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Collaboration Seen as Key to Community Development

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Stakeholders in Plumtree and Gwanda districts, including government officials, traditional leaders, civil society organisations and youth groups, have agreed that collaborative problem-solving is key to tackling the daily challenges facing their communities. civil society organisations, community-based organisations and young people in Gwanda and Plumtree say working together can help communities respond to some of the […]

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Making Clinics Safe for Young Women

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CYDT conducted a series of Youth-Friendly Dialogue engagements from August to December 2025 at local community health centres in Plumtree and Gwanda. These engagements were designed to strengthen the relationship between young people, Village health workers and healthcare providers, particularly in relation to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) services. Before this intervention, many

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Youths Push for a Clean Environment Through Volunteerism

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Gwanda District and surrounding areas are facing a mounting waste management challenge, with plastic waste and discarded cardboard boxes littering roadsides, clinics, shopping centers and public meeting spaces, including the traditional Inkundla gathering areas. These same community hubs serve as venues for the CYDT to conduct activities such as Local Governance Inkundla in Gwanda, as

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Fighting Misinformation on Social Media: Strengthening SRHR Awareness Among Young Women

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CYDT implemented a digital storytelling and online engagement campaign from February to July 2025 across Beitbridge, Gwanda and Umzingwane targeting young women and youth in a busy border province where misinformation about health and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) was increasingly circulating on social media platforms. Many young women were exposed to misleading

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