A page for Wedza Residents Development Initiative(WERDIT)-Advocates for participatory democracy and development in Wedza.
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🌍✨ The Annual Residents Summit is here!
BPRA, in partnership with @ChraHarare & @GRRA054, is hosting this year’s Residents Summit under the theme:
“Re-thinking and Reclaiming the Social Accountability Agenda for Improved Decentralized Service Delivery.”
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In his keynote address, Bulawayo Mayor @DavidColtart acknowledged that despite efforts made over the past year including campaigns aimed at restoring cleanliness in the city, Bulawayo continues to face mounting infrastructure and service delivery challenges
#SocialAccountability
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Mutoko District 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM Sports Tournament Mutoko Prison Correctional Stars are the 2025 Netball champions .We keep saying no to Gender Based Violence
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The Mine to Market for Critical Minerals: Zimbabwe’s Lithium Supply and Value Chain Situational Report is now available!
Following our launch and the sharing of some of the key findings, we are excited to present the final, visually enriched edition of the report. This version brings together comprehensive insights from ZELO’s field research, covering lithium mining operations, processing facilities, transportation networks, export routes, and border posts.
The report traces the entire lithium value chain, from artisanal and small to medium and large-scale mining, highlighting Zimbabwe’s role in the global critical minerals market. With detailed analysis, this edition is a valuable resource for stakeholders across the energy, mining, and sustainability sectors.
📥 Download the full report here:
zela.org/download/mine-to-ma…
@euinzim @FordFoundation @MinistryMines @MineralsMarket1 @Mining_Zimbabwe @zidainvest
@ParliamentZim @AGZim_Official @aielinstitute @Obertbore @jnyamukunda @tafara_chiremba @BMutasa @iamkudadube
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📢ZELO Statement on Responsible Mining Practices in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Organisation (ZELO) expresses deep concern over several incidences of violence, conflicts, poor working conditions and environmental damage in the mining sector.
Such incidences underscore the urgent need for robust enforcement of responsible mining and investment standards and practices in Zimbabwe’s extractive sector.
Read the full statement here: zela.org/zelo-statement-on-r…
@ShamisoMtisi @Obertbore @fadzyMislee @macjoshy @iamkudadube @BMutasa
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We are excited to announce the 14 October launch of a new project funded by @SwedeninZW titled Promoting Equitable and Sustainable Natural Resources Management (ProNRM).
Key objectives to be achieved by December 2028 are:
✅To Promote responsible mining, trade, and investment practices that respect environmental, economic, social, and cultural rights (EESCRs), ensuring benefits for marginalised communities, citizens of Zimbabwe, and other stakeholders.
✅To Improve sustainable management of land and natural resources (forestry, water, and wildlife) for the benefit of marginalised communities in Chiredzi and Bikita districts, and other stakeholders.
✅To Advocate for climate justice and a just transition in Gutu and Gwanda districts and beyond, for the benefit of marginalised communities and stakeholders.
More details: zela.org/zelo-launches-new-s…
@ShamisoMtisi @BMutasa @iamkudadube @jnyamukunda @ParliamentZim @zidainvest @EMAeep @Mining_Zimbabwe
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#FeministFriday ✨
Meet Marshal Firiminino from Makonde Ward 16
Today we shine a spotlight on Marshal, whose entrepreneurial journey began with selling Amity products. What started as a simple perfume sale quickly grew into a thriving business.
Marshal is a proud beneficiary of the S(HE) MATTERS Initiative, implemented in partnership with @hivosrosa and supported by @IrlEmbPretoria. The initiative strengthens young women and women leaders’ economic empowerment and resilience, equipping them with knowledge, skills, and tools for business leadership through mentorship and training.
Through training and mentorship, she gained the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage her business, and inspire others.
Marshal has recruited 49 young women and women to sell Amity products, empowering them while growing her own enterprise. She has paid her graduation fees, earned her driver’s license, purchased land, and is now dreaming of building a commercial complex and flagship shop for her beauty products.
Today, Marshal runs a thriving business, a shining example of how mentorship, leadership, and empowerment can transform young women’s lives.
#Shematters #economicempowerment #youngwomenlead
@HivosWiL @glanyline @gapwuzinfo @GenderLinks @GenderZimbabwe @WCOZIMBABWE @weleadteam @mwacsmed
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Happening Now!!
CHRA &BPRA supported by Civil Society Organizations and more than 50 resident associations , are hosting the 2025 Annual Residents Summit in Bulawayo under the theme "Re-Thinking WASH Sector Financing in the Context of Devolution"@NicolaWatson13 @TapiwaNyamukapa
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#ChooseDay💥 Today, we celebrate Vincent Zaranyika, a passionate young leader dedicated to promoting effective youth participation in Zimbabwe. He strongly believes in fair youth representation and empowering young people to take on leadership roles.
Join us in honoring and supporting this inspiring young leader as he continues to make a positive impact in his community and beyond.
