Youth Advocates is a youth-led organisation working to advance adolescents’ rights and amplify their voices where it matters. Youth Advocates continues building on extensive experience leading youth led research projects within the development field, ideally pioneering programs partnering with the local communities. Our YAZ helpline offers critical support to young people across Zimbabwe, providing a safe, confidential space for youth to seek help on various issues including mental health, education, sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence, and substance abuse. Launched in 2017, the helpline is easily accessible via short code 393 on any mobile network, ensuring that support is just a message away. YAZ is dedicated to empowering and advocating for the rights of young Zimbabweans, offering expert advice and connecting them to relevant services for their well-being.

Vechidiki Advocates isangano rinotungamirwa nevechidiki rinoshanda kusimudzira kodzero dzevechiri kuyaruka uye kukwidziridza manzwi avo pazvine basa. Vechidiki Advocates vanoenderera mberi vachivaka pane ruzivo rwakakura runotungamira vechidiki mapurojekiti ekutsvagisa mukati mendima yebudiriro, vachipayona zvirongwa zvinodyidzana nenharaunda dzenzvimbo. Nhare yedu yerubatsiro yeYAZ inopa rubatsiro rwakakosha kune vechidiki muZimbabwe yose, ichipa nzvimbo yakachengeteka, yakavanzika kune vechidiki kuti vatsvage rubatsiro pane zvakasiyana zvinosanganisira utano hwepfungwa, dzidzo, hutano hwepabonde nekuzvara, mhirizhonga kuvanhukadzi, uye kushandisa zvinodhaka. Yakatangwa muna 2017, iyo nhare yekubatsira inowanikwa nyore nyore kuburikidza nepfupi kodhi 393 pane chero nharembozha, kuve nechokwadi chekuti tsigiro ingori meseji. YAZ yakazvipira kusimudzira nekureverera kodzero dzevechidiki vemuZimbabwe, ichipa mazano ehunyanzvi nekuvabatanidza nemabasa anoenderana nehupenyu hwavo.