By Manasse Nyirenda

Rumphi, May 24, Mana: God Cares Rights Foundation through Lwande Lithu Project with support from United Nations Women Peace Humanitarian Fund has embarked on an initiative aimed at equipping young peace builders with skills in story telling on issues affecting their communities through multimedia platforms.

In an interview with Malawi News Agency on Saturday, Programme Officer for Lwande Lithu Project, Blesco Nyangulu, said the initiative will provide a platform through which communities will be telling stories about gender based violence (GBV) among other issues to transform and foster peace.

One of the peace builders, Lestina Kalua of Chagoneka Village under Senior Chief Mwalweni, said that the skill which she has acquired from the project will help her investigate and report on credible stories from her community.

“This will help bring light on issues which retard development, co-existence, unity and peace in the community,” said Kalua.

Another beneficiary, Violet Nyirenda of Dimba Village in the area of Traditional Authority Mwamlowe said knowledge on data privacy when handling stories will win people’s trust in their work and enhance peace building.

She added that other skills such as mobile storytelling will enable her share stories from her community fast targeting wider audience through her mobile phone.

The project is targeting 18 young women drawn from all four constituencies in the district.