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Annual Report 2014 Annual Report 2014 Simukai Child Protection Programme No. 9/11 Aerodrome Road, Yeovil P.O. Box 2888 Mutare, Zimbabwe Mutare Office: +263 (20) 65530/62311 Chipinge Office: +263 (227) 5670 Rusape Office: +263 (25) 2334 Email: [email protected] [email protected] simukaichpingeoffi[email protected] simukairusapeoffi[email protected] www.simukaicpp.org 1 “He lifted me from a Table of Contents slimy pit…. and set my Acronyms 3 INCREASING SUSTAINABLE and set my Board Chairman’s Statement 4 HOUSEHOLD FOOD AND INCOME Director’s Statement 6 SECURITY feet upon Our Mission, Vision and Goal 8 The ZOE Orphan Empowerment Project 23 Increasing food security 23 Psalms 40 vs 1-3 a rock” CHILD PROTECTION Value Addition 24 Street Children Intervention 9 Income Generating Activities under the Advocacy and Prevention 10 Hope HIV funded project 24 Village Savings and Loans Association 25 EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT Simukai Pre-School 17 HEALTH PROMOTION Catch Up Program 18 I Can Walk Again Without Falling 28 Youth Education Pack (YEP) 19 Scouting 20 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Construction of a two classroom block 21 Human Resources 29 Finance 29 Funding partners and level of funding 30 NETWORKING PARTNERS 31 Notes 32 “He lifted me from a slimy pit ……. And set my feet upon a rock” (Psalms 40 v 1-3) 1 “He lifted me from a Table of Contents slimy pit…. and set my Acronyms 3 INCREASING SUSTAINABLE and set my Board Chairman’s Statement 4 HOUSEHOLD FOOD AND INCOME Director’s Statement 6 SECURITY feet upon Our Mission, Vision and Goal 8 The ZOE Orphan Empowerment Project 23 Increasing food security 23 Psalms 40 vs 1-3 a rock” CHILD PROTECTION Value Addition 24 Street Children Intervention 9 Income Generating Activities under the Advocacy and Prevention 10 Hope HIV funded project 24 Village Savings and Loans Association 25 EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT Simukai Pre-School 17 HEALTH PROMOTION Catch Up Program 18 I Can Walk Again Without Falling 28 Youth Education Pack (YEP) 19 Scouting 20 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Construction of a two classroom block 21 Human Resources 29 Finance 29 Funding partners and level of funding 30 NETWORKING PARTNERS 31 Notes 32 “He lifted me from a slimy pit ……. And set my feet upon a rock” (Psalms 40 v 1-3) 2 “As agriculture is the most common activity for ensuring food security, the ZOE project provides maize certifi ed seed and chemical fertilisers to the children in support for a better agricultural yield.” Simukai Child Protection Programme SAMPLEAnnual Report 2014 Acronyms 2 3 AIDS Acquired Immune Defi ciency Syndrome “As agriculture is the most common AGRITEX Agricultural Extension Services activity for ensuring food security, the BEAM Basic Education Assistance Module ZOE project provides maize certifi ed CHH Child Headed Household seed and chemical fertilisers to CRC Child Rights Clubs the children in support for a better DSS Department of Social Services agricultural yield.” FACT Family AIDS Caring Trust HIV Human Immune-Virus HH Head of Household HR Human Resource IEC Information Education and Communication IGA Income Generating Activities MWAGCD Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Gender and Community Development NANGO National Association of Non-Governmental Organizations NGO Non-Governmental Organizations NRC Norwegian Refugee Council OVC Orphans and Vulnerable Children OSSG Out of School Study Group PSI Population Services International Simukai Simukai Child Protection Programme STI Sexually Transmitted Infection VFU Victim Friendly Unit VFC Victim Friendly Courts WEI World Education Incorporation YEP Youth Education Pack ZNA Zimbabwe National Army Simukai Child Protection Programme “He lifted me from a slimy pit ……. And set SAMPLEAnnual Report 2014 my feet upon a rock” (Psalms 40 v 1-3) 4 Board Chairman’s Statement Despite several challenges that the organisation faced during 2014, Simukai’s activities continued to progress and several life changing stories were recorded for hundreds of disadvantaged children, their families and communities. The organisation prides in its work and this Annual Report gives an opportunity to our valued readers, sponsors, mentors and associates to take a look at some of the milestones. We are adapting to a rapidly changing context and our work is also evolving to match the changes we see in the world particularly in child protection. Looking back at 2014, I can say that I am proud of our work! It is a reality that our job, our mission, and our need to prevent child abuse in all its forms gets more challenging each year as resources continue to dwindle yet the need increases. There are more emerging issues concerning the child and the family and as we move forward there is need for collective action and creation of partnerships that amplify our voices and campaigns. On that note, we acknowledge the fact that we are part of a growing global movement in Child Protection. With support from Mr E.T. Chikoshana our strategic partners, we have reached commendable Board Chairman milestones. We salute them! Simukai Child