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In this Issue: • A week of Active Participation …..

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• JCI Zimbabwe in Bamako… pg. 3

• Measuring Impact at Recharge… pg. 3

• Second Qtr Moments … pg. 4

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September 30 – October 2, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

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The Young Active Citizen The Official JCI Zimbabwe Newsletter

Second Quarter, 2011

Zimbabwe

Time Waits for No Man Dear JCI Members, Potential Members, Alumni, and

Friends of JCI & JCI Zimbabwe, Greetings. A saying goes ‘Time flies and waits for no man’. Once the clock ticks away the seconds, you can never recover them but you can only become wiser and use the future seconds better. Horace Ode also says ‘Even as we speak, envious time is running away from us – seize the day…”. So what am I saying? I am saying indeed there is no time because there is no time. We have to roll up our sleeves and get as much as we can done if we are to report positive results. With our theme this year being iTAP – Impact through active participation who would not want to be part of this? We would want to continue creating impact through active participation by all of you, and of course bearing in mind that there is no time.

First let me congratulate JCI Harare for successfully hosting JCI Zimbabwe Recharge. Well done to the Conference Organising Committee and the COC Director Kudzi Zhou. It was a memorable Mid Year conference and those who were there can share their experience. The conference gave us time to reflect on the organization, recharge our batteries and chart the way forward. We set the groundwork for our strategic planning process and we are committed to take this process forward before 31 December 2011 so that by the time the new Board comes in JCI Zimbabwe will have a 3 year road map. Once again, the second quarter was packed with activities. Outside the Mid year conference, we had lots of training in Harare, Mutare, Gweru, Kwekwe & Bulawayo. JCI Bulawayo was also privileged to get an official visit from our affiliated JCI Vice President Mr. Victor Marawu. Thank you Mr. Vice President. There were celebrations for the JCI Week that went on very well. JCI Bulawayo had their Golf Tournament and JCI City embarked on the famous Life Skills Training camp and ‘clean up campaign’ of Jamela Street in Mbare. JCI Harare also did Life Skills training for Felly’s Orphanage. Membership Nights were also held as planned in our quest to grow JCI Zimbabwe so that we create more impact in the community. Well done to all for participating in these events and being true JCIs who take the responsibility to create positive change. The trip to Bamako, Mali was another historic highlight for the second quarter. We had a delegation of six (6) travelling to Bamako. I saw the best reception where delegates were being whisked away from the airport using top of the range cars. The opening ceremony was attended by His Excellency the President of Mali. We of course scored a lot and managed to bring the Africa & Middle East debating championship to Zimbabwe. We also brought the championship for the Nothing But Nets Quiz. Well done to our National Public Relations Director Lloyd Ngwenya and of course our JCI Zimbabwe Public Speaking Champion Cosmas Mukungatu for the good fight for these trophies. Now if you are not motivated to go to Brussels and witness the bigger issues in store then then I don’t know what will motivate you. The JCI Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) of Zimbabwe also did very well, capped by the Awards Ceremony where there were fireworks. The team worked very hard. It has been a long road but worth the fight given the fact that entries were made on time to JCI, and we have 3 Zimbabweans making it into the top 30 in the world. Well done TOYP team led by Tinashe Nyaruwanga. Now my call on all of you is on growth. We have gone through the impact months and we have gone through the various M Nights. The question is, who have you invited to join JCI? If the answer is none, then there is a big problem? As you are aware, this year we have embarked on the impact of two. All I am asking from every member is for you to bring just two friends and make sure they become JCI members. Once we do that we should be able to double our numbers by the time we go to NATCON. Additionally there has been a call for the second impact month to register as many companies as possible under the Global Compact. I got a few commitments from Local Presidents on which companies you are targeting I am positive you will share your successes with all. And now the best for last, the World President, Mr. Kentaro Harada will be visiting us in September. More details will be availed on this historic event on our calendar.

Lastly, fellow JCI members, please be part of all of us as we celebrate our success attained during this year of Impact through Active Participation.

Yours in JCI Service

A Week of Active Participation

2011 JCI Zimbabwe Theme

Impact Through Active Participation (iTAP)

JCI Zimbabwe celebrated Active Citizenship week during the first week of June. JCI Zimbabwe uses the first week of June each year to showcase the work it is doing to fulfil its mission of providing development opportunities that empower young people to create positive change. In a statement to mark the 2011 edition of the celebrations, JCI Zimbabwe President Patson Mahatchi said members across the country engaged in various activities to demonstrate the organisation’s work to create positive change in the community.

All activities were held under the 2011 JCI Zimbabwe theme, “Impact Through Active Participation”, which is a call on all young people to make a difference in their communities through being involved. In Harare, the week kicked off with a life skills training workshop for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children in the high density suburb of Mufakose. This is part of an

on-going program conducted by JCI City, a Harare based affiliate of JCI Zimbabwe, which works in cooperation with Blossoms Children’s Centre. Blossoms is a Mufakose based organisation that takes care of more nearly 100 vulnerable children orphaned and or made vulnerable by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. It also assists them by mobilising financial and material resources to help them through school and other daily needs. JCI City members voluntarily provide psycho-social support and training to teenaged children, covering such topics as Self Awareness, Decision Making and Career Guidance amongst others. JCI Harare, another Harare based Local Organisation also conducted a Life skills training program at Chiedza Children’ centre in Waterfalls. The centre caters for children from the Waterfalls and Mbare community, by offering them after

