Promoting Youth Participation and Empowerment in National Processes.
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Get the inside scoop! Our May newsletter is packed with:
Latest news and updates
Stories from the field
Impact reports and success stories
Upcoming events #Newsletter #StayConnected #COTRAD @USEmbZim @weleadteam @YetTrust @DiakoniaAfrica @RichardMugobo @NDI @GermanyInAfrica
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COTRAD works with young people to build real power. We create spaces where youth design solutions, challenge systems, and grow skills that matter. We push power literacy, constitutional literacy, and free expression.
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Most importantly, we make room for youth who’ve been pushed to the margins for too long.
We’re not waiting for an inclusive future. We’re building it now, together. Stay tuned. Your move is next. #COTRAD #YouthPower #PowerLiteracy #YouthLead
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Happy new week
Your voice isn’t optional. It’s your tool. Use it to back your community, call out injustice, and force reform. Leadership starts when you speak up and show up.
#Youth #YouthVoicesMatter #Leadership @amnesty_zim @ropamakumire @SAYoF_Official @YetTrust @euinzim
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Youth leadership isn’t for later. It’s for now. When young people step into governance and community work, policies change and generations rise. Your power is limitless. Lead boldly. Make it count. #YouthLead #YouthVoicesMatter @ropamakumire @amnesty_zim @SAYoF_Official @UN4Youth
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Youths, you are not the future. You are the force behind progress right now. Own your power as active citizens, demand justice, and step into governance.
Youth leadership breaks oppressive systems and builds a future where no one is left out. Keep leading.
#YouthVoicesMatter
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Young people, this is your reminder: you don’t wait for change. You lead it. At COTRAD, we’re starting this month with the same belief we’ve always had real change is youth-led. Take up space. Your voice shapes today. Your actions shape tomorrow. #NewMonth #YouthPower #COTRAD
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At COTRAD, we believe real change is youth-led. We partner with young people to design programs, defend youth rights, mobilize movements, build skills, amplify awareness, and steward knowledge. Our mission is to grow an institution that demystifies power, strengthens
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constitutional literacy, and secures a platform for voices long ignored young people, young women, and youth with disabilities. Through our work, we’re creating a space where every young person can take the lead, influence, and shape the world they live in today and tomorrow.
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May 26
Have you heard about our Information Centers? Since 2020, our Mutirikwi Information Center has been getting affordable, reliable info into the hands of rural youth in Masvingo cutting through network gaps and cost barriers that usually block access.@RuralYoungWomen @ropamakumire
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But here’s the gap: rural women still face limited internet access, and that directly weakens their ability to organize in civic and electoral spaces. Access to information isn’t a “nice to have.” It’s the foundation for participation, accountability, and real development.
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What do you think — how critical is info access for rural development in your community#InformationForAll #RuralDevelopment #YouthEmpowerment #COTRAD #MasvingoDistrict
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May 22
For too long, young people were told we were powerless. Too young. Too inexperienced. Too weak to lead. At COTRAD, we’re dismantling those narratives with young people at the center. We’re building a future where youth leadership is celebrated, not questioned.
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At COTRAD, everything we do is led by young people and built in partnership with diverse youth groups across every program and event. We speak the language because we live the reality. That’s why we listen first, amplify youth voices, and turn them into action #AmplifyYouthVoices
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May 18
Young leaders, this is your chance to start fresh with purpose and focus.
Own your role today. Every decision, conversation, and action you take this week builds toward a stronger future for your communities. Stay confident, stay clear, and keep lifting each other up.#NewWeek
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At COTRAD, we’re committed to building environments where women and girls can speak freely, access support, and lead with confidence without fear of harm or exclusion. When women are safe, communities grow stronger and more resilient.
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At COTRAD, we empower young people to lead and sustain meaningful change across the continent. Through support for youth-led initiatives, we advance practical reforms in social, economic, and environmental governance addressing challenges that directly affect communities today.
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Our approach also prioritizes accountability in leadership and institutions, ensuring that young people’s perspectives translate into concrete policy and action. By building the capacity of young leaders, we strengthen the systems that deliver inclusive and sustainable developmen
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The future is youthful, dynamic, and unstoppable. Walk into today confident that your leadership is helping build a world where young voices are seen, respected, and celebrated. Join us as we keep driving youth leadership development forward.
#YouthLeadership #Empowerment
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COTRAD held peace structure sustainability planning trainings for district peace structure members and local development committee representatives in Masvingo Ward 16. The trainings aimed to build capacity for sustaining peace activities beyond project funding
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by supporting participants to develop district and ward-based peace structure development plans.
#Peacebuilding #CommunityResilience #LocalGovernance #InclusiveDevelopment #CapacityBuilding
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