Protection Programme SAMPLEAnnual Report 2014 5 ...our need to prevent child abuse in all its forms gets more challenging each year as resources continue to dwindle yet the need increases. We would also like to acknowledge and thank the I am thankful to our funding partners, local and Government of Zimbabwe for some notable policy international development partners, Government reforms policy reforms that stimulate economic and the many communities that we work with. growth and have improved social services availability Your dedication to Simukai’s work is an important and accessibility. Increasingly, we have found investment in the future of Zimbabwean Children meaning in our work and are better positioned in and their families. the Government’s efforts to make Zimbabwe a better place. As we move forward, we envision growth both geographically and in the resource base while In terms of governance and compliance with we remain guided by the Strategic document. organisational constitutional provisions, we The organisation continues to recognise honesty, managed to carry out an external audit, quarterly trustworthy, confi dentiality, empathy and integrity Management Board meetings as well as the 2014 as values that it identifi es with. In 2015, we set out Annual General Meeting. During the AGM, partners to reach out to more and impact on the lives of more converged to and review our work leading to the children. strategic review process that took place in the same year. I would like to take pride in mentioning that We honour your partnership with us as we remain this particular exercise was a success and we have determined and centred on the needs and rights of made particular changes in our implementation children. design and model to suit the ever changing context in which we live and work in. Simukai has implemented different projects that Mr E.T. Chikoshana facilitate the realisation of children’s rights and Board Chairman empowering them economically through fi nancial support to start income generating projects. “He lifted me from a slimy pit ……. And set SAMPLEmy feet upon a rock” (Psalms 40 v 1-3) 6 Director’s Statement Mrs. F.B. Matsanga Director Dear Reader! I would like to extend a warm and cordial welcome and greetings to our valued readers of this 2014 Edition of the Simukai Child Protection Programme Annual Report! Ebenezer for the Lord has carried us thus far into another year of programming, especially under the continued liquidity crisis characterized by dwindling fi nancial resources to execute the targets, goals and objectives of Simukai the organization. Simukai Child Protection Programme has continued to continues to soldier on despite adversaries and operational challenges affl icting the Programme. Programming funding has pride in engaging, continued to dwindle in the last year mainly owing to the persistence of the so-called Euro-Zone fi nancial crunch invigorating, obtaining in Europe (mostly affecting Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy) where most funding partners or donor cordial and agencies` offi ces are resident. As charity begins at home, these mainline or traditional donor agencies are mutually benefi cial also grappling with poorly performing economies back home, leading to funding grants to development projects relationship that including Simukai being drastically affected by way of signifi cant budget cuts. In some unfortunate cases, being we enjoy with stopped altogether as these affected countries struggle our traditional to put their own economies back on track. Children continue to face abuse in many forms including leaders... rape, sodomy, neglect, abandonment owing to family Simukai Child Protection Programme SAMPLEAnnual Report 2014 6 7 disintegration, economic hardships, orphanhood team work, pulling our weight together and keeping amongst major reasons for the plight that children Simukai on top of the league in the Development and minors fi nd themselves in. However, despite landscape”. such a background, Simukai together with its able and indispensible stakeholders, fellow Child Simukai continues to pride in engaging, invigorating, Servicing Organizations (CSOs)and other likeminded cordial and mutually benefi cial relationship that we organizations` resolve is more galvanized than ever enjoy with our traditional leaders such as village before to be the household name and protectors heads (Sabhuku), headmen (Ishe) and chiefs of fi rst resort of such children living in diffi cult (Mambo) in the discharge of our mandate, especially circumstances. the component of interfacing with communities and disseminating vital information and communication Director’s At this juncture I would like to thank our parent rapidly and effectively to the target populations. ministry, which is the Ministry of Public Service, Traditional leaders are gate keepers in so much Statement Labour and Social Welfare (MPSLSW) through the as they are custodians of social values and Departments of Social Services and Child Welfare cultural norms, and entrance and penetration to Mrs. F.B. Matsanga and Probation Services, respectively, for policy rural communities is critical.
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