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End of year newsflash
Self Help Development Foundation - Training & Advisory Services (SHDF-TAS)
February 01, 2007

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Introduction
2006 was a busy and exciting year for all of us at SHDF-TAS. There were also a lot of challenges that had to be overcome for the organisation to achieve its mandate. Of note, is the hyper inflationary economic environment that savings club members and the organisation at large found themselves operating under. Since savings and thrift are values instilled in the members, with the harsh economic conditions most found this to be challenging.

Such challenges were overcome by developing and implementing cutting edge development strategies that would counter the unfriendly conditions, such as investing savings in the purchase of livestock, household assets or even household foodstuff (dura).

On a sad note, three field trainers passed away. Mrs. Josephine Mzulu, one of the oldest serving members of SHDF died, leaving a gap in the Marondera district which will be difficult to fill. Diana Taru, who was the field trainer of Mrewa District and Tambudzai Dakarai who was based in Gokwe (Nembudziya) also passed away in the last quarter of the year. Our heartfelt condolences go out to their families.

2006 Highlights and achievements

• A major achievement of 2006 was the design and launch of our website, whose domain is www.shdf-tas.org.zw This has seen us joining the world wide web and other world leaders with regard to the empowerment of women and the development of rural communities.
  
• A highlight of the year was the participation of SHDF-TAS in Namibia at the SADC Conference on Violence against Women & Girls hosted by Women's Action for Development (WAD). The conference ran from the 22nd to 23rd of November 2006 in Windhoek. The organisation was represented by Executive Director, Mrs. Wadzanayi Vere, Training Manager Charity Chirara and Gweru region Regional Training Officer (RTO), Jennifer Makombe.
  
• The first phase of the Strategic Refocusing Workshop was held from the 3rd to the 6th of October. Issues to deal with gender, development, democracy and human rights and how the SHDF-TAS can incorporate them in its operation were brought to the fore by development consultants who include Unity Chari, Ignatious Musona, Dr. Ranga Zinyemba and Alice Zinyemba. This set the ball rolling for the implementation and mainstreaming of gender, democracy and human rights approaches in SHDF-TAS programmes.
  
• 2006 was indeed a happy year for Savings Club Members in Glen Norah who received a sewing machine courtesy of Dr. Schlee's family who had been impressed by their efforts in improving their standard of living.

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