Ambassadors for girls’ and wildlife rights

Girls’ rights are often violated in the areas in and around the Gonarezhou and Limpopo national parks in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. People rarely listen to what girls have to say. Many are married o and forced to quit school.

Poaching has been common in the area for some time, which has severely a ected wildlife such as elephants, rhinos and gira es. Child marriage and poaching are illegal in both countries, and now the laws are being

In the Peace & Changemaker Generation project (P&CG), 1,600 students at 400 schools in and around the Gonarezhou and Limpopo national parks in Zimbabwe and Mozambique have been trained to be ambassadors during a two-day course. They now defend children’s rights, particularly girls’ equal rights, and wildlife rights. And they are joined by their 800 teachers, who also completed the P&CG course. The ambassadors and teachers have since carried out the WCP Program with Peace & Changemaker Generation for all 130,000 students in the area. They’ve been supported by 100 local leaders, who also attended the P&CG course, to inform the adults in the villages that children’s rights exist, that girls’ rights must be respected, and that both child marriage and poaching are illegal.

You can find everything you need to know about Peace & Changemaker

Generation at worldschildrens prize.org/pcg.

Peace & Changemaker

Generation is a joint project involving the World’s Children’s Prize Foundation and Peace Parks Foundation, funded by the Swedish Postcode Lottery. It has been carried out by SANTAC in Mozambique and Shamwari Yemwanasikana in Zimbabwe, supported by the district departments of education, and in Zimbabwe by the African Wildlife Conservation Fund as well.