Our Successes
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Your involvement can take many forms, and each one has a significant impact. Whether you choose to donate, volunteer, or spread the word, you are contributing to a brighter future for children around the world. Here's how you can get involved:
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Makwavarara Commission
CHRA successfully fought against the Makwavarara Commission, which governed the City of Harare for 3 years in contravention of the Urban Councils’ Act that stipulates that Commissions should only oversee the affairs of Local Authorities for a maximum period of nine months pending an election.
ZINWA Takeover
•The Association facilitated a successful national advocacy campaign that sought to influence the reversal of the ZINWA takeover of water and sewer reticulation services from local authorities. Government reversed the ZINWA takeover in 2009.
Zimbabwe Devolution
•CHRA led a campaign for the inclusion of the devolution framework in the current constitution through the National Residents Associations Consultative Forum, which raised awareness on the need for a devolved governance system in Zimbabwe.
Stakeholder Engagement Policy
CHRA pushed for, and influenced the development and implementation of the City of Harare`s Stakeholder Engagement Policy. The Policy forms the basis for the local authority`s engagement platforms and sets standards for consultative procedures on policy and city budget formulation.
ZINWA Takeover
CHRA mobilized residents to resist WELL-Cash, a debt collector engaged by council to attach residents’ property for outstanding bills. The campaign empowered residents to use the law to prevent the debt collectors from unilaterally attaching property, courtesy of legal literacy and capacity development by CHRA. Additionally, the campaign targeted the City of Harare and the Mayor through petitions and demonstrations. In 2017, council resolved to disengage the Well-Cash debt collectors. In November 2018, CHRA working with the Law Society of Zimbabwe and Community Water Alliance obtained a High Court order stopping the Council from re-engaging Well-Cash debt collectors.
Zimbabwe Devolution
CHRA led the advocacy campaign on the ward retention fund in 2009; CHRA sustained the campaign until December 2016 with the final adoption of the policy by council in 2018. Council has since reviewed the fund upwards from 10 to 25%.