school activities. JCI Harare also continually offers material and moral support to Felly’s Orphanage in Mbare, which takes care of more than 200 children and is voluntarily run by a group of women led by Mrs Zenda. Also in Mbare, members of JCI took time to sensitise the community and corporate world on proper waste management and Active Citizenship by removing rubbish to re-open a road that had been closed due to illegal waste dumping. Jamela Street has been featured in the media as it has been closed to traffic due to rubbish dumping which has rendered it impassable. According to 2011 JCI City Local President Darlington Ndoro, when his Local Organisation approached the City of Harare with their proposal to clean the road, officials told him it was not possible because they needed machinery and equipment which was not available. “We took it upon ourselves to use the most available equipment we have to start the work,our hands and we hope that through this little act, we will motivate the community and those with the equipment to join us” he said. Ndoro also took the opportunity to announce that his Local Organisation had launched a program through which it was selling branded bins, which companies and organisations could buy which he hopes would help avoid the situation at Jamela Street. The program will also assist corporate organisations to find a cost effective way of increasing their brand presence while fulfilling their responsibility to maintain a clean and safe environment. Apart from Harare, activities to mark the week were also conducted in Kwekwe, where the Local Organisation is running an Effective Speaking program for high schools and in Bulawayo, where a golf tournament was held to raise funds to procure and distribute anti-malaria bed nets in malaria prone areas, under a global project known as the JCI Nothing But Nets.

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JCI Zimbabwe members joined other members from Africa and the Middle at the Area Conference from May 11-14 in Bamako, Mali to promote positive change. More than 600 delegates from 34 different countries were represented at the JCI Africa and Middle East Conference where there whereseminars and events focused on community challenges facing the region and how to take concrete action to create sustainable change. The Conference began with a colourful Opening Ceremony featuring traditional dancers and native griot music. The Head of State of the Republic of Mali, his Excellence Amadou Toumani Toure, addressed the energetic delegates with a motivating speech, focusing on the importance of leadership and how JCI members should take pride in the opportunity to be leaders of local and global change. National Public Relations Director Lloyd Ngwenya and JCI Bulawayo Local President Otillia Chineka-Mutavayi had arrived in Bamako a few days earlier to join 44 other young active citizens from over 20 countries for the 13th JCI Africa and Middle East Leadership Academy. The Academy provides a forum for preparing leaders for the future by providing leadership skills necessary to effectively meet the demands of leadership locally, nationally, internationally and in their community. Both successfully graduated from the three day course. During General Assembly, JCI Zimbabwe joined the JCI Botswana delegation in presenting their bid to host the 2013 Conference in Gaborone Botswana. There was ululation and jubilation when the Southern African neighbour was officially announced as the host of the annual conference, offering a huge opportunity for many JCI Zimbabwe members to participate in the conference closer to home. JCI Zimbabwe itself reiterated its commitment to host the 2014 edition, amidst competing expressions from other member nations.

JCI Zimbabwe also signed a Twining Agreement with JCI Ghana during the Twinning ceremony. Parties such as the Nations Night where 12 countries were showcasing their national food, drinks and music, littered the nights. Mali Night, held at an exquisite night spot known as the Blomba saw delegates being treated to exclusive Malian food and music. On Saturday afternoon, just before the Gala Dinner, there was a picnic in the Parc of Bamako with games and other entertainment. JCI Zimbabwe won the JCI Nothing But Nets Quiz held in the park, through NPRD Lloyd Ngwenya. There was more joy at the Awards Night when a team composed of JCI Zimbabwe and JCI Botswana members was announced winners of the JCI Africa and Middle East (English) Debating Championship

From the 8th to the 10

th of July, 2011, JCI Zimbabwe members took time to take stock of the impact

they are making in the society by holding the 2011 JCI Zimbabwe Mid-Year Conference. This was

held at Harare Safari Lodge, just outside Harare. JCI Harare hosted the conference, which was

littered with fun, team building exercises as well as discussions regarding the future of JCI Zimbabwe.

A foundation upon which a three year strategy to guide the future of JCI Zimbabwe was laid.

On the recreation side, members enjoyed a variety of activities which included a drumming exercise,

sunset boat cruises, plays and late night parties. It was also a happy coincidence as JCI Zimbabwe

National President Patson Mahatchi celebrated his birthday on Saturday the 9th, and members joined

him in munching the cakes.

JCI Mission

To provide development opportunities that empower young people to create positive

change So, what is JCI? An international organization of young active citizens aged between 18 and 40. What Does JCI Do? It provides development opportunities that empower young people to create positive change. How Does Young People in JCI Create Positive Change? Through projects that provide Leadership skills, Entrepreneurship, Fellowship and Social Responsibility (the 4 pillars of JCI). How Does One Join JCI? All JCIs are members of Local organisations. Join a Local organisation in your area, attend meetings, get involved in projects and help others create positive change in your community. Where do JCI members meet?

• At the ZNCC offices on Thursdays in Bulawayo and Gweru

• At Harare Club every Wednesday and at the Motor Industry Pension Fund every first and last Thursday of the month in Harare,

• At the Civic Center on Thursdays in Kwekwe, and

• At the Hellenics Club on Thursdays in Mutare.

• All meetings start at 530. Where Can I get more information? Email us jcizimbabwe@gmail.com or phone +263 774 302 442. Website: www.jci.cc/local/zimbabwe Blog: www.jcizim.blogspot.com

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JCI Zimbabwe @ Bamako 2011

Members Measure Their Impact at Recharge 2011

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JCI Vision

To be the leading global network of young active citizens