05
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.
We are Live with ZIPAR at the Town Hall Meeting discussing the performance of the Zambia Plus Programme which has been implemented by the government to stabilize the Economy and make it resilient to the headwinds that have hit it over the last 3 years. CSPR is presenting on whether it has made any impact on the poor and vulnerable.
IMPACT OF FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT ON RIGHTS OF THE ZAMBIAN CHILD.
In the clip below; meet Joshua Banda, a pupil at Misisi Community School who looks up to his visually impaired mother, Catherine Daka for educational support. However, Catherine who has not received her social cash transfer for over a year now, is unable to support Joshua because apart from begging for arms, the social cash transfer funds are her only way to pay for his fees.
As we build up to commemorate the African Anticorruption Day on 11 July, we took time to document how families and children like Joshua are adversely affected by public mismanagement of funds reported in the Auditor General's Report.
Tune in to Diamond Tv channel 110 on GoTV, 545 TopStar, 21 on Muvi TV decoder at 18:00 Hrs on Sunday, 14th July, 2019 and watch how families like Joshua’s are affected by Corruption.
We are thrilled to be part of this Town Hall Meeting which among other aims is to review Zambia’s performance under pillar one and two of the Economic Stabilization and Growth Program (ESGP) 2017 -2019 and give recommendations of how Zambia can revive its path to economic stability and growth.
Our Resource and Governance Programmes Officer, Chimuka Nachibinga is one of the key panel discussants at the meeting.
Thank you ZIPAR for inviting CSPR to this important meeting.
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According to the 2017 Child Poverty and Deprivation in East and Southern Africa Report disseminatedWatch the ZANIS news clip of our work in North Western Province.
We are currently supporting the women and youth of Chizela and Matushi Wards in Mumfumbwe District to set up and run Savings-Led Village Banking.
This is part of our efforts to economically empower poor communities for them to actively participate in the implementation and monitoring of the 7th National Development Plan.
We thank our partners, IM Swedish and the District Administration Office in Mumfumbwe for the support.