4-H Zimbabwe successfully trained young people from all the provinces to be peace monitors during the election period.
Youth leaders from all the political were present to gain more understanding as to why it is essential to maintain peace during the election period and to encourage other young people from their parties to desist from violence.
The three day training workshop was held at Urban Lifestyles Hotel in Masvingo Province and it started on July 25, 2023. It was attended by youth leaders from political parties such as ZANU PF, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC A), FREE Zimbabwe and National Constitutional Assembly (NCA).
The workshop was meant to assist youth in maintaining peace during elections since they are a vulnerable group often used by political parties to perpetrate violence. Young people are more vulnerable to issues to do with violence and they are always available when they are called by party leaders to perpetuate violence that’s why we are targeting them to make sure that we change their behavior, perception and beliefs in terms of political tolerance.
Youth in Zimbabwe should not see each other as enemies but as Zimbabweans outside their affiliated political parties. So our aim was to ensure that young people in Zimbabwe respect each other, despite their different political affiliation, ideologies and beliefs.
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