TERMS OF REFERENCE
RESEARCH
Assessment of primary health care system performance in Zimbabwe.
Deadline: 9 November 2018 (12.00 hours)
Objective
The National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (NANGO) and its partners, i.e. SAPST, SMAIAS, ZAN & ZiCHIRe seeks proposals from Consultants to carry out an assessment of primary health care service delivery in Zimbabwe and publish a research paper from the findings.
Primary health care (PHC) is the backbone of a health system and quality PHC initiatives have been recognized as fundamental to improving health outcomes. The strength of the country’s primary care system can deliver equitable health services and secure the health of communities A critical review of the evidence on quality of health care as well as an evaluation of why the country has been underperforming on important health outcomes is essential in the implementation of the National Indicative Program (NIP).
The research is intended to evaluate the quality of health services offered at local health centres in Zimbabwe from 2014 to date, ascertain how well health services are being delivered at local health centres; based on community experiences and to determine the value that people place on public health service delivery. The study is also expected to help unveil factors that are responsible for consumer satisfaction and explore the extent to which service delivery, inputs, health financing, and governance limits the performance of Zimbabwe’s primary health care system. The Consultant is also expected to conduct country comparisons to benchmark PHC performance in the country.
Methodology
Apart from key informant interviews and / or focus group discussions, the Consultant will conduct a desk review of existing data, reports other studies and various documents which include EU documents on the state of health in Zimbabwe, the EU NIP Zimbabwe documents, prior research papers into the area of study as well as reports from civil society organizations working on health and community engagement. Where possible, interviews with key stakeholders within the health sector and relevant government and EU officials as well as some programme beneficiaries will be conducted to corroborate desk research findings.
The Consultant is expected to track and evaluate some of the following indicators;
Organization of Work
The consultant will:
Deliverables
The researcher is expected to submit the following reports:
Qualifications, Skills and Experience of the Researcher
The following skills, experience and competencies are required:
Application Procedure
Interested Consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their suitability for the assignment:
Proposal submissions in sealed envelopes marked CSO NIP RESEARCH must reach the following address by 12:00 hours on 9 November 2018: NANGO Head Office, 15 Bodle Avenue, Eastlea, Harare.
Alternatively applications can be submitted electronically to programsmanager.nango@gmail.com cc: info.nangozim@gmail.com
The dates for the Zimbabwe International Book Fair have been set for 29 July – 2 August 2019. The Indaba Conference will therefore take place on 29 and 30 July 2019. The theme of the 2019 Indaba Conference is “Footprints of the Book: Milestones & Opportunities”. The many previous themes of the Indaba looked at the character and the future of the book in its various forms and looked too at important issues that affect the writing, publishing and sale of books like piracy, reading culture, pricing and the digital character of the book of today, etc. These, however, tended largely to bemoan the goings on in the book sector in Zimbabwe and Africa since 1980. We tended to be gloomy. It is the Association’s submission that a theme such as Footprints of the Book: Milestones and Opportunities, would give ZIBF an opportunity to look back and identify what stakeholders think are the milestones achieved so far, celebrate them as well as point out clearly how and where each milestone was achieved and what opportunities are should be exploited to bring back the renaissance. A case in point is to go back and see what caused the boom of the 1980’s (which saw the rise of Dambudzo Marechera, Charles and David Mungoshi, Barbara Nkala, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Yvonne Vera, Virginia Phiri, Chenjerai Hove, Musaemura Zimunya, Shimmer Chinodya etc) and find what facilitated it and how it could be triggered again.
Sub-Themes:
Presenters are encouraged to submit their own innovative topics and abstracts that speak to the theme, “Footprints of the Book: Milestones & Opportunities”.The following sub-themes are meant to guide possible research areas although they may be used as research topics:
1) Mutation and the Evolution of the Book
2) Forwards and Backwards: Reminiscing the Book
3) Motivating Content Generation in the Digital Age
4) Creating Synergies in the Book Industry
5) The Political Economy of the Book in Africa
We therefore urge and encourage contributors to the 2019 Indaba to come up with ideas that will benefit all participants in the book value chain.
