As the curtain finally comes down on the institutional capacity development support project that was funded by the African Women Development Fund (AWDF) in June 2012, we stand with our heads held high and proud of our achievements.
It all started with a simple email from the AWDF that we received in one of the congested internet cafés in downtown Bulawayo city in June 2012. The email carried the good tidings that AWDF had approved a USD20.000 request from CCCD for institutional development. Since then, we have been growing from one level to another and in the process establishing ourselves as one of the fastest growing community based organizations in the Bulawayo Metropolitan province.
The grant enabled us to secure office space at one
of the most strategic positions in our area of operation. Soon after securing
the office space, we embarked on a mission to put in place the necessary
infrastructure relevant for the exercise that we wanted to fulfill. We also
secured a state of the art communication system that has made internet cafés a
thing of the past. We have proper office desks, chairs and computers that are
coveted by colleagues who visit us.
The funding also enabled us to institute
mission-driven staff development, strengthen governance measures, institute
appropriate organisational management systems and strengthen gender and Information
and Communication Technologies advocacy. The recent re-branding exercise that
saw the organization assuming a new corporate logo and launching a website is
an icing to the cake. Our presence on the World Wide Web also saw us launching
a Facebook account which already has more than 80 likes.
As the curtain comes down on the project, CCCD is
now firmly positioned and her impact felt. We are geared to move from our roots
in Bulawayo North district to touch the lives of women and girls in the greater
Bulawayo Metropolitan province and beyond.
We are proud of our association with the African
Women Development Fund and we thank them for their investment in the work that
we do.
