CHIEDZA ZORORO Chiedza Zororo is an experienced psychological counsellor. She coordinates the running of the networking department at the Centre for Conflict Management and Transformation (CCMT). Amongst other things, the department is responsible for providing administrative support and coordinating activities of the PBNZ, of which the CCMT is the secretariat. Chiedza holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Namibia and a Diploma in Systemic Family Therapy from the Zimbabwe Institute of Systemic Therapy. Before joining the CCMT, she worked as an assistant district administrator for the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and Urban Development in Zimbabwe. Chiedza is a promoter of human development, non-violence and mental well-being. NOBUHLE MOYO Nobuhle Moyo works at Musasa Project as a programmes assistant in the field of gender and peace building. She has worked in four wards in Buhera, in an effort to mobilise communities to prevent violence against women through different participatory approaches which ensure communities are at the centre of the programming. The approaches included holding dialogues and trainings on conflict resolution and peace building with community members, community leaders and community-based counselors, to raise awareness against violence and protect women from violence. The forums helped communities to shun violence and come up with peace charters. She worked closely with women survivors of violence so that they could access a comprehensive package of services to help in their ultimate recovery and reintegration into the community. CLETO MANJOVA Cleto Manjova is a development practitioner with experience in community development interventions working in the area of humanitarian emergencies, conflict transformation, peace building and community healing. Currently Cleto is a programmes manager with the Heal Zimbabwe Trust, a non-governmental organisation whose work seeks to make a change in the area of post-conflict peace building, community healing, advocacy and livelihoods recovery, for survivors of organised violence and torture and their communities in Zimbabwe. Heal Zimbabwe is a member of the Peace Building Network of Zimbabwe among many other coalitions. Cleto holds a MSc. degree in Development Studies from NUST, as well as a BSc. Honours degree in Politics and Administration, postgraduate training in community development and humanitarian projects management, and practical monitoring and evaluation, all from the University of Zimbabwe.He is studying towards a MSc. in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has a strong interest in conflict transformation and peace building research. WEBSTER ZAMBARA Webster Zambara is a senior project leader for southern Africa at the IJR, Cape Town, South Africa. He has undertaken peace and development work in more than 15 countries across Africa as a facilitator, trainer and advisor in non-violent conflict transformation, the prevention of armed conflict, post-conflict recovery, mediation, systemic peace building, and human rights, justice and reconciliation, with a bias towards building the capacity of key community actors to work for development by constructively transforming local conflicts through dialogue. Webster has also written and published in these key areas and participates in media interviews and debates. He completed a Doctor of Philosophy in Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. His research involved training youths in alternatives to violence as a way of reintegrating them into normal community life in Zimbabwe. xii Community Healing: A training manual for Zimbabwe