The Danish Television youth empowerment project is coming in to support the improvement of youth’s livelihoods and ability to interact with power holders who have a bearing on their economic and social development to influence gender responsive public service delivery.

The project is meant to promote the improvement of young people’s livelihoods and community advocacy skills through active participation in planning and development of programs that affect them. This will be hinged on the community youth hub, a center of youth activities meant to support their community wellbeing and development of economic options that youths a have been and would like to venture into to improve their livelihoods.

The project was as a result of trying to fight poverty which has exposed several young people in Zimbabwe to risky behaviors which include commercial sex work; theft, drug and alcohol abuse, early marriages, organized crime, cyber bulling, manipulation by politicians to suite individual political agenda and in most cases used as instruments of violence. This has provoked the need to support skills development, dialogue between youths and solution holders, creation of entertainment as an avenue for development among young people.

The main project objective is to ensure that “By April 2026, at least 5000 young people (4000 females, 1000 males) in Hopley are socially and economically empowered with skills and knowledge to make informed choices and collectively assert their rights.” More About The Project >> Project – YouthBox