The CALA projects introduced for students at school have brought challenges as some parents feel it is too much work for their children.However teachers explain that this is meant to groom students into self sustained citizens that can tap into their talents as they transition from primary,secondary and tertiary level.

In this episode we tackle questiona of what are the opportunities that are available to enable young people to participate in budget consultations?Why is the budgetary process important and why do young people need to participate?

Why are young people not participating?Listen to young speak about the reasons why they did not participate.

Episode 1

Youth participation in Plumtree

Young mothers from the community talk.

Chat with community and their leaders

The prolonged lockdown which was meant to be a safety measure against the spread of the coronavirus has ,in some communities, ended up becoming a challenge as children could not go to school for a long time. This has brought challenges as some children could not access the online learning materials and some could. This further widened the gap between the rich children and the poor children. This podcast seeks to speak to communities and how the lockdown and school closures affected them.

COVID-19 has demanded that everything be done online.However that has not been a great move as some communities still struggle with network connectivity. This has led to challenges in students accessing online education and even information about COVID-19,vaccines and a entertainment. A respondent from Mangwe explains the plight of villagers in Mangwe.