My name is Tanaka kubamharira,I am a LEMHster, a student at the University of Zimbabwe currently studying Sociology. I live in Unit M Seke Chitungwiza. The LEMHs program taught me to be confident due to the fact that everyone was given an opportunity to participate and contribute. This boosted my confidence of standing in front of many people which is my great achievement because before the training I was a very shy person I could not stand in front of even ten people.
Also by meeting great minds such as our facilitators telling us their journey and what they have achieved it made me realize that being a young leader is possible and I was challenged and also motivated to also become a leader . We learnt about advocacy, climate change , ICT ,citizen journalism, to mention a few but my topic of interest was on citizen journalism that session was of paramount importance to me because we were equipped with adequate information on how best we can use our social media platforms to speak for the voices-less, the oppressed and the marginalized and Twitter being one of the best social media platform. I’ve been accustomed to use the social media just for posting my pictures and for fun but the session made me realize how important social media is .
By also doing some role plays I’ve also discovered a hidden talent that I did not know I have , I’ve discovered that I can act . The training also gave me a wake up call to some of the things I have been ingnorant to like the things of climate change I now have a positive perspective concerning climate change than the one I had before the training and I’m now cautious about my environment
I’m going to go back to my community and teach them what I’ve also learned about climate change by first engaging to my local leaders educate them first and also raise awareness campaigns .
I’m pretty confident that my journey to success has just started. The action plan and the personal leadership plan has also played a very crucial role in the sense that it gave me a moment to reflect to the use of introspection in my plans and to set my goals as well .Personal leadership also helped me to communicate between myself and my goals so as to have a clear vision of where I want to go .
In the next 10 year , as a trained empowered LEMHs Alumni, I see my self as a leader who is going to inspire the worlds youth to think big , have serious impact on society and overcome obstacles using my own experiences. The financial literacy session taught me to be a financial independent young women therefore in the next 10 years I see myself as an entrepreneur , l would like to open my own hair saloon .