Bernard Bebe of UNA Zimbabwe has been selected as the WFUNA Young
Leader of 2016 due to his outstanding work on UN Sustainable Development
Goal 16. Bernard was selected after a rigorous process supported by an
evaluating committee composed of three members of the WFUNA Youth
Advisory Council in addition to WFUNA Secretariat Staff.
The top three nominees were interviewed according to the following criteria:
- Contribution to the development of the nominating UNA
- Leadership qualities
- Overall work on Peace and Security issues
- Strong understanding of elements contained in UN Sustainable Development Goal 16
Bernard has been engaged and active in field of peace from the year
2013 when he joined UNA- Zimbabwe whilst he was a second-year student at
Bindura University of Science Education. He is in the National Team
responsible for organizing Peace Day in Zimbabwe thorugh a coalition of
peace activists from both Civil Society and Government.
Currently, he is working to proactively counter religious conflicts through a program called Religious Tolerance
in which he is working mostly with different religious groups in
Zimbabwe to cultivate a culture of peace. He works mostly with youths
from high schools and universities. He is also active in ending gender
based violence against women and girls is also a trained human rights
activist who has a keen interest in promoting women rights. See more details here
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