Changamire Moyo to represent Zim at Prometra Inter...

Changamire Moyo to represent Zim at Prometra International session programme

Zim Now Writer

Prometra Zimbabwe executive chairman Beaven Munyengeterwa (a.k.a Changamire Moyo) has left for Dakar to represent Zimbabwe at an international session programme of Prometra International and will present a report on the strides the local chapter has taken since its inception in October 2018.

Prometra International, a global organisation that crusades for the promotion and use of traditional medicine and the inculcation of indigenous knowledge systems in people’s livelihoods, this week hosts its annual session programme in Dakar, Senegal, at which gathering all its 28 chapters are expected to participate.

Zimbabwe is the 28th chapter of Prometra International.

The annual convergence begins Tuesday, November 29, and ends on December 6. It will be presided over by its president, Dr Erick Gbodossou.

Notably, the organisation has for three consecutive years been able to successfully host the Africa Traditional Medicine Day, an annual feature on the World Health Organisation, whose commemorations are held on August 31.

“We are joyous in that our establishment happened just before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, but regardless of the challenges that the world went on to face as a result of this health catastrophe, we managed to defy the odds and went on to implement a number of programmes for the growth of our chapter.

“Our story of resilience is part of the news that we will be sharing with our colleagues from other chapters the world over when we get our slot to make a presentation for Zimbabwe,” Changamire Moyo said.

Despite funding challenges, the domestic chapter currently faces, he said his organisation had also been able to foster sound working relations with a higher institution of learning whereby students partaking studies related to culture benefitted from industrial attachment from Prometra Zimbabwe.

The same relations had extended to various government ministries, among them Health and Child Care, Environment, Local Government, Primary and Secondary Education, Heritage and the associations that represent traditional healers.

“Among our top priorities for the forthcoming year is to ensure we penetrate the school system to educate the young learners about IKS because that way, we are able to catch them young and help eradicate the rampant use of dangerous drugs and substances, early child marriages, rape and juvenile delinquency, among numerous other challenges the country faces,” he said, adding the establishment of a cultural centre at an already identified site was yet another project on their cards.