Submission of abstracts
Abstracts of not more than 500 words and word-processed in Times New Roman script with 1.15 line spacing should be submitted by 15 April 2019 by email toevents@zibfa.org.zw with a copy to zibfa@yahoo.com. The abstracts will be reviewed by experts and authors of selected abstracts will be notified by 30 April 2019. Presenters should submit the full papers and PowerPoint presentations of the full paper by 31 May 2019. Power-point presentations are required and must summarise the full paper in bullet form and should enable presenters to speak to the paper within the allotted time. However, those that must read the paper should summarise it and present within the allotted time.
The National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (NANGO) mourns the loss of, Frank Mudimba, the Director of Basilwizi Trust and a development torch bearer from the NANGO Western Region.
He was 46.
Mudimba worked closely with NANGO from the time he got into office as Basilwizi Trust Director in 2009 and also sat on the NANGO Western Region board.
During his time as the Director of Basilwizi Trust, the organisation achieved numerous milestones. He coordinated the Zambezi Valley Advocacy Project which led to the recognition of the rights of fishermen from Binga, Hwange and Nyaminyami Districts. He sourced funding from the British Embassy to build a fishing warehouse and a cold room for the Kujatanakwesu warehouse in Binga. Mudimba also coordinated the Community Capacity Building in Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Project which contributed towards peaceful elections in 2013 in Binga District. He coordinated the Self-Help Group which contributed to women empowerment, some of the women currently hold leadership positions in their respective institutions. Three women from Nagangala/Sinampande ward chair key community developmental committees – dip tank, school development and clinic committees.
Under his tutelage, Basilwizi, received numerous awards including the 2017 NGO Community Development Partner of the year and best implementing partner for the OVC Good Practice Programming award from Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare.
An avid reader, researcher, philanthropist and child rights advocate, at the time of his death Mudimba was supporting three disadvantaged girls from Tyunga, Kalungwizi and Siabuwa wards in Binga while in the past he supported vulnerable children through paying for their education and other material needs until they completed secondary level.
His legacy within the NGO sector speaks for itself.
The National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (NANGO), the official umbrella body of NGOs operating in Zimbabwe, is concerned with the social, economic and governance trajectory our beloved nation is currently undergoing. Zimbabwe is currently experiencing diverse challenges which call for true servant and inclusive leadership premised on the need to deliver positive development outcomes for all.
NANGO acknowledges at this juncture that Zimbabwe is in need of political leadership, which unites the nation for the common good. Political leadership that has no political boundaries but is driven by the national agenda for development as espoused in various national policies and programmes. Effective implementation of these will contribute towards sustainable socio-economic and governance development. We are cognizant that Zimbabwe has come of age, and that there is sincerity in all-political players to dream and visualize a Zimbabwe that all will cherish and pledge their patriotism.
It is against this background that NANGO calls upon all political players to find each other for the benefit of those living in vulnerable conditions for instance children, women, youths, persons with disabilities, and indigenes amongst others. All what citizens are yearning for is a nation that can offer them opportunities and allow them to realize their dreams, a nation where its people progressively realize their social, economic, environmental and governance rights. All this can remain a mirage if there is discord within the politics of the day.
We therefore call upon our political leaders to consider coming to the table and collaboratively finding a progressive solution to the current challenges we are facing. Only by working together can we move forward. Our country is greatly divided and this is one of the major determinants of our slow to no progress. The just ended harmonized elections showed that the two main political parties have a huge following all garnering over two million votes apiece. As such with the right political leadership we can galvanize development if and only if our political leaders can lead in the unification agenda and work together in developing the nation. Political stratification will not deliver sustainable development but will succeed in perpetuating the current economic outlook. Our humble and heartfelt request is for ZANU PF and MDC to unite for nation building. Zimbabwe let us work together for nation building.
NANGO is a non-party political, non-profit making organisation and non-denominational official coordinating body of NGOs in Zimbabwe with a membership compliment of over a thousand organisations. It carries under its wings an amalgam of various issue constituencies and representative groups all with the singular focus of meeting the development needs of men, women and children in Zimbabwe.
The annual NGO Directors Summer School, a platform that was created for senior leadership in the NGO sector to meet and share knowledge and information with development partners, government and the corporate community celebrates its tenth anniversary.
