IDG Goal: Goal 1 – Strong Interfaith Cooperation
In Dzaleka Refugee Camp, young people face a unique combination of challenges, climate vulnerability, social division across faith and cultural lines, and rising emotional stress, all without adequate spaces to process or respond to them. To address this, a youth-led initiative brought together 42 participants aged 16 to 24, with 20 attending in person (equally split between 10 women and 10 men) and a further 22 joining a follow-up regional webinar connecting Malawi and Zambia, all representing diverse faith backgrounds. Through the programme, participants were trained as Interfaith Climate and Healing Ambassadors, equipped with dialogue skills, peer support tools, and climate awareness. Safe and inclusive dialogue spaces were created, tree seedlings were planted as both a symbolic and practical act of environmental stewardship, and a WhatsApp peer support group was established to ensure continuity and accountability beyond the training itself. The impact on the local community was profound, social cohesion was strengthened, environmental responsibility was cultivated, and perhaps most meaningfully, young people were transformed from passive recipients of aid into active contributors to peacebuilding, climate resilience, and community well-being.
