YETT – Youth and Empowerment and Transformation Trust
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Culture of participation
Based on an impact model in which civil society actors play a central role for a democratic and welfare-promoting transformation in Zimbabwe, fepa supports the work of the Youth Empowerment and Transformation Trust (YETT) as part of an overarching, long-term partnership programme. The focus is on empowering young women and promoting peace.
«fepa encourages peer-to-peer learning through developing synergies between youth organizations at different stages of organizational growth and development.» – YETT
Empowerment and networking
Youth Empowerment and Transformation Trust (YETT) is a network of over 40 local organisations working in the youth sector. Co-founded by fepa in 2004, YETT has now become one of the most important Zimbabwean organisations helping young people to organise and network in a way that enables youth to have a say in the peaceful and democratic transformation of society at all levels.
Young people make up 60% of Zimbabwe’s population. Yet they have had little influence in shaping the country. Moreover, they are often at the centre of conflicts and are instrumentalised by political opponents for their own purposes. In addition, there is high youth unemployment and the desolate situation of the education system.
The target group of YETT are young women and men aged 18 to 35 from different backgrounds: urban as well as rural, Christian as well as secular, students as well as unemployed school leavers, and young people from different ethnic backgrounds. Special attention is given to the active and equal participation of young women and young people with a disability.
«fepa has helped to ensure the relevance of youth and young women’s voices in the development discourse in Zimbabwe» – YETT
With the financial support of fepa, YETT promotes local youth activities in the field of women’s empowerment and peace. Each of these activities is a key project for the implementing youth organisation, thanks to which it learns new approaches, acquires new knowledge, gains new members and creates new networks. YETT has been running the Young Women Rise Excel Course (YWRE), a five-day workshop for young women from all over the country, since 2019. fepa has been supporting YWRE since 2020.
| fepa partner organisation | Youth Empowerment and Transformation Trust |
| Location | Zimbabwe |
| Target group | Young people up to 35 years in community-based organisations |
| fepa contribution 2019-21 | CHF 52’000 |
| fepa contribution 2021 | CHF 30’000 |
| fepa contribution 2022 | CHF 33’500 |
| fepa contribution 2023 | CHF 30’000 |