A few months into his journey, Tapiwa Prosper Chimbadzwa, a Cohort 10 Rotary Peace Fellow at the Makerere University Rotary Peace Center, is already building something meaningful: the Back2Eden initiative, rooted in the belief that caring for the environment is a moral and spiritual responsibility, not just a policy conversation.
What stands out is how he is doing this work, not from the top down, but from within communities.
In Mola, Nyaminyami, Tapiwa has been working alongside faith leaders and Wildlife Conservation Action to mobilise communities, demonstrate non-lethal human-wildlife conflict solutions, and bring people together around a shared responsibility for creation.
The result? A Human-Wildlife Coexistence Toolkit, co-created with faith leaders in Mola. A living document that brings together faith, science, and community wisdom to promote peaceful coexistence and inspire local stewardship.
This is peacebuilding in action, connecting people to land, to each other, and to a shared future.
We are proud of you, Tapiwa. Keep going.