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💖🖤 Pink & Black for Peace: Thursdays in Black 🖤💖 Today, we wore black and pink to honour Pink October standing in solidarity against gender-based violence while promoting peacebuilding and healing. 🎗 Take action: Schedule your breast cancer screening — early detection saves lives. Support survivors and create safe spaces for healing and dialogue. Stand for peace in your community, every day. Together, we wear our colors for courage, awareness, and change. #PinkOctober #ThursdaysInBlack #PeaceBuilding #BreastCancerAwareness #HealingTogether #EndViolence

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What began as dialogue on peacebuilding has grown into practical action through a community garden that addresses idleness, food insecurity, and strengthens livelihoods. lnkd.in/dqwH7VTY

CALL FOR ENTRIES: BYO Peace Mic Challenge Students across Bulawayo are invited to share a poem or short speech inspired by the theme “My Body, My Peace.” Speak about respect, safety, dignity, and peace in our schools. #PeaceMicChallenge #SafeSchools

''As we reflect on the year, we are grateful for every life touched through our work. If ECLF has impacted your life in any way, we invite you to drop a comment and share your experience. Together, we continue to build peace, dignity, and hope.”

🌿 Youth Voices Rising in Bikita: Reclaiming Peace Amid Crisis Yesterday, we convened 70 young people in Bikita for a one-day Youth Engagement Session — a powerful space where voices long silenced spoke freely about peace, identity, and the challenges facing our generation. In collaboration with the local community, Vushe Primary School, and Chirumba High School, we ensured that learners as young as 12 joined the conversation — a reminder that peace education must begin early if we are to build resilience that lasts. As one #youth grievingly shared, “Failure to get drugs is a conflict driver.” This simple yet painful truth exposes the urgency of addressing drug and substance abuse — a crisis that continues to steal peace from many young people. Some even arrived under the influence before 8:30 AM, a stark signal that our interventions must go beyond talk. From body shaming to the “#2K mantra” culture, and the struggle to be heard when reporting abuse, the youths painted a vivid picture of what robs them of peace daily. This engagement was more than a dialogue — it was a mirror reflecting the realities our youth face and a call to action for all peace actors, educators, and communities to listen, support, and respond with compassion and urgency. 🕊️ Peace education is not optional — it is essential. Let’s continue creating spaces where young people can speak, heal, and lead change. #YouthEngagement #PeaceEducation #Bikita #PeaceBuilding #DrugAwareness #SocialCohesion #ECLF #CommunityPeace #YouthVoices

🚨 Unite for Peace! 🕊️ Join Bulawayo school peace clubs march in ending gang violence & substance abuse! Formed through @mccpeace Peace Education in Schools & in collaboration with Alternative To Violence Prjct and Million Memory Project Zimbabwe-MMPZ . 📍 Start: Eveline High School 📍 End: Milton High School 🕘 09:00 – 14:00 RSVP to share encouragement/presentations: 📞 Ma'am Nyathi: 0772364616 📞 Salem Mukwanda: 0778096251 📞 Tinashe Pfaira: 0783732812 hashtag#UniteForPeace hashtag#BulawayoPeace hashtag#YouthForChange 🏳️

Join us Today as we commemorate, International Day of Peace.

✨ ELCA Main… CPMRTH with ADR Workshop | Gwanda Ward 10, West Nicholson ✨ We were honored to host Rev Dr. S. Jele (Executive Director, ECLF) and Rev Dr. E. Moyo (Regional Representative for Gender Justice & Programs, @ELCA ) at our workshop. Together, we continue building spaces for conflict prevention, management, resolution, transformation & healing (CPMRTH) through ADR approaches that empower communities. 🌍🤝 #Peacebuilding #GenderJustice #ECLF #ELCA

As we approach 21 September – the International Day of Peace, we pledge to embrace dialogue over division, unity over conflict, and hope over fear. Together, we commit to nurturing peace in our families, communities, and the world. #PeaceDay #InternationalDayOfPeace #PeacePledge

📍 We are in Phelandaba, Bulawayo where our 2-day Training of Trainers workshop (supported by ELCA) kicked off yesterday and continues today. Our Executive Director, Rev. Dr. Sindiso Jele, together with our Gender Justice & Social Inclusion Officer, Gogo T, are leading powerful conversations reminding participants that “ECLF is here to help you offload your burdens, so that when you are in communities, you don’t hurt others.” 💬 Healing, peace, and inclusion are being strengthened right here, right now. 🌍✌️ #ECLF #PeaceBuilding #CommunityHealing #Bulawayo #GenderJustice