🔑 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 💞