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Exciting changes in Nakonde As World Vision approaches the end of its time in Nakonde ADP, Rene Onte, World Vision New Zealand programmes team leader, reflects on some of the changes over the years.
Nakonde’s traditional authority Chiefteness Waitwika has become a strong advocate for changes in traditional gender roles. She is well respected in her community and, because of her interaction with World Vision, has strongly influenced the community to become educated about gender issues that were constraining their development. The ADP’s gender policy and activities influenced the local government to put into place its own district gender policy. Rene says: “To me , this is one of the biggest achievements of the ADP. I first visited the area in 1999, and during return visits over the years it has been interesting to see the changes in roles and attitudes. At that time, relationships between men and women were very traditional – there was little respect for women, polygamy was common and the women were basically housekeepers and childminders. Things have changed significantly. For example, take the typical image of an African woman working with a child on her back. Well, it is now common to see men carrying or minding children! This change in attitudes and relationships is one of the fantastic outcomes of the programme and one that is really sustainable.” Nakonde ADP established and trained home-based care teams to provide support for families affected by HIV and AIDS. These groups now take a community leadership role far beyond that for which they were created. They have been involved with distributing food in times of crisis and also lead the wider HIV and AIDS prevention and care programme. In the area of education, World Vision and the community worked together to improve primary schools. This has encouraged children to stay in school, improving their educational achievement and reducing the drop out rate. “I have told this story many times, but it is worth repeating. It is one family’s story of the improvements in their food security. The father learned about appropriate agricultural practices through World Vision. He applied what he had learned to cultivate vegetables, plant fruit trees and establish a fish pond. This integrated farm really made the most of the resources available to him and greatly improved the nutritional and economic wellbeing of his family. Nakonde ADP has used his farm as a model for other farmers to see what is possible. The Ministry of Agriculture was so impressed that it has also used his farm as a field laboratory for other farmers to learn about integrated farming,” says Rene. Thanks to the faithful support of New Zealanders who have sponsored children from Nakonde, this community has learned from World Vision and is now ready to continue these and many other exciting developments on its own. Nakonde now understands long term sustainable community development, and supporters from New Zealand have been instrumental in its success. |
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