Main activities
MeDRA’s primary goal is that empowered, resilient and restored communities enjoy their abundant life actively and actively participate in their own development.
For Community Empowerment
MeDRA is a Christian-based Local NGO owned by the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe. MeDRA uses a spiritual approach to sustainable development. MeDRA is result oriented and believes in a theory of change that seeks to empower and transform our target communities. MeDRA was registered as a private voluntary organization (PVO) in August 2009 although activities started in 2004. The organization has its mandate to undertake Humanitarian and Developmental programmes that aim at meaningfully contributing towards positive socio-economic change in Zimbabwe, beginning with marginalized communities and most vulnerable populations.
The organization has provided long term needed assistance in the areas of agriculture, water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, environment management and disaster risk management and emergency humanitarian aid. MeDRA has worked with various communities in peacebuilding initiatives aimed at promoting tolerance and peaceful coexistence through conflict resolution, management, and prevention mechanisms.
Empowering communities to build resilience through improved climate change adaptation, WASH and sustainable livelihoods.
Mobilizing Resources for Sustainability. MeDRA is increasingly recognizing the need to build a solid revenue base that would enable them to sustain their activities .
Promoting social and gender justice, mutual respect and tolerance. This strategy calls for close collaboration with the Methodist Church of Zimbabwe who will be the main driver of the process.
Strengthening MeDRA as an organization to enable it to deliver on its mandate: (Governance, HR, Policies and systems, Financial accountability, PMER, IT, Communication).
MeDRA’s primary goal is that empowered, resilient and restored communities enjoy their abundant life actively and actively participate in their own development.
Our programmes seek to ensure that communities and households have diversified household income, can access, and influence public services that are more responsive, accountable, at local and national levels, at community and national level, consequently leading to improved lives, security, layered agro-based livelihoods and nutrition. Through the provision of potable water in communities, improved sanitation and health and hygiene practices, sustainable livelihoods, building their capacity in adapting to climate change through sustainable farming practices, this has helped communities to stay resilient.
For Community Empowerment