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Jun
World Environment Day Press Release
Today, 5th June; as we Commemorate World Environment Day under the Theme“Air Pollution”, as CSPR we are greatly concerned with the growing lack of.
With support from ActionAid Zambia , we are implementing a project aimed at Enhancing citizen's civic participation through the implementation and monitoring of the 7NDP in Senanga and Mongu Districts.
To increase our effectiveness in reach with information on the 7NDP, CSPR trained journalists in districts to monitor and report on the progress made towards the 7NDP.
Thank you Prime Television Zambia for the cover
Thank you HOT FM Zambia for the coverage.Government must ensure continued support to children related programmes as it is implementing austerity measures announced recently, a consortium of Civil Society Organisations has advised.
As Zambia, commemorates this year’s Day of the African Child which falls on Sunday 16th June 2019, government must ensure continued support to key poverty reduction programmes such as Social Cash Transfer, Home Grown School Feeding and Sanitation Programmes, according to Eddy Musosa.
The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction Programmes Coordinator speaking on behalf of JCTR and CSO-SUN noted with sadness that six out of 10 children in Zambia are poor and coming from poor households which are unable to meet basic needs.
Mr. Musosa added that government needs to adequately finance youth and Child Development programmes in the Ministry of Sports as opposed to the current situation where sports is receiving more support.
And Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance Monitoring and Evaluation Lead Jessica Mayenda reiterated that in order to address the current nutritional challenges among children, government needs to focus its energies in bolstering health service provision.
CSPR is implementing a project called Civic Participation in the 7NDP in Senanga District with support from ActionAid Zambia. The project is aimed at building capacity of community members to participate in Implementation and monitoring of national development plans.
To us, community participation is key to sustainable development.
#ZAMI2019
Following the 3 days intensive deliberations that characterized the 2019 Zambia Alternative Mining Indaba (ZAMI), a communique has been submitted to the Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development.
One of the strong recommendations from the communique is the need for community involvement and consultations before any mining licence is issued out.
Follow the link to watch the handing over of the communique www.facebook.com/436494593379233/videos/2442486905773420/