Peace, Truth, Justice, Healing, Reconciliation
The Zaka community has embraced ECLF peace building initiatives and have made strides in upholding peace. This came to light during an ECLF partners’ forum held in Masvingo from the 4th to the 7th of June. During the forum delegates took time to engage with community members who have been recipients of ECLF peace building …
After years of walking excruciating 15km seeking health services the villagers for Mawanga ward in Mudzi have a reason to celebrate after their Local Peace Committee initiated the construction of Gwaze clinic after going through ECLF peace building training in 2015. The community clinic project had been long standing but because of community conflicts the …
The Ecumenical Church Leaders Forum (ECLF) together with its partners who make up the Program Steering committee (PSC), last week visited Mudzi and Mutoko Districts in Mashonaland East province for an excursion of some of the community projects that have bloomed from ECLF’s Conflict Prevention Management Resolution and Transformation (CPMRT) trainings. The two- day excursion …
Lately the ECLF Church Liaison Officer Bishop M. Khanye organised a field visit to the LPC Community Cohesion Projects in Mutoko and Mudzi districts. The participants were Bishops and stakeholders from two mother bodies mainly, Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) and Evangelical Church of Zimbabwe (EFZ), the Provincial Focal Person from Mashonaland East, the Lutheran …
Just a few months ago pupils from ward 5 in Zaka had to walk a long distance to reach their primary school, even though there is a school that is much closer to their homes. However, they could not attend this school due to a river on the way, which they were not able to …
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A poultry project, started after the Ecumenical Church Leaders Forum’s community sensitization on Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution and Transformation (CPMRT) workshop has transformed the lives of rural people in Chivi District. The project, launched by the Chivi District Local Peace Committee in November 20I4, involves a group of 23 LPCs who are working from their …
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The Binda community in Mhondoro has called for restorative justice as a pre-requisite for sustainable peace in the country. This came out at a Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution and Transformation (CPMRT) community peace outreach and dialogue session convened by the Ecumenical Church Leaders Forum on the 26th to the 28th of May at Binda Business …
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Traditional leaders in Chivi district, Masvingo province, have hailed the Conflict Prevention, Management, Resolution and Transformation (CPMRT) programme as a useful exercise that has assisted them in their traditional duties. A number of traditional law functionaries in the district have testified, giving practical examples how the skills they learnt from the programme have helped them …
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Members of the Sauerstown, Richmond and Hide-out communities have appealed to well-wishers to assist them with resources to set up income-generating projects to alleviate poverty and idleness among youth. These sentiments were made at a learning site visit organized by the Ecumenical Church Leaders Forum (ECLF) for one of their partners from Bread for the …
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