Vision
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. – Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Greetings to one and all of you. We welcome our fellow Zimbabweans from all walks of life, from every colour, creed and tribe. We welcome you no matter what your native language is, no matter your wealth, passion, religion or sexual choice. We are all Zimbabweans, and 1 Million Zimbabwean Voices is a place for you, me and everyone of us to stand shoulder to shoulder, together.
1 Million Zimbabwean Voices, has grown from an idea of uniting Zimbabwean people around the world. In excess of 4.5 million Zimbabweans have fled their homeland under pressure of economic meltdown, threats of violence or out of the human desire to survive. Zimbabweans scattered all around the world live in difficult and sometimes unacceptable circumstances.
As Zimbabwean people we have suffered much at the hands of our politicians, who have forgotten their people in their haste to line their pockets, and follow a simple yet destructive pattern of greed and corruption. For a chosen few, life in Zimbabwe is glorious, opulent and full of benefits and private wealth. For the rest of the population, food, health, education and survival is a daily struggle under exceptional difficulties.
It is well documented that many Zimbabweans have chosen to escape the economic crisis in Zimbabwe, or been forced to flee the country as the constant threat of violence hangs over the heads of any opposition to the leading regime. Youth leagues for both Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai roam the streets and reports of beatings, arrests and kidnappings are frequently published in the Independent Zimbabwean Press pages. Yet for many of those who have escaped the evil that exists openly in Zimbabwe, life is no better in their chosen sanctuary. Living aboard has proven to be just as difficult if not more dangerous for millions of Zimbabweans.
From scores of Zimbabweans that hide from a failed asylum system in the United Kingdom to thousands of Zimbabweans that roam the streets of Johannesburg trying to find shelter and food, to those who are exposed to the dangers of rape and xenophobia in a country where the nationality of your birth means more than the colour of your skin. From America to China, Zimbabweans from all walks of life, an educated, peaceful, happy people, are subjected to a painful and precarious existence.
These are the things that we find intolerable. Every human is protected in law by either the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Refugee Act, the International Covenants on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and Civil and Political Rights or the Humanitarian Intervention Law. Through these various pieces of legislation that have been drawn up and adopted by the International Community through the United Nations Charter, every Zimbabwean persons rights are protected in law.
Whether it be at home in Zimbabwe or abroad in whatever nation a person chooses to take sanctuary in, their Human Rights are protected in law. It is our responsibility as an organisation to heed this fact and do everything we can to support our fellow Zimbabweans around the world to fight and stand up for their rights. As an organisation our vision is to gather together Zimbabweans from every corner of the globe, to unite our voice into one powerful, strong and determined force that cannot be ignored by those in power at home nor aboard.
It is our intention to use this voice to bring pressure to bear on any Organisation that can either help or affect the plight of Zimbabweans around the world. We aim to work with International Bodies that protect the rights of the people regardless of circumstances, regardless of situations and regardless of who they are. Everyone deserves to be treated fairly in society. Be it demanding our right to vote, or our children’s right to free education, be it fighting to protect vulnerable people aboard, or those who find themselves alone and without defence in difficult and strange places, 1 Million Zimbabwean Voices will be there. May it be to call for the release of people unjustly detained in Zimbabwe, or to call for our leaders to clean up their act, we will actively continue to challenge our nation to be a better, safer and more attractive nation in which to live.
We do not have political ambitions, but we do expect the best from our leaders. We do not seek to appear to be better than any one individual, we aim to unite. We realise that alone we are a weak, vulnerable, undirected mass of people with little coordination. Yet together we can make a substantial impact. Together we can constantly remind the world of our plight to survive. Together we can change our nation for the better. It will be difficult we do not dispute this. To some of you it may seem pointless, but evil exists only while good men and women chose to do nothing.
So our formula is simple. Our target remains the same as before. We aim to unite 1 Million Zimbabwean Voices. We aim to produce a coordinated, united call to our leaders to change the way our nation is being governed or risk being replaced through free and fair elections, monitored by International Peace Keepers. We aim to challenge Organisations and Agencies around the world to step up to the mark and stand up for the Rights of Zimbabwean People. We aim to fight for those unable to fight for themselves.
We will continue to apply pressure on International Governments to call for change in Zimbabwe. We will not allow those of us who live in difficult and dangerous situations to go by unnoticed or forgotten. We will constantly look for good people who are willing to stand shoulder to shoulder and fight for what is right, stand up for what is good and fair and never be quietened while someone is being persecuted or abused. This is our role as 1 Million Zimbabwean Voices. It is time for us all to come together and stand up for what is rightfully ours.
If we get 1 Million or more voices in one singular wave of dissension…we can heal our nation. With 1 Million or more voices we can change our destiny. 1 Million Voices or more can bring hope, prosperity and a secure future to our Zimbabwe. We must choose today what we want the Zimbabwe of tomorrow to look like. Together we can change our world one day at a time.
WE….CAN…CHOOSE…TO…DO…WHAT…IS…RIGHT!!!!
Sometimes the best solution, is the simplest.
1 Million Zimbabwean Voices. Have you done all you can to add other voices to the wave?
We thank you for your time and support.
1 Million Zimbabwean Voices
