Gender Development Commission
[grid4 first] [gobox featured=”yes”] [image path=”images/kallyas_images/ok.png”] GDC [/gobox] [/grid4] [grid4] [gobox] Goals To facilitate gender mainstreaming in all EFZ systems, processes and programs [/gobox] [/grid4] [grid4 last] [gobox] Key result areas Women’s Ministry and Leadership Development Gender Mainstreaming and Community Mobilization Advocacy and Governance [/gobox] [/grid4] Key Achievements Women’s Ministry and Leadership Development The Commission works with the EFZ Women’s Advisory Committee through the Women’s Committee to resource and equip women in the fellowship in their leadership roles. Through Leadership Development programs, the Gender Development Commission seek to foster increased satisfaction and ministry excellence, resulting in greater glory to God. The objectives under the Key Result Areas are: Mobilise the women in the Fellowship to take a full role in all the programmes and structures of the Fellowship, the Body of Christ and the nation – provincially and nationally. Equip women in and outside the Fellowship for biblical womanhood and motherhood Advocate and lobby in order to establish for society a vision for a model biblical woman. Facilitate and/or undertake any developmental, charitable and spiritual projects and activities of uplifting women and the needy through the Gender Development Committee. Gender Mainstreaming and Community Mobilization In order to engage with religious and cultural practices that have a negative impact on the lives of women and girls, the Commission has trained 35 Trained Channels of Hope Facilitators implementing the Channels of Hope – Gender Methodology in their communities across Zimbabwe. The Channels of Hope – Gender model was used to sustainably impact communities thorough looking at all obstacles to girls’ success emanating from religious beliefs and practices in the IGATE project. Channels of Hope places local religious institutions at the center of Developmental outcomes strengthening church’s response to gender injustices by assisting faith leaders in becoming community change agents who offer messages and provide/support programming which address these key gender issues. Through a Gender Competency Bucket, a tool that analyses and evaluates the following Key Gender Competencies in Churches: Relevant and responsible use of the bible Accountable leadership Knowing and acknowledging vulnerabilities Transformative justice Compassionate care and support Comprehensive prevention Meaningful community interaction A number of religious practices that need to be addressed in the Churches across Zimbabwe are being identified and addressed by Local Church Leaders. Advocacy and Governance Through the Gender Development Commission, EFZ is implementing Non State Actors Coordination and Capacity Strengthening Programme collaboratively with The Non State Actors Apex Alliance which is a consortium of civil society apex bodies. The two and half year programme is being supported by the EU and it commenced in 2016. The main objective of the project is to build capacity of non state actors to effectively participate in national development processes and strengthen coordination mechanisms within the CSOs. In addition, the programme seeks to influence the creation of an enabling environment for non state actors to effectively carry out their development work across all the sectors. The following partners are the ones who are spearheading the implementing of the programme: Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC), Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe, National Association of Non-Governmental Organisation (NANGO), Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ), the National Association of Youth Organisations (NAYO), National Association of Societies for the Care of the Handicapped (NASCOH), and Zimbabwe National Council for the Welfare of Children (ZNCWC). News & Updates – Photo Gallery {gallery}GDC-102017{/gallery}
Humanitarian Relief Development Commission
Project Title: Enhancing Absorptive Capacity of Households Affected by Cyclone Idai in Chipinge and Buhera EFZ Cyclone Idai Response in Chipinge The Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe responded to the devastating effects of Cyclone Idai of March 2019 through the Enhancing absorptive capacity of households affected by Cyclone IDAI in Buhera and Chipinge districts project which ran between June – December 2020. The project was delivered with a budget of USD 162 715. A total of 400 households in ward 10 and 6 of Chipinge were assisted with immediate basic needs which included food and non-food items. Over 2 months of distribution, each of the 400 households received 40kg mealie meal, 6kg sugar beans, 4kg kapenta, 4kg sugar, 4kg salt, 4l cooking oil, a dignity kit consisting (2 female panties, 2 packs of sanitary pads, 2 toothbrushes, 2 tubes of toothpaste and 2 bath towels), 20l water bucket with tap, 20l Gerry can container, 1 blanket, 2 bars of soap and a small bale of donated clothes. These items made it possible for the beneficiaries to meet their daily food and non-food needs as they embarked on a difficult journey to rebuild their lives and their homes which were destroyed by the Cyclone. Additionally, through the local church, the project was able to facilitate the construction of 10 blair latrines at critical public points including churches and business centres in order to mitigate against the spread of hygiene related diseases such as cholera among others. In the same regard, the project trained 120 local hygiene champions who continue to raise awareness on good hygiene practices in their respective communities. The project further constructed a one of a kind gravity-fed water piped system in ward 6. This initiative is currently directly serving over 100 households and has led to the establishment of a community garden which will benefit the whole community at large and raise incomes at household level. In ward 10, Heilrand Primary School was furnished with a new water point. The borehole now provides clean and safe water to over 600 pupils and staff, as well as the surrounding villages. To ensure a sustainable future for the communities, as they largely rely on agriculture, the project trained 120 community members in conservation agriculture and provided them with inputs for the 2019 