Background

Tell
Zimbabwe Trust is implementing social accountability programs in Masvingo and
Manicaland provinces under the following key objectives:

• To capacitate 140 citizen journalists on
  new media reporting and
  civic engagement in the era of fake news for the promotion of citizen
  oversight and participation in development processes by May
  2021. 
• To promote access to credible information
  for informed decision making by citizens on elections and accountability
  in Chiredzi, Masvingo, Manicaland’s Buhera and Mutare by May
  2021.  
• To create platforms for youths’ voices for
  dialogue and engagement between politicians and marginalized communities
  in Chiredzi, Masvingo, Manicaland’s Buhera and Mutare by May
  2021.  

Tell Zimbabwe fully
appreciates that for these objectives to be actualized there ought to be vibrant
youth and gender policies that guide the organization.  It is against this background that Tell
Zimbabwe seeks an expert to help the organization develop comprehensive Youth
and Gender policies.

Purpose

The purpose of the
assignment is to support Tell Zimbabwe Trust to develop comprehensive Youth and
Gender policies.

Objectives

·        
To
work with Tell Zimbabwe Trust Board and staff to develop a comprehensive Youth policy

·        
To
work with Tell Zimbabwe Trust Board and staff to develop a comprehensive Gender
policy

·        
To
guide Tell Zimbabwe Board and staff on how to best utilize the Youth and Gender
policies

Roles
and Responsibilities of Consultant

·        
Conducting
organizational analysis to understand current documents that are relevant to
the development of Youth and Gender policies.

·        
Working
with Tell Zimbabwe Trust Board and staff to understand organizational needs and
to draft Youth and Gender policies.

·        
Developing
draft documents of Youth and Gender Policies.

·        
Finalizing
Youth and Gender policies.

Deliverables

·        
Gender
Policy

·        
Youth
Policy

·        
Workshop
Report

Scheduling

The
assignment should be conducted within November 2020.

Total LOE: 12 days

Payment

Payments
will be done at the end of the assignment upon submission of an approved Youth
and Gender Policies.

Reporting

The Consultant will provide finalized Youth
and Gender policies outlining key approaches and procedures to be followed in
conducting these policies within Tell Zimbabwe Trust.

Interested
consultants should send their expression of interest together with a financial
proposal to goldenmaunganidze37@gmail.com or editor@tell.co.zw copying kuzipap@gmail.com by 15 November 2020.

WCoZ members during clean-up campaign

Agnes Madechihwe

Gweru–
The Women Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) Gweru Chapter last week embarked on a
donate a pad campaign aimed at mobilising sanitary wear for girls whom they say
are struggling to access the basic commodity in the face of a biting economy.

WCoZ
and their Young Women Forum (YWF) cluster embarked on a clean-up campaign in
the Gweru Central Business District (CBD) raising awareness on the importance
of helping and empowering the girl child in the communities.

Young
Women Forum (YWF) chairperson, Grace Mazambani said WCoZ was advocating   for free sanitary wear for all women paying
special attention to rural girl child.

“We
are grateful as a movement to be hosting such an initiative as we hope to
maintain a clean and safer environment.

“We
are pleased to inform you that we have collected a lot pads since the beginning
of the campaign and we hope to distribute them to vulnerable girls around Midlands
province.

“Right
now if you check in shops sanitary wear is very expensive  as it is going for US$1 a pack and for  most rural girls it’s hard because  they can’t afford to get money to buy. In
other words we want sanitary wear to be subsidized by government so that women
get it for free,” said Mazambani.

She
encouraged men to join the initiative as most donations had been contributed by
men.

“We
also want the drive to influence policymakers to swiftly act on this issue
because it’s a matter of urgency. We want policies which protect the welfare of
the girl child; we want policies which ensure that the sanity of young girls
and women is considered just like that of the boy child.

“We
are also encouraging men to donate towards the initiative because they are also
part of this programme. We have received 288 packs from Gweru Urban Member of
Parliament Brian Dube and we are very grateful,” said Mazambani.

Councilor Mukodza holding the award and Mutare Town Clerk Joshua Maligwa in Harare recently during the CCAZ awards

Felix
Matasva

MUTARE– While
most cities in the country are groaning under the yoke of hyperinflation with
service delivery suffering a huge blow, the City of Mutare has been recognized as
one of the best local authorities faring well under the struggling economy by
winning the Service Delivery Excellence Award at the 9^th Edition of
the Contact Centre Association of Zimbabwe (CCAZ) awards ceremony held in Harare
last week.

Barely two weeks after the local authority
scooped the national Gender Champion Award, the City of Mutare’s star continued
to shine even brighter with the Service Delivery Excellence Award added to
their name.

The City of Gweru and Victoria falls were the first and
second runners up in the same category.

City of Mutare spokesperson Spren
Mutiwi said that the recognition goes to show that the local authority was
trying, despite the harsh economy, to deliver to its mandate.

“Remarkable improvements in service delivery and good
customer care services made possible through proper stakeholder engagement by City
of Mutare have been recognised.

“The awards stand as recognition of sterling service delivery
improvements, new work ethics and culture at the civic centre. We are on a
massive rebranding drive so that we make Mutare great again by retaining its lost
glory.

“We are transforming all our services and
infrastructure provisions hence the recognition from even beyond our borders,”
said Mutiwi.

He said the city is trying to provide services despite the
harsh economic conditions largely caused by the Covid-19 induced national
lockdown.

“The City of Mutare has done its best in provision of
basic services notwithstanding difficult economic environment we are operating
in. Regardless of debilitating effects on our operations induced by macro-economic
conditions coupled with Covid-19 pandemic, the local authority managed to
provide portable clean water.

“At the moment we are ensuring that Dangamvura pipeline
is resolved and works are currently in progress. The project will absolutely change
lives of Dangamvura residents.

“Women and children will no longer spend so much time
in water queues as it affects other schedules they may have,” said Mutiwi.

First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa

Beatific
Gumbwanda

CHIREDZI–
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, who doubles as the ambassador of Health and
Child Care, together with the ministry of Social Welfare are working towards the
revamping of Chambuta Children’s Home into a rehabilitation centre for children
who live in the streets.

The
First Lady, through her Angel of Hope Foundation, is working with various
municipalities and town councils towards improving Chambuta Children’s Home
into a state of art rehabilitation centre aimed at improving livelihoods for
children living in the streets.

Chambuta
Children’s home is currently housing 56 children, most of them from Harare.

During
her three days visit to Chambuta Children’s Home recently, the First Lady said she was
working towards rehabilitating the children’s home into a Vocational Training
Centre, where talent will be identified before transferring kids to their
responsible areas.

“My
greater wish is to transform Chambuta Children’s Home into a rehabilitation
centre for children living in the street across the country’s provinces in
order for them to realise their future dreams.

“We
came here to see the welfare of our children whom we brought here from
different towns across the country where they were living in the streets. This
is a government institution which does not select types of people to be
accommodated here.

“Children
living in the streets encounter different forms of abuses because they have no
one to look after their welfare. These children no longer have their future
expectations and they are entitled to free health services, food, clothes and
education which they are going to be given here,” said the First Lady.

Various
city councils and municipalities were given mandates to refurbish and decorate
each house, which is going to be named after their city.