Achieving ESA commitments through data-driven, youth led accountability

Youth Power Driving ESA The Youth Power Driving ESA project believes that SRHR are for all people, of all genders, and that this vision can be achieved through youth-led systemic change. This project will amplify the voices of young leaders as dynamic agents of change and harness the collective power of youth civil society to …

RESTLESS DEVELOPMENT ZIMBABWE 2022 ANNUAL REPORT

More than ever we need young people’s leadership to solve challenges our communities face. Our work to support the journey of young people to become a leader in their own right and help them multiply that leadership in their communities is even more needed. We need young people that are able to work with their …

Building Back Better- Advocating for an equitable recovery form Covid19

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 …

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Young people as changemakers on climate and health

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 …

GenEndIt Youth Ambassadors

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 …

“End gender-based violence now!”

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 …

Nyasha’s Story

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 …

Zimbabwe Annual Report 2019

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 …

Vinnex’s story

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 …