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CHRA to conduct major environmental clean up campaign in Mabvuku/Tafara
Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA)
September 18, 2008

The Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) is conducting a major environmental clean up campaign in Mabvuku/Tafara this Saturday the 20th of September 2008. This activity is part of the Grassroots Advocacy Initiative (GAI) programme being implemented by the Association. GAI is a programme that aims at generating, facilitating and coordinating residents' initiatives that are aimed at addressing some of the critical service delivery problems currently bedevilling the city of Harare. Uncollected refuse has been piling up in Mabvuku and Tafara following the failure by the previous Makwavarara and Malachi led Commissions to implement effective waste management programs.

Uncollected refuse and the unavailability of clean water as well as the sewer crisis have contributed to diarrhoea and cholera outbreaks. In the last week, CHRA recorded 17 cases of diarrhoea outbreaks in Mabvuku and Tafara alone. It is against this background that the residents decided to team up and conduct this clean up campaign. The campaign is being conducted in partnership with Environment Africa, Lafarge cement (formerly Circle cement), city of Harare, local Church groups, the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) and community based organisations. The Honourable Mayor of Harare is also expected to attend and participate in the event. Meanwhile the residents of Mabvuku have also lined up a series of meetings with ZINWA to discuss and find a lasting solution to the water crisis that has paralysed Mabvuku/Tafara and the rest of Harare. CHRA remains creative in coming up with programs that enable the residents to design and implement community based initiatives aimed at addressing their local service delivery problems.

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