Youth Make the Peace Flow: How Zambia’s Young People Are Leading the Way

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🔑 Key Takeaway First!
🌍 Zambian youth are stepping up as peace leaders!
At a special African Freedom Day event, over 200 youth gathered in Lusaka to share ideas, perform cultural showcases, and officially launch a nationwide peacebuilding network, proving that youth are not the future of peace—they’re the present!


📌 Quick Summary of Key Points

  • 📅 African Freedom Day celebrated with a youth peace conference
  • 🌍 Event part of HWPL’s 12th Global Declaration of World Peace
  • 🚀 Launch of YEPW (Youth Engagement & Peacebuilding Working Group)
  • 🤝 50+ youth organizations affiliated with IPYG Zambia
  • 🕊️ Unity board signing, cultural showcases, and local action planning
  • 🧠 Messages of humanism, diversity, and choosing peace

🌟 Youth Make the Peace Flow: How Zambia’s Young People Are Leading the Way 🕊️


💡 Celebrating Freedom with a Purpose

On African Freedom Day, over 200 passionate young leaders gathered in Lusaka not just to celebrate the past—but to build a peaceful future together! 🎉✨
Hosted by HWPL and its youth wing IPYG Zambia, the conference became a powerful symbol of youth-driven peace. With support from the Lusaka City Council and seven youth-led organizations, this event wasn’t just a talk—it was a movement. 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️

This conference was also part of HWPL’s 12th Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of World Peace, which connected over 10,000 participants in 94 cities across 61 countries. That’s not just global—it’s interconnected 🌐💪


🌊 Launch of YEPW: A Wave of Change Begins

Under the theme “Youth Make the Peace Flow,” Zambia launched the Youth Engagement & Peacebuilding Working Group (YEPW)! This is more than just a name—it’s a new nationwide network aimed at uniting youth for community-based peace activities like peace walks, cleanups, and workshops 🧼🌳🕊️

✨ At the event:

  • The first generation of YEPW members was introduced
  • Over 50 youth organizations signed on with IPYG Zambia
  • A Unity Board Signing Ceremony took place as a promise of action
  • Junior councilors presented Ward Branding Campaigns to show peaceful visions for each community 🧠🌍

Now that’s youth power in action! 💥


💬 Youth Voices Speak Peace

The room wasn’t just full of ideas—it was full of passion, purpose, and culture 🎤🌿🎶

From cultural dances by local students to thought-provoking testimonies, young leaders shared what peace means in their lives. One speaker reminded everyone that volunteering is not just about giving—it’s a way of becoming a leader 🚀

Another voice inspired by African philosophy shared, “I am because we are”—a message of unity in diversity that left a deep impression 🧡🤲

Their message? Peace starts inside, and then flows outward. 🌈


🧩 Local Unity, Global Vision

The event wrapped up with a networking session where community peace action plans were created together 🤝🗺️
And from every corner of the room came one message: Youth are ready. They’re not just talking peace—they’re making it happen.

Representatives from Lusaka City encouraged the youth, saying:
👉 “We want young people to thrive in a nation of peace and truth.”
Because when youth come together with purpose, peace becomes possible. 🌱


💫 Final Thoughts

This event wasn’t just a one-time gathering. It was a spark. And that spark is catching fire all across Zambia—and the world 🔥🌍

From declarations to action, from speeches to street-level service, youth are showing that peace isn’t just a dream. It’s a daily choice. And they’re choosing it—together 💞

Source :
Young people encouraged to work towards maintaining peace – Melo Media is Zambia’s premier independent social media platform.

2023 International Youth Peace Conference (feat. IPYG & YEPW)

2023 International Youth Peace Conference

Date: 2023. Sep. 18th, 5:30PM(GMT+9)
Link: https://youtu.be/jUEq886Xa1s
Event site: http://worldpeacesummit.org

Why is the IPYG so striving for peace?

The reason is that they are young people, and that they are the subjects to fight in the event of a war.

Have you ever experienced a war? It can vary depending on the country and age in which you live.
Or have you ever imagined a war? What was the war like in the movie?

I think war is ‘very terrible’ itself. War does not make winners. There is no grass left where the missiles have fallen countless times. What happiness is there in the place where the next comrade is dying?

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After the war, who is the winner? I don’t think it’s the young people who died in the war. Who will pay for their lives?

I don’t want to denigrate their spirit of sacrifice for their country. If humans could have put down their selfishness a little more, they might have lived a better life without dying.

Discussion on Running Youth Engagement & Peacebuilding Working group (YEPW) Globally

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The International Peace Youth Group (IPYG), an organization under HWPL, has formed a Youth Engagement & Peacebuilding Working group (YEPW) around affiliated organizations in 119 countries seeking to maintain citizen-led peace and promote a culture of peace.

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Today’s topic is how to move globally. Young representatives from each country will have a hard discussion today. The sight of their eyes makes my heart warm. Because I feel their passion for peace.

They campaigned vigorously for peace letters and wrote letters to presidents. In addition, they are continuing various activities by building networks with various young people.

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The List of IPYG projects (Click the image. you can go to IPYG homepage)

For example, the IPYG aims at making a miracle of world peace by joining efforts with the 1.4 billion youths around the world. Every May 25th, the IPYG Peace Walk is held in every corner of the world.

The IPYG is working to sow a culture of peace in every hearts and minds of youth by executing projects to put the Article 10 of the DPCW – Spreading a Culture of Peace into action.

The IPYG members paint peace walls, host and participate in various peace-themed contests and peace concert.

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Isn’t it very meaningful to plan something for peace yourself, think about it, and make it happen?
It can be small, so I want you to practice it in your daily life!

Let me know in the comments if you’ve done anything.

Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!