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National Youth Development Trust
September 13, 2011

Bulawayo

Focus group meeting: Youths in ward 28 met to discuss avenues for youth participation in governance. The thrust of the meeting was to discuss with young people the ways in which they can participate in national processes such as elections. One of the issues discussed at the meeting was the need for young people to register as voters as well as to participate in elections. The youths felt that there was need to change voting days into public holidays so that people have the time to queue and vote. Some of them highlighted that they were afraid to participate in elections because of the history of violence associated with elections in Zimbabwe. They however acknowledged that they can participate in elections without causing chaos in their community.

Entrepreneurship workshop: 58 young people from Mzilikazi attended an entrepreneurship workshop held at the Mzilikazi home craft centre on Thursday September 8, 2011. The workshop was held under the theme: Entrepreneurship: Avenues for youth participation, what can young people do to get themselves a source of living. Local businessman, Mr. Kunze who owns Zero Supplies facilitated the workshop. He told the young people to desist from drug and alcohol abuse if they are to realize their full potential. He highlighted that no one would approach the young people to give them any capital hence there was need for them to identify opportunities in their community then find ways of fitting themselves into the economic chain. He challenged the youths to first of all have the correct mindset, be determined and patient before they can take up different business ideas. The youths at the workshop appealed to NYDT to facilitate a skills workshop that would give them knowledge on project proposal writing. They indicated that a lot of them have business ideas that need capital to implement but they had no idea how to source the capital. They however, acknowledged the big role that entrepreneurship within young people can play in creating employment and empowering the youths. Zero supplies concluded the workshop by pledging to employ two young people from Mzilikazi as well as to donate some computers to the Mzilikazi youths.

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