Ethiopian Youth for Peace and Development (EYPD)

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Happy International Youth Day. This year's theme is "Different Contexts, Common Aspirations." Ours is simple. We are youth-led, so the people writing this are the people being written about today. Across the regions we work in, including with young refugees and internally displaced young people, being young rarely means being left out of the conversation. It means arriving after the decision. Consulted at the workshop, thanked at the closing, absent when the budget is set. We are not asking to be consulted. We are asking for participation: a seat while the outcome is still open. That is why EYPD exists. The first cohort of our National Volunteer Programme opens this month. Young people from refugee, displaced, and crisis-affected communities are especially encouraged to apply. Apply: https://forms.gle/rp89QuGGpjmTbLdJ8

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The best post I ever made was the one I never sent. Most of us have a version of it. A reply typed out in full while the anger was still fresh. A screenshot ready to forward before anyone had checked where it came from. A comment that would have felt good for about four seconds. Nothing happens when you delete it. There is no notification for the argument that did not start, no thank you from the person who was never dragged into it, no record of the rumour that stopped moving because one person decided not to pass it on. That is the difficulty with restraint. It leaves no evidence. It is invisible work, and in a country where a single post can harden into real suspicion between neighbours, it is some of the most valuable work any of us do. So this is for everyone who has held their thumb over send and closed the app instead. It counted. Do it again today.

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Hate is not the only thing that travels fast. A voice note correcting a rumour before it reaches the next group. A comment that lowers the temperature instead of raising it. A post that describes what is actually happening in a community rather than what people fear is happening. These move through the same networks, at the same speed, from the same phones. The difference is not reach. It is what we decide is worth passing on. Before you share today, ask what you are adding to someone else's feed. Then send the thing that leaves the conversation better than you found it. Peace is not the absence of the noise. It is what we put in its place.

Every positive change starts with a single step. Small acts of service create ripples of impact that strengthen local communities, foster peace, and build a brighter future for all. Whether it's environmental protection, humanitarian action, community support, or youth empowerment, your hands-on action helps drive national progress. Register today: https://forms.gle/CDCcj9D8sxTgsTfG6

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Today we are launching a three-month digital peace campaign under Youth for Peace (Y4P) project. It begins with a message that belongs to all of us: pause before you post. Online hate is not a separate world from the one we live in. A rumour forwarded before it is checked, a caption written in anger, a video stripped of its context: these move faster than verified information, and they do not stop at the screen. They harden into suspicion between neighbours, silence in classrooms, and fear in communities that are still recovering. The difficult truth is that most harmful content is not spread by people who set out to cause harm. It is spread by ordinary users in a hurry. That also means the response is within reach of every one of us. Before you share, ask three questions. Is it verified? Who benefits from it spreading? What will it do to someone else?

Be the change your community needs! The EYPD National Volunteers Programme is calling on passionate youth to lead initiatives in peace and development. Take action. Build resilience. Lead the future. Register today: https://forms.gle/CDCcj9D8sxTgsTfG6

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Ethiopian Youth for Peace and Development and the Humanitarian National CSOs Forum have opened the mapping for youth-led organisations. Youth-led organisations deliver a substantial share of frontline response and community programming in Ethiopia, frequently in the woredas that are hardest for larger actors to reach. That work is rarely recorded in one place. Where it is not visible, it is not counted in coordination, not considered in referral, and not reached when partnership and funding opportunities arise. The mapping addresses that gap. It records who is working where, in which thematic areas, with which signatory bureaus and funding agencies, and how many people are reached. We invite youth-led organisations across all 14 regions and city administrations to take part. The form takes about ten minutes for each project, and organisations running several projects can submit more than once. Add your organisation: https://forms.gle/2J3diPTc7mLXXNAG9

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Applications are now open for EYPD's National Volunteer Programme. Ethiopian Youth for Peace and Development (EYPD) is launching a national volunteer programme that will mobilise thousands of young people to serve and strengthen communities across the country. The programme will run in four cohorts, each lasting three months, with 3,500 volunteers in every cohort. Volunteers are organised into Community Action Teams (CAT): local teams that plan and lead practical initiatives in their own communities. Their work ranges from sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and mental health awareness campaigns to environmental protection, blood donation drives, and support community. Applications take around five minutes to complete. Apply now: https://forms.gle/CDCcj9D8sxTgsTfG6 We can help ensure that every young person has the opportunity to thrive.

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Today we welcomed colleagues from Oxfam in Ethiopia, Oxfam in Africa and Oxfam International, to our office. Together we reviewed the progress of our WE-Care Phase V project, which brings unpaid and underpaid care and domestic work onto the agenda in schools and surrounding communities across Addis Ababa. The conversation covered how far the work has come. Gender clubs are now running in two schools, led by the students themselves. Teachers and young leaders have been trained to carry the conversation forward. Men and boys are stepping up as allies rather than bystanders. And young women are gaining skills that open real economic opportunities. What stood out most was ownership. School leaders and local government have taken this work forward as their own, the clearest sign that it will outlast the project. Our thanks to the Oxfam team for the visit and the continued partnership.