What happens when organisations stop working in silos and start pulling in the same direction? For Zimbabwe’s prison community, the answer is measurable, life-changing impact. Through the Youth Population Alliance (Youth POPs) project, VSO/SANOP brought together a powerful consortium — including SAFAIDS, Prison Fellowship Malawi, ZPCS, NAC, and others — to tackle the health, livelihoods, and rehabilitation gaps facing inmates and ex-inmates. The result? Greater trust between prison authorities and civil society, improved access to HIV and TB services, vocational skills training, and a replicable model of collaborative prison programming aligned with SDG 17. This is the story of how partnership made prison work taste a little sweeter.
Partnerships in Prison Work