#TogetherWeLead #WeAreYoungPeople @OneYoungAfrica @YoungWomenInst @youth_invest @diana_harawa @youthdecidezim @bbmhlanga @molokele @MakomboreroH @marko_muropa @MalemaZw @table_girls @LenonMount @eva_tarie @AnnahSande @MateteYoung @namataik_ @Narshon_Kohlo @Hazvie97 @GlenDhliwayo @AdvMunhangu
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Happening Now!!
The Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) is hosting an Anti-Privatisation Think Shop aimed at enlightening residents on the pros and cons of privatisation of council services in Harare, with a particular focus on the introduction of prepaid water meters.
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#WCW: Today, we are crushing on two of the young ladies who took part in our recent #Free2Express Monitoring and Evaluation workshop and later a walkathon in Manicaland Province.
Their happy expressions are a testament to the importance of knowing fundamental rights.
Join us as we continue to raise awareness about freedom of expression, media freedom, and access to information (Sections 61 and 62).
#KnowYourConstitution #ConstitutionCulture
@YoungWomenInst @WalpeAcademy @wildtrustzim @wlsazw @EmthonjeniWomen @awdf01 @WCOZIMBABWE @CdeSankara_ @communitypodium @tapiwa_chiriga @yaccorrupi1 @yaccorrupi1 @robohchere @glanyline @cdegwenzi @namataik_ @Narshon_Kohlo @amnesty_zim @AnnahSande @LTI_Africa @AdvMunhangu @NAYOZimbabwe @NAYOZimbabwe @table_girls @GenderLinks @GwenTrust @GlenDhliwayo @samkebusiness @TIZim_info @HealZim
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⚠️ FINAL WEEK for PVO Compliance
The 90-working-day transitional period under the amended Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Act ends on or around 22 August 2025.
If your organisation hasn’t submitted its application for regularisation, act now to avoid suspension or deregistration.
✅ Submit your PVO 1 and 2 application
✅ Ensure governance documents align with the Act
✅ Gather board details, police clearances & operational summaries
Our Compliance Clinics can help with document reviews, application packaging & submission. Don’t risk your legal standing—let’s get you compliant before the deadline!
#knowyourregulations #ComplianceSupport #civicspacematters
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The Embassy will be closed on Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 August for Heroes Day and Defence Forces Day in Zimbabwe.
We will reopen on Wednesday 13 August.
Wedza Residents Development Initiative Trust retweeted
🌍 The climate crisis is here, and nobody has more at stake than youth.
Join @clima21st tomorrow in Harare for a vital dialogue on #Youth & #ClimateJustice.
Ahead of #COP30 in Brazil, let’s ensure young people shape the decisions that shape their future.✊
🔗 Register now: shorturl.at/2UyA3
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@ZimFact Programmes Coordinator @Prisiel68 shares insights on techniques for finding and visualising climate data at a climate reporting training facilitated by @ZELA_Infor.
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📢Call for Abstracts
The Environmental Law Units at Midlands State University (MSU) and the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), in partnership with the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Organisation (ZELO), through its research arm, the African Institute of Environmental Law (AIEL), are pleased to issue this Call for Abstracts (hereinafter “Call”) for the Environmental Justice Research Symposium to be held on the 20 November 2025 in
Harare, Zimbabwe.
This Call invites the submission of abstracts that engage with the core focus of the symposium, which seeks to reflect critically on the intersections of legal education, environmental justice, and community-centred legal empowerment.
“Environmental Justice in Practice: Strengthening Legal Education, Community Access, and Policy in Zimbabwe”
Selected abstracts will be invited to present at the symposium, after developing full papers or policy briefs which will subsequently be published. This Call is directed primarily at law students from Zimbabwe’s five law faculties, namely: Midlands State University, University of Zimbabwe, Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University, and Africa University.
The deadline for submitting abstracts under this Call is 30 August 2025.
More information 👉 zela.org/download/call-for-a…
Wedza Residents Development Initiative Trust retweeted
COP15 Vic Falls Side session on Beneath the surface:Wetlands and the cost of extraction.Voices from affected communities @CWAZimbabwe @ZELA_Infor @EJFWZim @EMAeep @nangozimbabwe @NLinZimbabwe @ChraHarare @WedzaCommunity @The_SARWatch @DeproseM – at Zimbabwe
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Thank you @CWAZimbabwe for supporting us to participate at the Cop 15 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in Vic Falls.Side session from Global North articulating wartime conflict impact on NATURE @NLinUK @WedzaCommunity @RamsarConv @ZELA_Infor @BirdLife_News @ChraHarare @EMAeep – at Zimbabwe
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🗣️“The reality of today is that we are witnessing the rise of a patriarchal capitalist movement. There is growing resistance to the fundamental human rights that women must enjoy.” — Glanis Changachirere, Director @YoungWomenInst
#WomensSummit2025
#CulxureMag – at Zimbabwe
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In Hwedza- 40 boreholes were rehabilitated plus 5 new boreholes per ward!
🌱 A greenhouse project is boosting young women’s economic empowerment, while women now hold key leadership roles in all 338 communal villages through young women's advocacy under the GRSSD project .
