COMMUNITY RISING MAZABUKA DISTRICT DIRECTORY Mapping Services for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Zambia’S Mazabuka District, Southern Province June 2016
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COMMUNITY RISING MAZABUKA DISTRICT DIRECTORY Mapping Services for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Zambia’s Mazabuka District, Southern Province June 2016 PHOTO: GARETH BENTLE GARETH PHOTO: Y Over the past two decades, the Zambian Government has worked to address the growing burden of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) at the national and local levels. Community Rising works to bridge the gap in district-level coordination and quality improvement of services for vulnerable children and to improve the quality of OVC services with strengthened systems and policies in 14 districts and communities. Community Rising maps existing services for vulnerable children, develops a baseline for monitoring and evaluating program impacts, provides technical assistance to improve district OVC services, and builds on the work of USAID-funded Zambia Rising and Data Rising. Directory produced by Community Rising Lusaka, Zambia CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ______________________________________________________________ 4 INTRODUCTION _____________________________________________________________ 5 Why a Directory .......................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. How the Directory Was Created ........................................................................................................................ 5 What This Directory Includes .................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. Additional Community Rising Activities ................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. About the Luapula Foundation ................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined. Disclaimer ...................................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 1. FAMILY IN CHRIST MISSION _________________________________________________ 8 2. NEGA-NEGA HOME-BASED CARE _____________________________________________ 9 3. NAKAMBALA HOME-BASED CARE AND AWARENESS ____________________________ 10 4. WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ALLIANCE _________________________________________ 11 5. GRACE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH AND MINISTRIES ______________________________ 12 6. ZAMBIA INTERFAITH NETWORKING GROUP ON HIV/AIDS _______________________ 13 7. YOUNG WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION _________________________________ 14 8. MUGWASYI HOME-BASED CARE, ASSUMPTION PARISH __________________________ 15 9. NDEKELENI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION ____________________________________ 16 10. JOB PROJECT ZAMBIA _____________________________________________________ 17 11. LUBOMBA HOME-BASED CARE ______________________________________________ 18 12. VICTIM SUPPORT UNIT ____________________________________________________ 19 13. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE _________________________________________ 20 COMMUNITY RISING │ MAZABUKA DIRECTORY │ JUNE 2016 │ PAGE 3 ABBREVIATIONS ACC Area Coordinating Committee AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome CATF Community AIDS Task Force CHAZ Churches Health Association of Zambia CMMB Catholic Medical Mission Board CR Community Rising CWAC Community Welfare Assistance Committee GRZ Government of the Republic of Zambia DATF District AIDS Task Force DDCC District Development Coordinating Committee DDMC District Disaster Management Committee DEBS District Education Board Secretary DR Data Rising DVEC District Voters Education Committee DWAC District Welfare Assistance Committee FBO faith-based organization FICM Family in Christ Mission HBC HBC home-based care HIV human immunodeficiency virus LF Luapula Foundation MCDSW Ministry of Community Development and Social Welfare MGCD Ministry of Gender and Child Development MHA Ministry of Home Affairs MoE Ministry of Education NAC National AIDS Council NGO nongovernmental organization NZ P+ Network for Zambian People Living with HIV/AIDS OVC orphans and vulnerable children PEPFAR U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief PLWHA people living with HIV/AIDS USAID United States Agency for International Development VSU Victim Support Unit ZCEA Zambia Civic Education Association COMMUNITY RISING │ MAZABUKA DIRECTORY │ JUNE 2016 │ PAGE 4 INTRODUCTION Working with the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) and other partners from district to community level and in conjunction with the Zambia Rising and Data Rising, the Community Rising project aims to strengthen social welfare systems and improve policies for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC); to improve coordination, planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation among organizations providing services to these children; and to help bridge the coordination gap between government, civil society, the private sector, and other critical stakeholders at district and community levels. Activities are in 14 districts in 5 Zambian provinces: Mwense, Nchelenge, Mkushi, Kabwe, Kapirimposhi, Luangwa, Chongwe, Kafue, Kitwe, Ndola, Chingola, Choma, and Namwala as well as Mazabuka. WHY A DIRECTORY In baseline assessments conducted for Community Rising with the Department of Social Welfare, findings were that at district and lower levels of program implementation, the various OVC-related service delivery providers did not have ready listings of organizations in the sector at their disposal. The absence of a list of organizations was identified as one of the reasons for the lack of effective linkage and referral at local level. Without this information, it is difficult to link and refer children for services. Thus, Community Rising worked with partners, including Catholic Medical Mission Board , the Ministry of Community Development and Social Welfare (MCDSW), the Ministry of Gender and Child Development (MGCD), the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Ministry of Education (MoE), and district stakeholders, including District Welfare Assistance Committees (DWACs), Area Coordinating Committees (ACCs), and Community Welfare Assistance Committees (CWACs), to conduct mapping of OVC services and consolidate them in form of a directory for each district. HOW THE DIRECTORY WAS CREATED Information contained in this directory was collected in interviews with contact persons at the offices of the listed organizations. Interviews were guided by a questionnaire, and the information elicited was entered into a database developed for the project. After the information was entered, further verification was conducted to ensure accuracy of records, remove errors, and correct omissions. The tool used for data collection was a product of wide consultations conducted by cmmb and Save the Children in a workshop attended by various stakeholders, including the ministries of Community Development, Gender and Child Development, Home Affairs, Education, and Health, Luapula Foundation as well as partners from the Zambia Rising and Data Rising projects. A technical working group was selected from among workshop participants; the team finalized the data collection tool after pre-testing it with selected Lusaka-based organizations. The tool was then given to field technical coordinators, CR project employees working at provincial level, and to district social welfare officers to collect the information in the districts under their charge. WHAT THIS DIRECTORY INCLUDES The pages that follow describe organizations operating in Mazabuka district as entered into the Community Rising database. Each organization’s listing provides the date of registration, geographical COMMUNITY RISING │ MAZABUKA DIRECTORY │ JUNE 2016 │ PAGE 5 operating area, address, contact person, vision, mission, objectives, major thematic areas, types of services provided, and affiliated networks. It is expected that with this information readily available, providers and other stakeholders will find it easy to make referrals, identify other organizations to collaborate and network with, and close the gap to ensure that OVC receive holistic services, without duplication, so that many children receive needed support. The goal is to enable effective linkage at district and lower levels and to facilitate referrals. It is expected that the directory will be reviewed periodically to include new organizations and to modify listings for organizations where changes have taken place. ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY RISING ACTIVITIES The CR project also decentralizes the initiatives introduced Zambia Rising and Data Rising at higher levels and will build upon and cascade these systems and interventions from the district down to community level. This work will be guided by: a recognition of the importance of strengthening GRZ systems and processes for sustainability; a commitment to building on previous investments to produce results quickly and efficiently; and prioritization of geographic areas based on need and OVC burden data. According to the 2012 programming guidance for OVC of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the core functions of an effective social service system include: leadership and governance, workforce, financing, information and accountability, coordination and networking of service delivery mechanisms. ABOUT THE LUAPULA FOUNDATION AND CMMB Luapula Foundation (LF) is an indigenous Zambian nonprofit nongovernmental organization, registration number 101/0011/13. It is implementing the five-year Community Rising project, which was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in October 2013 by cooperative agreement number AID-611-13-00005 under PEPFAR. LF supports the lifting