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A movement of rural youth in mining-affected regions organizing to demand community-level change and policy reforms that protect environmental and public health

Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
Joined August 2019
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4 miners confirmed dead after shaft at Zvimba gold mine collapses ♦️ No survivors after overnight mine accident zimlive.com/4-miners-confirm…
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In The Nation, SALC’s Chikondi Chijozi Jere argues that mining cannot be called development if local communities are excluded from decisions, denied access to information or left to carry the environmental and social costs alone. “Accountability means following the money. For mining to transform Malawi, citizens must see how revenues are generated, shared and used.” She said. #MiningJustice #ClimateJustice #Malawi #HumanRights #CommunityRights #Extractives #Accountability #salcat20
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First Time Ever! #TB Is Discussed In The Side Events Of The Global #Climate Summit At @COP29_AZ Read more: mailchi.mp/stoptb.org/first-… #EndTB @Cop29News @UNFCCC
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Today, we at the Stop TB proudly co-hosted a transformative event with Her Excellency, First Lady Monica Chakwera, in Kamuzu Palace, Malawi. This high-level dialogue celebrated Malawi’s 54% decline in #TB deaths since 2015 and highlighted the (1/1)
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The Global TB Report 2024 is a sad reminder that we are not on track to meeting global targets. #TB is - again - the world’s number one infectious killer, causing almost twice as many deaths as HIV/AIDS. @WHO @GlobalFund @StopTB @t_abdullaev 👉👉 who.int/news/item/29-10-2024…
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We had a wonderful time today conducting a Nutrition Education Session at True Vision Academy in Hatcliffe.We were hosted by the school’s Nutrition Club,where we educated the students about stunting, wasting, obesity, nutrition careers and how to be effective nutrition advocates.
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1/2: Earlier this morning, FNC conducted a Nutrition Education Session with the Nutrition Club and Child Parliamentarians at Hatcliffe High School. During the session, club members learned about stunting, four star diets, malnutrition and nutrition advocacy.
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Join the movement! Sign our petition to urge the Global Fund to address its unfair disease funding allocations. Everyone deserves equal access to healthcare! #EquityInHealth #GlobalFund Click the link to sign: secure.avaaz.org/community_p… @StopTB @SAYWHATOrg @DEMtrust @UnionZimTrust
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Zimbabwe has secured 6 months TB drugs to avert the ongoing TB drugs shortage @MoHCCZim @JointedHands @StopTBZimbabwe @WHO_Zimbabwe @UnionZimTrust – at Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe
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Currently attending the East and Southern Africa Scaling Up Nutrition regional meeting in Nairobi. Cross fertilization of ideas and co-creation of possible solutions to identified nutrition problems at play.
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Join our Executive Director today, as he will be giving feedback on the 2023 UNHLM for TB during the 103rd ECHO Session. #EndTB #YesWeCanEndTB @UsaidZimbabwe @MoHCCZim @StopTBZimbabwe @UnionZimTrust @bainesohs @zimbabwe_health
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I was privileged to contribute on behalf of @DEMtrust to the validation of Zimbabwe's TB Community Rights and Gender Assessment Costed Action Plan. This initiative marks a significant stride towards ensuring equitable TB support for all communities.
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It was please hosting regional @StopTB and #CFCS grantees during the ongoing #ICASA2023. We are joining forces to #EndTB. Together, #YesWeCanEndTB @StopTB @StopTBKe @WACIHealth @SAYWHATOrg @DEMtrust @JointedHands @icasa2023
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Please everyone: when deciding venues - willingness of authorities & ability of organizers to support and facilitate visa are essential! We ask for a brainstorm process on venues with affected people, communities, CSOs others before deciding @TheUnion_TBLH @IAS_conference @StopTB – at Geneva, Switzerland
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AMF in partnership with @GetBucks, DMET, & Agritex, facilitated a workshop for 50 farmers in Dowera village in Ward 6 Mutoko: Transforming Farming with Banking: The Crop to Cash Training. Inviting Ministry of Women Affairs and Ministry of Youth Development. #UpliftingCommunities
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Overreliance on carbon markets is a clawback on phasing out the use of fossil fuels and GHG emissions.
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Currently underway is a National level UNHLM Dialogue and the launch of an Accountability Report of Tab-affected communities and Civil Society. @StopTB @MalarJames @MoHCCZim @DEMtrust @SAYWHATOrg @JointedHands @ntpzim
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🔛 2024 Call for Expression of Interest❗️ @UNHCRZimbabwe is inviting organizations to submit proposals for implementing projects for refugees & asylum seekers. Submissions only accepted through the portal unpartnerportal.org/cfei/ope… Closing date is Monday 7 August 2023.
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Currently underway is the Community, Rights and Gender Assessment validation and Costed Action plan development workshop. With communities at the fore front, we are confident that, #YesWeCanEndTB! @StopTB @MoHCCZim @ntpzim @UsaidZimbabwe @SAYWHATOrg @DEMtrust @UnionZimTrust
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