A youth leadership advocate, 24-year-old Rashid Mwinyi was looking for ways to help young Zanzibari’s take a more participatory role in leadership.
As Project Officer for the independent, non-partisan, youth led, non-governmental organization, Pamoja Youth Initiative, Rashid applied to participate in Feed the Future Tanzania Advancing Youth’s leadership program in 2018. He was one of 50 trainees in the program that brings together youth to a three-day training on negotiation, problem solving and community mobilization skills that enable them to influence decisions and/or become key decision makers in their communities.
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