COMMUNITY RISING NCHELENGE DISTRICT DIRECTORY Mapping Services for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Zambia’S Nchelenge District, Luapula Province June 2016
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COMMUNITY RISING NCHELENGE DISTRICT DIRECTORY Mapping Services for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Zambia’s Nchelenge District, Luapula Province June 2016 PHOTO: GARETH BENTLEY 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 ______________________________________________________________ 5 INTRODUCTION _____________________________________________________________ 6 Why a Directory ....................................................................................................................................................... 6 How the Directory Was Created ........................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 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. ZAMBIA NATIONAL WOMEN’S LOBBY ________________________________________ 9 2. NCHELENGE INTERDENOMINATIONAL YOUTH LEARNING AND SHARING INITIATIVE GROUP ____________________________________________________________________ 10 3. ST. PAUL’S MISSION HOSPITAL ______________________________________________ 11 4. NCHELENGE DISTRICT AIDS TASK FORCE _____________________________________ 12 5. KASHIKISHI HOME-BASED CARE _____________________________________________ 13 6. NCHELENGE DISTRICT WOMEN ASSOCIATION ________________________________ 14 7. NETWORK FOR ZAMBIAN PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV, NCHELENGE CHAPTER ________ 15 8. HOPE FOR THE NEEDY ZAMBIA _____________________________________________ 16 9. BUMI BWESU YOUTH CENTRE ______________________________________________ 17 10. VISION AFRICA REGIONAL NETWORK, ZAMBIA ________________________________ 18 11. WANKUMBU WOMEN CLUB _______________________________________________ 19 12. ANGLICAN CHURCH _____________________________________________________ 20 13. UNITED CHURCH OF ZAMBIA ______________________________________________ 21 14. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT _______________________________________________ 22 15. MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ______ 23 16. LUAPULA COMMUNITY RADIO _____________________________________________ 24 17. SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH _________________________________________ 25 18. ZAMBIA NATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES __________________________________ 26 19. DEPARTENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE ________________________________________ 27 20. DISTRICT AIDS TASK FORCE _______________________________________________ 28 21. POLICE, VICTIM SUPPORT UNIT _____________________________________________ 29 22. MINISTRY OF CHIEFS AFFAIRS _______________________________________________ 30 23. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION _______________________________________________ 31 24. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, KASHIKISHI MISSION DISTRICT _______________ 32 25. WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL, MWERU ADP _______________________________ 33 26. SOCIAL WELFARE ________________________________________________________ 34 COMMUNITY RISING │ NCHELENGE DIRECTORY │ JUNE 2016 │ PAGE 3 27. DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICE _________________________________________________ 35 28. ZAMBIA CORRECTIONAL SERVICES __________________________________________ 36 29. NATIONAL REGISTRATION PASSPORT AND CITIZENSHIP ________________________ 37 30. IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT _______________________________________________ 38 31. DISTRICT EDUCATION BOARD _____________________________________________ 39 32. ST. PETER’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, ST. PETER’S PARISH ____________________________ 40 33. NCHELENGE DISTRICT COUNCIL ___________________________________________ 41 COMMUNITY RISING │ NCHELENGE DIRECTORY │ JUNE 2016 │ PAGE 4 ABBREVIATIONS ACC Area Coordinating Committee AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome AZIEA Alliance Zambia Informal Economy Association CHEP Copperbelt Health Education Project CHEZA Community Health Evangelism Program CHIN Children in Need Network CINDI Children in Distress CMMB Catholic Medical Mission Board CR Community Rising CWAC Community Welfare Assistance Committee DATF District AIDS Task Force DEBS District Education Board Secretary DR Data Rising DWAC District Welfare Assistance Committee GRZ Government of the Republic of Zambia 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 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 PLWHAs people living with HIV/AIDS THPAZ Traditional Health Practitioners Association of Zambia USAID United States Agency for International Development ZCEA Zambia Civic Education Association ZR Zambia Rising COMMUNITY RISING │ NCHELENGE DIRECTORY │ JUNE 2016 │ PAGE 5 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, Mkushi, Kabwe, Kapirimposhi, Luangwa, Chongwe, Kafue, Kitwe, Ndola, Mazabuka, Choma, Chingola and Namwala as well as Nchelenge. 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 Nchelenge district as entered into the Community Rising database. Each organization’s listing provides the date of registration, geographical COMMUNITY RISING │ NCHELENGE DIRECTORY │ JUNE 2016 │ PAGE 6 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