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NYDT activity update
National Youth Development Trust
August 02, 2011

Bulawayo

A round table discussion was held in Bulawayo to discuss the constitution making process and identify opportunities that are still available for the youth to make their input. The co-chairperson of COPAC, Hon. Edward Mkhosi and BPRA coordinator Rodrick Fayayo were the presenters. Youths were encouraged to take full advantage of the second all stakeholders' conference to make their input. They were also urged to read full the draft constitution before deciding how to vote during the referendum. The meeting was attended by 50 youths, civic leaders and media practitioners from Bulawayo.

Lupane Centre

A public speaking contest was held at Lupane Centre on Friday with students deliberating on the topic, "The role played by education in creating a responsible youth". The contest was attended by at least 80 from 10 different schools from the Lupane district. Out of the 10 contestants, only 2 were male and all the three winners were female. The pupils explored the positive impact that education can have in societies. They highlighted that it empowered young people such that they are not prone to manipulation by those in power. They also acknowledged education as a way to avert crime as most young uneducated people are bound to turn to criminal activities to earn a living. The contest saw pupils presenting in both English and isiNdebele.

Madojwa, Lupane

The organisation managed to host a meeting in Madojwa for the first time on Friday. NYDT programmes Manager , Mmeli Dube addressed the youth on the constitution making process and key among the issues that came out is the fact that there is still little knowledge about the process in the area despite the fact that outreach meetings have been done by COPAC. Only a few of the youths indicated that they had heard about COPAC outreach meetings but had not actually attended any of them either because they did not know they were allowed to participate or because they heard about the meetings after they had been done. They said they look forward to more activities by NYDT as it is the only way they can keep abreast with what is going on in the country. The meeting was then followed by a soccer match that was attended by more than 100 young people from the village.

Shabulanyana, Lupane

NYDT held a meeting in Lupane at Shabulanyana area to discuss the constitution making process and strategic entry points for youth participation in the remaining stages. The presentation was made by Mziwandile Ndlovu from Bulawayo Agenda. Young people present at this meeting highlighted the fear of victimization by state security agents as one of the reasons why they were not free to take part in crucial national processes such as constitution making. The meeting saw a turnout of close to a hundred young people who also converged for a soccer match.

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