“Alleviate to empower”

The Youth Innovation Center – (YiC)

is a youth based non-governmental organization that is aimed at promoting youth aspirations in Peacebuilding, Climate Change and SRHRs through arts, sports and culture in Mozambique’s three provinces of Cabo del Gado, Manica and Sofala. The organization started off as a youth club in central Mozambique and has reached out to other areas such as Pemba in northern Mozambique. 

The organization works with volunteers organized as Youth innovation committees located strife ridden communities. The organization is inspired by youth and women who aim to use the same communities to restore peace and support community development at grass roots level. Its methodology is to use locally available resources of volunteers to facilitate dialogues, community theatre, music and sports to foster community development, peace and harmony between people of different or perceived different political affiliations. The organization’s strength lies in the functionality of its grassroots committees’ strength.