This year NANGO, its members and various stakeholderstake stock of how NGO Directors have contributed towards inclusivity of all stakeholders in Zimbabwe through strengthening of multi-stakeholder engagements and partnerships. This is also an opportunity to explore how civil society has been able to facilitate dialogue and create synergies among various stakeholders in an endeavor to bridge the gap between the general citizenry and policy makers for meaningful realization of national development.
The NGO Directors Summer School will be held on 15 and 16 November 2018 at Cresta Churchill Hotel in Bulawayo. This year it runs under the theme Towards an inclusive Zimbabwe: A decade of strengthening multi-stakeholder engagements and partnerships.
Objectives of the 2018 NGO Directors Summer School
Expected Outputs
NANGO is the national coordination and umbrella body for over 1000 registered Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Zimbabwe, founded in 1962. It is a non-political, non-partisan, non-profit making and non-denominational organization mandated to coordinate the activities and work of civil society working on the following thematic aspects affecting development: Arts and Culture, Children, Disability, Economic, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian, Land and Environment, Women and Youth. NANGO works through five regional offices that coordinate the activities of the CSOs in all ten Provinces of Zimbabwe.
Our Vision at NANGO is to become a proactive community of NGOs who are responsive and committed to the sustainable development needs of all people in Zimbabwe and the full realization of human rights, democracy, good governance and poverty alleviation. Our Mission hinges on the commitment to strengthen, represent and coordinate the work of NGOs in Zimbabwe through creation of space that promote networking, dialogue and engagement to enable the fulfillment of member’s visions and missions.
NANGO is a meeting place of the hopes and aspirations of millions of men and women in their capacities as the disabled, the vulnerable, the displaced, the oppressed and a host of other marginalized groups. Concomitantly NANGO bears the responsibility of unifying these various concerns by creating spaces for collaboration, mutual support and the development of common best practices.
Some of the discussion topics to look out for include at the summer school include:
Day One:
This session will aid delegates to reflect on the participation of civil society in national development in the last ten years, explore challenges and opportunities and aid stakeholders to explore best advocacy strategies and synergies.
This is a feedback report from the National Board Chairperson on the strides taken to respond to civil society priority areas as set out at the 9TH NGO Directors Summer School.
The session analyzes the economy’s trajectory and explores further the implications and impact on the general citizenry and non-state actors at large in an endeavor to come up with joint solutions and advocacy plans to improve the economy.
The session will explore the importance of fighting corruption through exposing all local, national, regional occurrences of fraud, corruption and illicit flows of resources, together with any actions which point towards the capture of public institutions for purely private illicit and fraudulent interests.
The four-way sector specific SONA round table dialogues will afford delegates the opportunity to explore further key economic and social determinants in smaller groups, come up with a way forward for engagement of the state and other key interested parties
Day Two:
Stakeholders to the Conference
It is expected that the Conference will bring together 100 NGO Directors from across the country. Also, the following stakeholders have been invited as well to share experiences and knowledge: government ministries and institutions, independent commissions, labor, development partners, private sector and the church.
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) is seriously concerned with negative effect of the 2019 Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review and Supplementary Budget Statement presented by the Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube on 1 August 2019.
The supplementary budget, instead of giving hard pressed Zimbabweans some room to breathe, proposes a host of tarrif hikes that will further improverish Zimbabweans. In particular increases such as ZESA tarrifs by over 273%; tollgates fees by 500%, Public service Vehicle Operations’ licences; Route Authorisation fees and ZINARA services will simply mean that these costs will be passed on to consumers. Read more in the PDF below
The following are recommendations that were brought forward by 140 various stakeholders comprising of directors, junior counsellors, junior parliamentarians, government ministries, independent commissions, labor, development partners, private sector and the church who attended the 10th NGO Directors Summer School in Bulawayo.
NANGO, as the coordinating body of NGOs, has the role of prioritising and streamlining the recommendations. The first step has been to categorise the recommendations in four clusters which are social, economic, political and legal. Each is led by a sector specialist.
n a bid to increase women representation and effective participation of women leaders in public administration and civil society organisations, Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) with support from Hivos mobilised 20 women leaders to participate in the 10th NGO Directors Summer School. This intervention is anchored on increasing women’s effective participation through capacity building and providing support for exposure visits to learn from best practices.
