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CSO monitors violence in Zimbabwe
22 Nov 2015 at 07:08hrs | Views
The Zimbabwe Civic Education Trust (ZIMCET) founded in the year 2000 to monitor violence has trained 240 volunteers who assisted in monitoring violence.
When the organisation was eventually registered in August 2001, its immediate activities were influenced by what the report on violence had identified as a problem.
ZIMCET said it spearheaded a peace-building programme after the realisation that there was need for healing of communities in Zimbabwe following the widespread violence that accompanied the farm invasions and the 2000 Parliamentary elections.
The organiosation said its core business is providing education for peace, rights, justice and development and the organization has made significant strides in achieving this at grass roots level since 2001.
The organization has established peace committees who are playing a pivotal role in efforts to building peace in communities throughout the country.
"ZIMCET has also identified volunteers/facilitators known as Animators, who are the ambassadors of peace at local level in the various communities. Animators operate at constituency level," it said in a statement. "The Animators are responsible for organising and holding public meetings where communities get the opportunity to speak about their situation and raise issues that affect them. The establishment of peace committees has meant that even political communities can access a platform on which to dialogue and thus work towards the enhancement of tolerance and co existence through interest group representation."
When the organisation was eventually registered in August 2001, its immediate activities were influenced by what the report on violence had identified as a problem.
ZIMCET said it spearheaded a peace-building programme after the realisation that there was need for healing of communities in Zimbabwe following the widespread violence that accompanied the farm invasions and the 2000 Parliamentary elections.
The organization has established peace committees who are playing a pivotal role in efforts to building peace in communities throughout the country.
"ZIMCET has also identified volunteers/facilitators known as Animators, who are the ambassadors of peace at local level in the various communities. Animators operate at constituency level," it said in a statement. "The Animators are responsible for organising and holding public meetings where communities get the opportunity to speak about their situation and raise issues that affect them. The establishment of peace committees has meant that even political communities can access a platform on which to dialogue and thus work towards the enhancement of tolerance and co existence through interest group representation."
Source - Byo24News
