Mozambique: NGO wants to strengthen youth leadership in Cabo Delgado

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Mozambique: NGO wants to strengthen youth leadership in Cabo Delgado

5:29 CAT | 15 Oct 2020

Photo: CDD Moçambique

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), a Mozambican non-government organisation, today announced the launch of a project to strengthen youth leadership in Cabo Delgado, the northern province that has faced an armed insurgency over the last three years.

“The LEAD project seeks to place young people at the centre of development efforts, increasing their effective involvement in local and national governance processes,” the CDD says in a statement.

The initiative begins with meetings in which young people from all districts participate in discussions about the situation in the province. An academy will be established soon.

“The Leadership Academy will train young people for selected in areas such as economic development, democracy and good governance, human rights, and civic and community education,” the CDD explains.

LEAD will also have “a Youth Centre (Youth Hub), a mechanism that aims to influence thousands of young people and increase their involvement in local and district governance processes”.

The project will be based in Pemba, “with active groups and relevant interventions in each district of Cabo Delgado province”, the note adds.

The first meeting took place on Monday and brought together 47 young people, who cited the lack of employment opportunities as one of the main causes of youngsters joining the armed rebel groups in the area.

Transformational #Youth leadership at community level is the path to uproot the #grievances fueling the conflict in #CaboDelgado, northern Mozambique. @CDD_Moz launched its #YOUTHHUB this Monday. Read more: https://t.co/hDVoYvH104 @OSISA @NgcuzaG @SiphoMalunga @USAIDMozambique pic.twitter.com/Xq8KclXIUu

— Prof. Adriano Nuvunga, Ph.D. (@adriano_nuvunga) October 15, 2020