In that regard, the NGO Directors Summer School offered the Board Chairperson of WCoZ, Rinika Mumbire, an opportunity to explore the importance of fighting corruption through strategies such as exposing all local, national, regional occurrences of fraud, corruption and illicit flows of resources, together with any actions which point towards the capture of public institutions for purely private illicit and fraudulent interests.
She was guided by the topic “Winning the fight against corruption – roadmap to Zimbabwe’s transformation”.
Mumbire highlighted that a study by the World Bank titled Corruption and women in government concluded that higher rates of female participation in government are associated with lower levels of corruption. Women have higher ethical behavior and appear to be more concerned about common good.
“While women are less involved in corruption themselves, they are more disadvantaged from the consequences of a corrupt system themselves,” she said.
Mumbire added that corrupt systems reinforce existing gender discrimination especially regarding inheritance, property rights and financial independence. Corruption in revenue systems reduces revenue, exposes women to abuse and affects income and livelihoods of women.
To curb the capture of public institutions Mumbire proposed increased participation of women in decision making, capacitation of women to hold decision making positions, addressing the deep roots of corruption, offering free legal aid to victims of corruption as well as acknowledging presence and functions of structures such as Anti-Corruption Commission.
She emphasized that fighting corruption is key in achieving vision 2030.
WCoZ mobilised women from Zimbabwe Women’s Bureau, Women’s Space, Shamwari yemwana Sikana, Imba Mukadzi, Zimbabwe’s Women’s Resource Center Network, Gender Peace and Security Networks, Zimbabwe Young women For Peace Network, Tony Waite, DP Foundation, Emthonjeni Women’s Forum, Girls Women and Empowerment Network, Proweb, Young Women Christian Association, The Foundation project Trust, Female Prisoners Trust, Women Development Association in Zimbabwe, Life Health and Education, J.M Busha 54 Races and Kastwe Sisterhood.
Civil society organisations met with the SADC Chairperson and President of Namibia, Hage Geingob to present their call for Zimbabwe to promote, consolidate and maintain democracy, peace and security.
The National Board Chairperson of the National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (NANGO), Wadzanai Vere, was part of the delegation that was led by Rashid Mahiya, the Chairperson of Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition and Director of Heal Zimbabwe. The delegation comprised of Okay Machisa, Reverend Useni Sibanda, directors ofZimbabwe Human Rights Association and Zimbabwe Christian Alliance, respectively, and Blessing Vava the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition Regional Director.
The meeting with the SADC Chairperson builds up on the NANGO Green Paper Series that documented engagements between civil society and political party leaders, independent commissions and independent election candidates. The engagements which started before elections were aimed at inculcating sustainable peace beyond the election season. The continued engagement with government went further to include SADC in discussing the emergency of protecting citizens’ socio-economic and political rights.
Rashid Mahiya, the Chairperson of Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, in his presentation stated that Zimbabwe has not fully implemented the 2013 Constitution. The implementation of the constitution has been slow and there is limited movement in repealing repressive legislation which is in conflict with the constitution. Society continues to call for security sector and media reforms and the non-implementation of recommendations by the SADC Election Observer Mission to facilitate for diaspora voting.
“There is a perpetual economic meltdown which has resulted in high levels of inflation and an increase in domestic debt which has compromised the government’s capacity for the provision of social services. If left unresolved this has economic, social and security effects at a regional level. We however acknowledge efforts at attracting foreign and local investments” Mahiya said.
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition Chairperson added that “The Zimbabwean society is heavily divided and polarised and there is huge trust deficit characterised by a perpetuation of political polarisation in post-election period”.
Mahiya also spoke about military involvement in civilian processes and gave an example of the events of August 01, 2018 in which the military shot seven unarmed civilians in the full glare of both regional and international media. He also said the media particularly the state-controlled media continues to be partial perpetuating divisions in society.
Lastly, he asserted that while Zimbabwe is a signatory to both the SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections and the African Charter on Democracy and Elections, there is limited movement in domesticating and implementing these protocols and that there are fears the next elections will be held under undemocratic conditions if this is not addressed.
