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Consolidated residents' update
Harare Residents'
Trust (HRT)
March 02, 2012
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Executive
summary:
The HRT has demonstrated its ability to rally most stakeholders
in local government, bringing together service providers, residents
and their elected representatives in a non-partisan manner. Through
residents' committees which are elected by the residents of a particular
community, the HRT has demonstrated a grassroots approach to problem
solving. The established committees are made up of Chairpersons,
Vice Chairpersons, Secretaries, Vice Secretaries, Treasurers and
not more than five committee members. They exist as champions of
residents' rights. By so doing, the HRT has demonstrated that it
is there to ensure that residents move away from being silent victims
of violations and injustice to become active agents of change in
their communities. This is in line with some of the HRT strategic
priorities of 'Developing the HRT to perform and maintain a Non-Partisan
Approach to Development, