1. Introduction
This Training Toolkit is a guide for Peace Clubs that will be implementing peacebuilding and
conflict transformation activities in their communities. The guide provides an overview of
Heal Zimbabwe Trust (HZT) activities and what the organisation seeks to achieve by
implementing grassroots level peace interventions.
This module helps Peace Clubs to understand conflicts within their communities by
identifying different perspectives of conflicts, underlying causes of conflicts, and their effects.
The toolkit also provides simple conflict analysis tools and options for conflict prevention and
resolution. Critical questions addressed here are; what are conflicts? How the causes of
conflicts and players are involved observed? When to address a conflict and how to address
different conflicts? Community Based Organisations can also use this toolkit to mainstream
peace building activities in their daily chores.
2. Facts About Heal Zimbabwe
Heal Zimbabwe Trust (HZT) is a civic society organisation that was established in 2009 to
promote community peace, healing and reconciliation. Acknowledging the effects of
Zimbabwe’s historical episodes of violence and conflicts, the recent being the 2008 electoral
related violence, HZT sought to facilitate community healing, build peace and facilitate
reconciliation and social justice in affected communities of Zimbabwe. HZT has, within its
short period of existence, developed reputation and relationships of trust in dealing with
socio-cultural, economic, environmental and political conflicts affecting our communities. It is
within this context that HZT works with local communities and government structures to
promote peace, national healing and reconciliation.
a) Mission
Our mission is ‘to prevent and transform conflicts with a particular focus on social justice and
human rights.’
b) Vision
HZT envisions ‘A peaceful and prosperous Zimbabwe that celebrates diversity in local
communities.’
c) Objectives
To contribute to peaceful and tolerant local communities in Zimbabwe through
advocacy and lobbying and providing psycho-social support services
To raise awareness among communities to understand the causes and effects of
conflicts in Zimbabwe
To prevent, mitigate and manage socio-political, environmental and economic
conflicts that affect communities in Zimbabwe
To improve local communities leadership and citizens’ capacity to address conflicts
within their communities.
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