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Sports and Environment

Sports provide a great opportunity to nurture talent and help communities overcome poverty

Advocacy

Advocating for change is what serves society best.

SPORTS FOR DEVELOPMENT

MICHEZO KWA MAENDELEO

LATEST NEWS

Latest news & event of our Organization.

28 Jan 2026

Youth Peacemakers Tanzania Conducts Mental Health Awareness Seminar for Students in Mkinga District

Youth Peacemakers Tanzania (YPM) today conducted a Mental Health Awareness Seminar in Mkinga District, engaging students from Duga Secondary School and Zingibari Secondary School as part of its ongoing commitment to promoting youth well-being and peaceful communities. The seminar aimed to raise awareness on mental health issues affecting young people,

23 Jan 2026

Youth Peacemakers Tanzania Promotes Peace and Gender Equality in Mkinga District Through Sports and School EngagementsYouth

Peacemakers Tanzania (YPM), through the Kujenga Amani Project, conducted a two-day field visit in Mkinga District aimed at promoting peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and the prevention of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) among young people. Day One: Sports for Peace at Kasera Primary SchoolOn the first day of the visit, YPM organized a

22 Nov 2025

Youth Peacemakers Tanzania Empowers Young Mothers and Youth Through GBV and SDG Training

The training, organized as part of YPM’s ongoing commitment to empower vulnerable groups, brought together young mothers, adolescent girls, and boys from different communities in Mkinga. Youth Peacemakers Tanzania (YPM) has successfully conducted a two day community training aimed at strengthening efforts to eliminate poverty and prevent Gender-Based Violence (GBV)

OUR PROGRAMS

YPM focuses on providing knowledge, skills and empowerment to Youth, women and the community on issues of:

Economic Justice

Our economic justice programs aims at educating and empowering community members at local level, addressing economic challenges

Advocacy & Environment

Our programs on advocacy and environment aims at empowering citizens through civic education and training, to help

Sport & Arts for Development

This program aimed at addressing the community about the activities that are conducted by the organization through

Our Activities

Currently, the organization has the following activities, which are:

Economic Empowerment

VICOBA/SIG. This is a program that brings together Youth and other interested members to a group of 30 people who save together and manage to take loans three times of what one has saved to support her/his economic empowerment initiatives. The groups operate under the YPM VICOBA.

Right based services

More focus in assisting and empowering community for accessing service rights such as health and education.

Climate & Environmental Care

It is a cross cutting program – integrated in all programs of the organization. Under this program we do have the ICT Solar Kiosk- as a center for supporting Youth creativity.

Democratic Citizenship

This is targeting on education (Civic Education and PETS --- Public Expenditure Tracking Systems), advocacy, lobbying and awareness creation to the community. The S2C is specifically taken in schools and colleges to raise awareness and consciousness of youths.

Sport for Development

Various sports and arts performances- it is a cross cutting program

Training

The organization conducts a couple o training ranging from Economic empowerment, advocacy and arts to enable citizens to be true active agents of change.

Business Incubation

Aimed at offering information on businesses development at different stages through establishment of business incubation centers. Young people may also get training and knowledge on how to establish and manage new businesses.

Subjects to Citizens

S2C is a program launched by the African alliance of YMCA. Noticing that many young Africans were excluded from decision making processes and misused by politicians boosting their own agenda, the African alliance raised the issue of how to turn “subjects” into “citizens”.

Cultural & Arts Groups

Youth Peace Makers initiated cultural & arts groups for the youth who are in formal education and informal education to help them to advocate the challenges that faces the society through drama, traditional dances and songs.

Learning Centers

Learning is a life long journey. Learning skills is a different avenue that imparts exceptional and important knowledge to the learner for achieving certain objectives in life. Youth Peacemakers has engaged youths in skills training at different centers.

OUR TEAM

Staff members of Youth Peace Makers

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YOUTH PEACE MAKERS- Tanzania

Hours of Operation

Operated from Monday to Friday

From 8:30am-5:00pm

Lunch Break from 1:00pm-2:00pm

This applies to all working days with exception to public holidays.

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