20 Youth teams in Zimbabwe enter Youth-led Changemaking Activity. Here are the results.

At the end of March 2021 Mr. Pride Mhlanga, a professional counselor from Zimbabwe reached out to YES Founders Foundation in order to propose a joint youth-led changemaking activity together with the The Salvation Army Marikopo Corps.

Below is the changemaking activity report from Mr. Pride Mhlanga who served as facilitator in the youth-led changemaking activity. His report was slightly edited for publishing on this blog.

overview of youth-led changemaking activity

The changemaking activity ran for three weeks starting on the 4th of May and running till the 25th of May 2021 with a total of twenty groups consisting of three members each. The groups received a total of 25USD each for the changemaking engagement.

However, two groups decided to return the money for the fear of being unable to raise a profit and fail to return the money. The rules of changemaking activity were explained to each member and they also signed their registration forms online which outlined the rules and expectations of the activity. As per the rule, each group had to return the received funds if they managed to make a profit in the allotted time of the changemaking activity.

outcome

All the groups that launched a changemaking project managed to return the funds they received, though some made very small profits. Nonetheless, they pushed to return the funds so that they will be able to participate in future youth-led changemaking activities with YES Founders Foundation. The biggest achievement is that the groups managed to double the amount through their profit and some are continuing with the businesses they started.

This prompted more youths to approach the Focal Person wanting to join the changemaking activity and also parents really appreciated the program as it also managed to improve the lives of their children and families at large.

One parent came to the focal person with a wide smile and hugged him due to the performance of her children. 

overview in numbers

Below is a simple table showing the results from the groups against the funds received, the groups are numbered according to the profits they have made from the highest to the lowest. The table also indicates the number of people served and the activities which were done by the groups...