National Movement of Catholic Students receive training in advocacy skills

Zimbabwe’s National Movement of Catholic Students has brought together student leaders to receive training in lobbying and advocacy skills.

The 15 students gathered at Silveira House, some 20 km out of Harare in Chishawasha, attended the study workshop aimed at imparting leadership, lobbying and advocacy skills in them. The training was meant to create progressive student leaders who embrace lobbying and advocacy as methods of solving issues and resisting the generally used violent ways associated with student activism.

The workshop was facilitated by Blessed Mushamiri a graduate in Law from the University of Zimbabwe who is also a former NMCS member. The workshop attracted student representatives members from NMCS, the Zimbabwe Congress of Student Union (ZICOSU) and the Zimbabwe National Student Union (ZINASU).

NMCS is a Catholic movement of tertiary students present in more than 35 tertiary institutions across Zimbabwe.

(By Zimbabwe-Mozambique Jesuit Communications)

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