Africa Youth Partnership Youth-led Research Series by young people from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe The youth led research was conducted under the Africa Youth Partnership outlining various impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and the gaps in recovery processes in Kenya, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Whilst there have been …
Bridging the Climate change research gap through youth-led research in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is on the frontline of dramatic climate change impacts. Equipping its communities with an understanding of climate change-related risks, causes, and strategies for adaptation is now more crucial than ever. However, research on climate change in the country is limited, leaving a huge …
We are excited to announce our GenEndIt Youth Ambassadors (GYA) who will be working with us this year. Together we will unleash Youth Power around the world to bring transformational change in the global movement to end AIDS by 2030. GenEndIt Youth Ambassadors will focus on building a movement of young people committed to ending …
Growing up in a highly patriarchal society has been a big challenge for me and every other young woman and girl out there. In my community there are many incidents of gender-based and domestic violence, and most abusers go unpunished. This has to stop. One act of violence is too many. Violence against women and …
This International Youth Day we want to recognise young people’s resilience in the face of this pandemic, and how so many have taken action to help their communities respond and recover. This is Nyasha’s story. Driving community-led change during COVID-19. Nyasha, 24, is from Ushewokunze suburb, in the southern area of Harare, Zimbabwe. Her community has no health …
Young people taking the lead in Zimbabwe. Our annual report highlights how we have supported young people in Zimbabwe to take the lead in solving the problems faced by their communities in our key goal areas of living, voice, sexual reproductive health and rights, and leadership. We highlight achievements from 2019 and hear from the …
Fighting Covid-19 through music. I wanted to play a part. Our Youth Power is needed to fight the pandemic, and we must rise and use it. Vinnex Vincent Tinashe Chimonyo aka Vinnex, 24, is a dance-hall musician, community mobiliser and former peer-educator volunteer with Restless Development. His new awareness song on COVID-19 is taking Zimbabwe …
Supporting young people to realise their sexual and reproductive health rights.
Over the past four months, as an expression of solidarity and youth power, the youth power panel have been bringing young people together from all over the world, to connect and share ideas around COVID-19. The idea is to support young people to meet with others around the world – others they wouldn’t typically have …
Young people, from 10 to 30 years old, are reducing the levels of new HIV infections and Gender Based Violence (GBV) among their peers, including those with disabilities.