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Last year in September my colleagues trained a group of 27 young people in Trench town, Mpika District of Muchinga Province in Zambia. This was a part of the annual trainings initiated and sponsored by UNICEF Zambia and supported by Wildlife Environmental Conservation Society of Zambia (WECSZ) with other collaborating partners. The training took five days were my co-facilitator and I engaged young people to voice out on issues affecting them strictly following sessions we discussed issued to do with pollutions, environmental degradation, deforestation, HIV/AIDS, online safety etc. as per tradition in our trainings we encourage our delegates to speak freely before we can go into identifying the root cause of the problem so that we can find solutions easily. To each issue brought out we designed a work plan of how they were going to execute each and every activity in order to solve the problems their community face. The goal of these trainings is to raise and eco-generation especially in young people to preserve the next generation coming, the more aware this generation is the better chances of having a future endowed with mother nature to its fullest extent. They become Climate Ambassadors for their communities.
In earlier conferences, we used to do a central training where we invite all delegates from all over Zambia to come to the capital city and go through this trainings but later on we identified the need for paying forward what they learned but it seemed the lack motivation from their travels back home the one syphoned from the conference will dissipate along with their tired bodies from the journey that's why we have made concerted effort to do one better and follow the children in their provinces that we can have a precise identification of the issues they are facing and how to solve them through best practice (lead by example) show them its possible through inspiration to motivate them, this way we establish growth. Since our training last year, the group in Mpika have since been dazzling the Unite4Climate Zambia community with knockout after knockout of wonderfully well-designed projects ranging from tree planting, community sensitization to hospital clean-up drives. This group of young people quickly revolutionized in a nickname called "Mpika Wind-Breakers" has since lived up to their name, they break the winds of climate injustice and I stand proud and awestruck to have been a part of the making of such a powerful group. There is a paradigm shift in Mpika and its name is Mpika Wind-Breakers! We are so proud of their work here in Zambia and I saw it worthy to share their benevolence and hard work for the environment. These children deserve a global applause and recognition. Do well to check them out on facebook, they have an account by their nickname.
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Will do Samuel! thanks
Posted 01-04-2015 00:40
Good work Jack, for the report and keep sharing and keep rolling up the events........
Posted 22-03-2015 16:08
My pleasure Arushi, they deserve the recognition for their motivation. Thank you
Posted 21-03-2015 10:32
Your training left such a positive impact on Mpika Wind-Breakers that they are doing an amazing job. Thanks for sharing their sincere efforts towards environment protection.
Posted 21-03-2015 04:09
Thank you @Christy, I appreciate it.
@Eco-gen, they were introduced to this platform verbally and you will see them join very soon and become ambassadors here too.
Posted 21-03-2015 01:00
You guys did a great work! I am so proud of you, Jack :D The youngsters in the picture look so lively and beautiful. It's worth of traveling that far and join the Mpika Wind-Breakers. I liked the contemporary subject which we are faced with and required to solve. Beautiful!
Posted 20-03-2015 11:09
I can fell your pride towards the young climate ambassadors that you've trained!!! Thank you for sharing the news about your young jewels and we look forward to meeting them as our next generation ambassador here at Tunza Eco-generation some day!!! All the best!!!
Posted 20-03-2015 09:32
thank you, thank you, thank you am humbled. Cheers to their hardwork. My pleasure dear Bindu, Rohan and Ni Putu!
Posted 20-03-2015 06:31
Mpika Wind-Breakers rocks, Jack. Thanks for reporting & carrying out great eco activities
Posted 19-03-2015 20:56
Huge round of applause to Mpika Wind Breakers and their contributions to a happier healthier community in Zambia. Cheers :)
Thanks for sharing and being a patron of them dear Jack :)
Posted 19-03-2015 20:43
Well done Jack. Perhaps there are more events like that in Zambia to engage youth.
Thank you for sharing
Posted 19-03-2015 15:52