YPM conducted breakfast meeting on 05^th and the topic was ‘‘THE USE OF OPEN FIELD IN LUSHOTO DISTRICT ARE THEY USEFULL FOR THE PUROPOSE OF GROOMING SPORTS''?

The aim of this meeting was to discuss with development stakeholders different topics aimed at development in Lushoto district.

 YPM prepared several meetings that brought fruits including limited performance of secondary schools and this was supervised by stakeholders to arrive at a designated area and meet with characters and sit together to negotiate to find a resolution to this problem.

In the end of June, YPM sent 22 young people to participate in the Festival of East Africa cup held at Moshi – Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. The festivals took part between 28^th June and 03^rd July 2016.

Among the group, ten are in arts group and 12 are in the under 16 boys’ football team. This time, once again we did not manage to send the girls team. They still need to train more and get local competition to stand for the bigger events. In general the motivation for girls’ football teams is in need of boosting. Historically this is the third year since YPM begun to participate in this East African Cup festival. The participation has always been a big gist to our youth; it has helped young people learn through various seminars offered throughout the week of the festival.

Through this participation, YPM team has managed to show that they are not only for participation but more also to compete in a peaceful spirit of building a network of peace supporters. The team managed this year once again to reach the quarter finals. This is a great success as compared to the first year when we were defeated in early stages. Like last year, we managed to send a team of younger but high spirited youths. They have shown that we can compete, we can challenge one another and while doing so keep peace in the number one agenda of our activities, sports and programs. This is possible among our circles but even more a phenomenon that can be applied in international negotiation cycles as well as business rounds.

YPM arts group is a group that provides education through theater performance. They use art to warn, teach, encourage and entertain. They managed this time to teach on the effects of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).  Though not a direct theme in YPM, but in the sense of being the voice of many who suffer through such practices they managed to send in a point of rights for young girls wherever they are and in whatever part of the country or part of the world.

On 30 YPM that was when the arts group to got chance to perform. Different to other groups that were having traditional songs, YPM arts group made a play which was also having traditional songs to color the message presented. It was such an attractive, entertaining and educative performance that left many with need to get to know more of YPM.

In this festival there were various seminars in which young people got chance to be highlighted and learning new things. In the seminars the following were given the priority for this festival:-

1. Stop Poverty

2. Leadership

3. Law of the game

4. Coaching

5. WASH

Also there was the training of media in which John Kunguru represented YPM. He managed to share and learn on

1. Filming

2. Animation

3. Cartoon

Despite some challenges that were promised to be addressed as we go on, the festival was a wonderful platform to share talents, to learn and to educate one another. Keep Alive East African Cup.  YPM on behalf of the host committee and the sponsors would like to congratulate all the young people who were involved and give honor to represent different Organizations; congratulate those who kept high the standards of good discipline and for the great work they are doing.

In the photo above is under 16 boys are representing the Youth Peace Makers Tanzania in the grounds of Moshi techinical school, in the first game the opposing team has not come off so gave this team win match other played with CHRISC Kenya and CHRISC they won one goal, next match played with Moshi and win one goal so this team has gained six points. Get to continue Following the outcome of the match tomorrow to contest the quarter-finals

YPM under 16 boys football team and YPM arts group today are traveling to Moshi participate in the great festival of sport  EAST AFRICA CUP slogan This festival is one week in Moshi One Year to the communitty implying that what will they learn in one week can be helping the community throughout the year, we wish you all the best

The Youth Peace Makers Tanzania (YPM) has today donated four wheel chairs in Lushoto district hospital. The other six will be handled to Handeni Council Hospital as well as some of identified youths who are in dire need of wheel chairs to enable their movement. That is part of the contribution received from Sandefjord Bicycle Club in Sandefjord Norway.The event opened the eyes of YPM that this service is of so much importance for there are more people that are in need more that what it was thought before.

This is the continuation of the charity work done by Sandefjord Bicycle Club in Sandefjord Norway, Yglobal as the funding partner and Valdres Folkhoghskole who are the supporters of the work in YPM. In the speech before handing over the chairs to the District Executive Director (DED) of Lushoto, the District Medical Doctor and other Hospital and District Health Management Teams, the YPM director congratulated the good work done by the government and the hospital. He also stressed on the efforts of the government to keep order in the country through collection of tax and fighting corruption. The director of YPM requested the DED as representative of the government to consider supporting YPM in tax exemption to the goods that are received from different partners as a way to encourage the contribution to local development.

In addition he emphasized the importance of good relationship and support to the government in the work that will be the way to empower communities through PETS, Subject to Citizen (S2C) program, Environment and Climate as well as sports that are carried by YPM.

In his response, the DED thanked the YPM for the good work that has been done in the District and other places in the region. He congratulated the efforts done through them to attract and support the communities in Economic Empowerment, Sports throughout the years. He commended the Sports program as it helps the Youths to stay out of the evil plans such as drug abuse and loitering. He also commended the work that has been through YPM in tree planting in the area and coordination in some schools in the district. “Stay focused for your service to the people marks the importance of your presence not only to us but to the people who will be enjoying the service”

He promised support in Tax related as they will be ready to show and acknowledge the contribution that YPM has been doing from since they started their operations in the region. The event was later followed by group pictures and exchange of views on what is to be done in relation to the good work for the development of Lushoto and her people.

Thanks to Sandefjord, Yglobal and Valdres who in one way they have made this event and service to our people a possibility.

            “Blessed are the Peacemakers…”

On the picture above are some of the events that took place last year in the different programs YOUTH PEACE MAKERS TANZANIA. Continue to visit our networks to find out what is going on, such as education Citizenship, Entrepreneurship, Stop poverty campaign, with different opportunities. TOGETHER WE CAN BUILD A GLOBAL JUSTICE.

Tensing group  in the preparation of East Africa Cup 2016 this group were putting the annual history. This year the group has organized a show  unlike years ago one of these differences is that the new track which will describing YPM programs get ready for the song  continues visiting our blog for more information.