck my area last weekend, resulting in connectivity and transportation issues. Another storm is expected this weekend.

Thank you for your patience with our response times as we manage these situations and handle the communication backlog.

Administrative Updates

• 34 Gallery Art Advisor Mind Soul Meditations will host AI Art Therapy Groups on Fridays starting Feb. 6th, 2026 through May. Information on A.I. tools and prompting will be provided. All are welcome! Register here.

• Our next Creative Career Focus Meeting will be Feb. 21, 2025. Register here.

• As a reminder: The submission deadline for the February Social Media Calendar & February Art Open Calls are this weekend. If you have been unable to create content this month, just send us an email notification.

Food for Thought

The United Nations System

• An introduction to IAEA

• WorldBank: International Day of Education 2026: Education Works

• UN: Launch of the World Public Sector Report 2025

• EU Commission investigates Grok and X's recommender systems under the Digital Services Act

• Google’s Project Genie: Experimenting with infinite, interactive worlds

Free Training & Learning Paths (2026)

• WorldBank Live: A Coming Jobs Challenge in Emerging Markets? - recap

• WorldBank Live: Building Human Capital and Measuring Progress - Feb. 12th

• WorldBank Live: WOMEN, BUSINESS AND THE LAW 2026

• UNICEF: AGORA

• WHO Academy

Opportunities

For additional information on this opportunity, contact Simuka Africa Staff Member Ulrich Landry Georges Yomkil Noumbo. Email: yomkillandry@gmail.com

Work Tip: Please note that competition for these positions can be intense. Apply immediately:

• UN Careers - the primary UN career hub

• UNJOBNET - daily UN & UN Affiliate job listing updates

• UNJOBNET: Remote Positions

• IISD: Climate Change Job Career Board

• Venture For ClimateTech

• Upwork: Videography jobs

• Idealist Database: Policy Jobs (US)

• Idealist: Internships (International listings)

• VIZ: Internships in Germany and worldwide

• An internship at the BMW Group (Germany)

• The Deutsche Bank Internship Programme (Germany)

• The Graduate Study Programme (GSP) at UN Geneva

• The Starving Artist Open Call (fine art)

• IP Youth Workshop Coordinator role

•  John Lewis Young Leaders Fellowship (JLYL)

• The BLAC Internship Program

• FAO Schwarz Fellowship

• ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships 2026

• Melbourne Research Scholarship | Australia

•  2026 Fonseca Leadership Program in Africa

•   UNIDO is hiring: Enterprise Digital & IT Policy Expert (Vienna)

• Amahoro Coalition Fellowship – Cohort 4

•  United People Global (UPG)

• The Women’s Refugee Commission

• The Certified Trainer Program( London, April 9–11, 2026)

• HER Voice Fund Ambassador (Kenya, Zimbabwe)

•  Future of Work Accelerator 2026

•  HerStart International Fellowship 2026 (Canada)

•  Timbuktoo EdTech Accelerator Program

• Fully Funded PhD Scholarship in Sociology at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

• The KB Fellowship at NIAS

• NIAS Individual Fellowship (Netherlands)

• The LEGO® Group Careers

•  Fully Funded PhD Opportunities in France – BREATH Programme 

•  The Steve Weiner and David Wolf Founder Fellowship Program: 3 positions -Policy Analyst Fellow, Summer Policy Impact Fellow, Legislative Affairs Fellow (California)

• Graduate Fellow Program (Winter/Spring 2026).

For additional information on this opportunity, contact 34 Gallery Artist & Staff Member Vincenzo Cohen.

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Final Thoughts

The good things in our lives often don’t advertise or shout through headlines. Instead, they quietly keep us going. The same can be said of the content you create on behalf of Simuka Africa. Your volunteer work ensures that others in critical situations are inspired the same way.

So take some time this weekend to reflect on the incredible humanitarian drive you have to actively be a part of global change. We are truly unable to do this without your efforts. Thank you for being YOU!

May light, peace & joy always be with you.