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Storytelling as a Bridge: How Creative Expression Builds Social Cohesion

One of the main outcomes of our art projects as YIT has been realizing that storytelling is one of the easiest ways of learning and unlearning cultural practices. Across communities divided by borders, language, politics, gender, and history, one thing has consistently remained capable of reconnecting people: storytelling. Long before formal institutions of peacebuilding and… Continue reading Storytelling as a Bridge: How Creative Expression Builds Social Cohesion

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Petra Girls make it to the Technovation Challenge global Semi Finals

Article by Khetiwe Mathuthu The Phoenix Squad ICT was previously seen as a male dominated industry but girls are breaking barriers and closing the gender gap in Technology. On this edition we are celebrating the Zimbabwean girls from PETRA College. These five 16-year olds who call themselves “the PHOENIX SQUAD” made it to the Semi-global… Continue reading Petra Girls make it to the Technovation Challenge global Semi Finals