Disaster & Environmental Management Trust (DEMT)

A movement of rural youth in mining-affected regions organizing to demand community-level change and policy reforms that protect environmental and public health

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The success of mining policy will not be judged by tonnes exported or revenues generated alone. It will be judged by whether communities in Mutoko, Marange, Hwange, Shurugwi and across Zimbabwe experience improved livelihoods, healthy ecosystems and dignified futures.

[Disaster & Environmental Management Trust (DEMT) @DEMtrust]

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This #WorldEnvironmentDay, we stand with rural communities on the frontlines of environmental change. Environmental justice means protecting land, water, health, & livelihoods. The environment is not separate from us. It is where we live, farm, work, & build our future.

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Last week, we joined the launch of the Politically Smart Advocacy Playbook by @ZimPeaceProject, with support from @CAID_Zimbabwe. A timely resource for strengthening evidence-based, strategic, and impactful advocacy across Zimbabwe.

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Big News: Zimbabwe Approves a New National Youth Policy: From the mining communities of Zimbabwe, we welcome the new National Youth Policy. Young people are not beneficiaries of development, they are its drivers. Implementation starts now.

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Environmental impacts are often discussed in reports.
For rural communities, they are visible in soil quality, water access, food systems, and health realities.

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Africa Day is a reminder that communities across the continent continue organising, resisting, rebuilding, & shaping their own futures. We are rural youth in mining-affected communities working together to protect our health, environment, & livelihoods.

Happy Africa Day. 🌍💚🤍

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Environmental justice begins with listening to the people living closest to environmental change. Across mining-affected communities, rural families continue adapting to realities they did not create.

[Disaster & Environmental Management Trust (DEMT) @DEMtrust]

We are not an NGO speaking for communities. We are rural youth organising around the realities we live every day, mining impacts, environmental degradation, water stress, and local accountability. Our work is rooted in lived experience. 💚🤍

[Disaster & Environmental Management Trust (DEMT) @DEMtrust]

This is not just a mining site. It is a changing rural ecosystem affecting land, water, livelihoods, and community health in Mutoko. Rural communities must have a voice in decisions shaping their environment and future.

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20 Youth Panelists (entrepreneurs) from @accountlabzw visited DEMT movement members in Mutoko this week embarking on 5 days of practical learning exchange on climate-smart agriculture, value addition, soap making and beverages. Big thanks to @TrustAfrica and @MastercardFdn 🤝

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This week our movement members in Mudzi district are #TB conducting screening, & referring people for clinical investigation. We applaud the Government for deploying a mobile clinic, bringing health services closer to hard-to-reach mining communities where TB risks remain high.

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We held a round table with movement members who're using #OneImpact 📱 app to access to TB services & report barriers to care. While progress is visible, some challenges remain. Our movement continues to document lived realities and demand accountable TB responses. Listen here.

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In The Nation, SALC’s Chikondi Chijozi Jere argues that mining cannot be called development if local communities are excluded from decisions, denied access to information or left to carry the environmental and social costs alone.

“Accountability means following the money. For mining to transform Malawi, citizens must see how revenues are generated, shared and used.” She said.
#MiningJustice #ClimateJustice #Malawi #HumanRights #CommunityRights #Extractives #Accountability #salcat20

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Mining economies are driving a hidden HIV risk: transient labour, population concentration, rising sex work combined with weak health systems.

DEMT is strengthening SRHR education in mining communities & monitoring service delivery to expose gaps & inform clinical action. 📊✊🏾

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With support from @StopTB, we rolled out #OneImpact, a community-led monitoring app 📲 tracking TB service gaps in real time across all 9 districts of Mashonaland East Province. Today, nearly 2,000 people are on the platform, turning lived experience into action. ✊🏾

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We were honored to receive an invitation to celebrate EU Day, represented by our Director Romeo Chingezi. The event showcase many of the EU achievements and created valuable space to connect, network & exchange with like-minded organisations. 🇪🇺🌍

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In March, we attended the Participate Conference organized by @YetTrust, bringing together youth organizations from Zimbabwe🇿🇼, Kenya🇰🇪 & Denmark🇸🇯 to connect, exchange ideas & build partnerships.

We were proudly matched with Youth Alternative 🇩🇰🌍✊🏾 Stay tuned for more ☺️

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@Yplus_Global @READY_Movement @NLinMozambique @REPSSI @teampata This is fantastic 👏 Our youth movement members in artisanal mining communities critically need this support because of the rise in HIV due concentrated cases of transactional sex fueled by mining economies. How can we join this movement? @READY_Movement

[Disaster & Environmental Management Trust (DEMT) @DEMtrust]

@amnesty_zim Great work @amnesty_zim & also a great opportunity for our rural youth movement members fighting responsible mining that respects community rights amid global critical mineral demand. How can we become part of these vital platforms?

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Our Movement Journey: From mining communities to national TB policy spaces: What started as grassroots TB awareness evolved into organised power demanding dignity, screening, treatment access & domestic financing for mining communities.

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