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Nature Plus project update: 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 – 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 September 8, 2026 𝐕S𝐎 𝐏r𝐨j𝐞c𝐭 𝐔p𝐝a𝐭e: 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞! August 3, 2026 𝐕S𝐎 𝐏r𝐨j𝐞c𝐭 𝐔p𝐝a𝐭e: 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞! July 23, 2026 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 July 17, 2026 𝐕S𝐎 𝐏r𝐨j𝐞c𝐭 𝐔p𝐝a𝐭e: 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬! June 25, 2026 E𝐖D𝐄 𝐏r𝐨j𝐞c𝐭 𝐔p𝐝a𝐭e: 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! June 12, 2026
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𝐕S𝐎 𝐏r𝐨j𝐞c𝐭 𝐔p𝐝a𝐭e: 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬!

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🌱💪 𝘗𝘢𝘮𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘪 𝘬𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘻𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘻𝘸𝘪 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢, 𝘬𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘥𝘻𝘪𝘳𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘳𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘩𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘺𝘦 𝘬𝘶𝘷𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘥𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘻𝘪𝘬𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘢.

VSO Zimbabwe in partnership with 𝗧𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗢 and Young Achievers successfully facilitated a 3-day capacity building workshop in M𝐡a𝐤w𝐞 bringing farmers and government stakeholders together to strengthen community leadership, social inclusion, advocacy and disaster preparedness.

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📌 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝:

✅ Inclusive Community Development Committee formation by ensuring representation across gender, age, disability, culture and social groups.

✅ Addressing stereotypes, discrimination, assumptions and social exclusion while promoting social inclusion with equal participation.

✅ Social Accountability Monitoring and the role of community committees in promoting transparency and responsive governance.

✅ Understanding power imbalances, stakeholder mapping, relationship analysis and identifying root causes affecting community development.

✅ Advocacy and policy-making processes to empower communities to influence positive change.

✅ Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) through disaster mapping, risk assessment, vulnerability analysis, prevention, mitigation and community awareness.