The delegation proposed interventions which should be understood in the context of the ongoing political and economic crisis bedevilling the country.
1) That SADC should consider supporting an internal and inclusive stakeholders’ dialogue in Zimbabwe. It is our conviction that the dialogue process must involve all stakeholders and a national visioning process that has civil society, government, political parties, business, religious groups and labour unions among other critical stakeholders on board. The national dialogue should seek to realise the foundational values and vision of SADC in creating a Common Future, a future within a regional community that will ensure economic well-being, improvement of the standards of living and quality of life, freedom and social justice and peace and security for the people of Southern Africa.
2) SADC should promote and support efforts at arresting the economic downturn in Zimbabwe and encourage Zimbabwe to adopt and implement pro-poor inclusive economic development policies. Efforts at economic transformation, stabilisation and growth should meet the expectations of the SADC objective of achieving sustained ‘Economic Growth and Sustainable Development so that people in the region have better living standards and employment opportunities.’
3) SADC in its endeavour to promote democratic principles in the region, should encourage the Government of Zimbabwe to uphold and guarantee citizens’ rights as enshrined in the Zimbabwean Constitution and other regional and international human rights treaties and statutes. SADC should encourage Zimbabwe to fulfil its obligations as spelt out in the SADC Treaty which designates “solidarity, peace and security; respect for human rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law and peaceful settlement of disputes” as its founding principles.
4) The SADC community in line with its objective of ensuring a democratic ad economically developed region should institute discussions on the situation in Zimbabwe and develop a political and economic rescue package that is predicated on democratic progress.
The delegation met at the backdrop of post-election violence, foreign currency shortage, cholera outbreak, shortage of drugs and basic commodities. These and other issues will be further deliberated at the NGO Directors Summer School the will be held in Bulawayo on 15 and 16 November 2018.
NANGO is a non-party political, non-profit making organisation and non-denominational official coordinating body of NGOs in Zimbabwe. It is mandated by its membership to coordinate the activities of NGOs, represent the NGO sector and strengthen the voice of NGOs in Zimbabwe. NANGO also coordinates various civil society responses to emerging issues in Zimbabwe.
Community Alliance for Human Settlements in Zimbabwe (CAHSZ) is a grassroots based, membership driven social solidarity alliance of twelve community based organisations and pressure groups in communities previously affected by arbitrary displacements and house demolitions in former commercial farming and mining communities, urban and peri-urban informal settlements across Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Mashonaland Central, Manicaland and Harare Metropolitan provinces over the past two decades.
CAHSZ believes that the recovery of these communities from the ravaging effects of arbitrary displacements, and pursuit of durable solutions to the myriad of challenges they face can be best achieved if they meaningfully participate in socio-economic, civic and political processes at local and national levels. Consequently, CAHSZ works to mobilize, organize and capacitate internally displaced persons (IDPs) by providing access to information and constitutional literacy to enable them to meaningfully participate and influence the formation of policies that will yield durable solutions to their longstanding challenges. CAHSZ also create strategic platforms and partnerships with other citizens, state and non-state actors locally, regionally and internationally to enable IDP communities to access support in their pursuit of durable solutions to the cross-cutting challenges they face.
Although CAHSZ’s approach is community centred, their work is national in scope and impact with the agenda being shaped by nationally obtaining political and socio-economic conditions. CAHSZ seek to influence national laws, policies and decisions that facilitate the recovery of all IDPs. Their goal is to ensure that while Zimbabwe’s responses to IDPs’ challenges are shaped by regional and international standards and best practices, those solutions should be tailor-made to address the specific needs of local IDPs. CAHSZ believes that safe and proper migration and settlements with safe and secure access to socio-economic and productive resources such as land is the panacea for socio-economic growth for IDPs and Zimbabweans at large.
Through their broadly inclusive and issue-based advocacy, CAHSZ has managed to bring IDPs’ issues on the national policy discussion fora thereby managing to influence national policy.
For more about CAHSZ contact +263773011445 or +263719278003 or email fmukora@gmail.com or tmandevhana@gmail.com
