Organization Profile “Community Participation and Ownership key to sustainable Development” 1 Organization Contact Details PHYSICAL ADDRESS: AVOCA REVIVAL CRUSADE MISSIONS CHURCH, AVOCA,FILABUSI, MATABELELAND SOUTH PROVINCE, ZIMBABWE, SOUTHERN AFRICA CELL: 00263- 712 686 536, 0715499853 E-mail:
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[email protected] REGISTRATION DETAILS, TRUST REGISTRATION : M 446/2015 NAMES OF CONTACT PERSONS : Nkululeko Tshuma (Mr.) Director Praxcedes Moyo (Miss.) Programs Officer GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE : Mat South- Insiza,Umzingwane, gwanda Districts (B)ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION Organizational history Godlwayo Community Development Trust (GCDT) a community based organization (CBO) was founded in February 2014. Initially a community lobby and advocacy group on human rights issues encompassing HIV and AIDS issues, livelihoods and governance issues was founded within the Godlwayo (Filabusi) community (Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe). The need to improve schools pass rate within Filabusi area greatly informed the formation of this initiative as the community well wishers started making financial donations towards paying school fees for disadvantaged but ably performing school kids and this gave birth to a program called Godlwayo Education scholarship Program (GESP). Also the community identified gaps in information dissemination since there is a media blackout in the area so the idea of a community radio initiative was then muted and supported and this gave birth to a community radio initiative by name Godlwayofm specifically for information dissemination currently using bulk sms facility to share community news. After a year of operating in Godlwayo (Filabusi) it has been noted that the services of the organization are needed in other district and surrounding areas and since this means growth and expansion, the need to register as a formal organization was then realized.