agricultural season. The local Agritex department was engaged and continues to capacitate them on good agricultural practices. More importantly, the project ensured that the communities in ward 10 and 6 are self-sufficient to provide psycho social support to members of their communities through the training of 120 local providers of basic counselling. It was critical to include this aspect given the trauma that was experienced when the cyclone hit. Direct project beneficiaries: Food and non-food assistance (2656 people); Trainings (541 people). Additionally, 1454 children from the beneficiary households each received a pair of shoes, a gesture that was made possible from member donations. [grid4 first] [gobox featured=”yes”] [image path=”images/kallyas_images/ok.png”] HRDC [/gobox] [/grid4] [grid4] [gobox] Goals To strengthen the capacity of the EFZ members by demonstrating the love of God through interventions that alleviate human suffering, save lives and promote life. [/gobox] [/grid4] [grid4 last] [gobox] Key result areas Child Protection HIV and AIDS Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) Sustainable Livelihoods Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability [/gobox] [/grid4] Key Achievements EFZ facilitated improved access to safe drinking water to over 60 000 beneficiaries in Epworth, Murewa and Mutoko by drilling 26 new boreholes and rehabilitating 98 water supply systems over three years. Approximately 98 000 people were reached with gospel messages through borehole drilling crusades. Our interventions in Mutoko-Makora School New Project Case Provided educational assistance to 750 Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in 14 schools in Chitungwiza through the Block Grant System under the Joint Initiative Program. Rolled out Support a Child Campaign Programme in Masvingo, Mashonaland Central and Harare that saw over 300 church leaders trained in Child Protection focusing on Statutory Frameworks that govern child protection in Zimbabwe. Supported Faith Based Networks in implementing National HIV and AIDS policies in Zimbabwe. This saw 350 secondary care givers, 400 youth peer educators and 263 pastors trained on pastoral care and counselling, Community and Home Based Care among other response interventions. 25 support groups and 32 youth clubs that foster behaviour change being formed EFZ trained 70 maternal health champions in Epworth who are facilitating awareness raising and knowledge transfer on maternal health issues. Future programs Working alongside EFZ member churches to implement lasting water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services —large or small scale, rural or urban—while bearing witness to Jesus Christ in word and deed-Water for Life in Jesus Name Building the advocacy capacity of the churches to meaningfully influence policies, sector guidelines, standards related to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene(WASH) Coordinate and network church’s effort on child protection Operationalize the EFZ Child protection policy Strengthen and coordinate church HIV/AIDS Response Implement the “EFZ every local church plant a tree Campaign” to be held on the first Sunday of December. Articles [grid2] WASH Report [/grid2][grid2] “Water for Life in Jesus Name’’ Project in Murehwa District [/grid2][grid2] Mashaire Village Story [/grid2][grid2] Tamuka Village / Esnath Story Piece [/grid2] Photo Gallery {gallery}HRDC-102017{/gallery} EFZ WASH Report
Commission for Ministry Development
[grid4 first] [gobox featured=”yes”] [image path=”images/kallyas_images/ok.png”] CMD [/gobox] [/grid4] [grid4] [gobox] Goals To enhance the relevance of the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe by facilitating, coordinating and providing ministry programs and activities to members. [/gobox] [/grid4] [grid4 last] [gobox] Key result areas Evangelism, Discipleship and Church Planting Prayer Holistic Ministry/Integral Mission Youth and Child evangelism [/gobox] [/grid4] Key Achievements Evangelism, Church Planting and Discipleship 300,000 people were reached with the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Zimbabwe between June 2017 and May 2018. There ere was mass evangelism crusades that were conducted in partnership with the following ministries: Christ for All Nations (with Evangelist Daniel Kolenda) Jesus for Africa Evangelistic Ministry Zimbabwe for Jesus 5,000 people were introduced to Basic Contrextual Bible Storying (Orality) in Epworth, Harare, Mutoko and Murehwa through the 5:5:5 Orality Strategy for Discipleship Multiplication. 31 Local Church Denominations were equipped with skills and envisioned on the concept of Holistic Integral Mission between April 2017 and April 2018. Equip – Approximately 100 round tables were established since the launch of the Salt & Light Strategy in 2017. Prayer – Over 700 church leaders converged in Harare for the prayer Conference with Prophet Cindy Jacobs in Harare. The 3-day prayer conference was characterised with prophetic ministry (to the nation and to individuals), deliverance and miracles as leaders prayed together with singleness of heart and purpose. The conference was culminated into a week of prayer and fasting which climaxed on the 25th of May, 2018 as the whole church represented by ZHOCD (Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations) converged at the Harare Showgrounds for the Zimbabwe Day of Prayer. This was then followed by a mass gathering of young people at Glamis Arena for the Stadium Worship. Support to Member Bodies The Commission for Ministry Development endeavours to partner with member bodies and the broader church in meeting the Spiritual and Physical needs of God’s people. The Commission has the following tools which member bodies can utilize for their Evangelism and Discipleship Programmes: Contextual Bible Storying – Orality Church and Community Mobilization Process Framework Alpha Course Holistic Integral Mission Training Orality Leadership Training [row] [grid4] Download the CCMP Facilitators’ Manual The Church and Community Mobilization Process (CCMP)Facilitators’ Manual [/grid4] [grid7] Pictures from the Cindy Jacobs Prayer Conference {gallery}CindyJacobs/{/gallery} [/grid7] [/row] For more information, contact our head of Commission for Ministry Development on : Tel : +263 774 136 567 or Mobile : +263 4 772 234/5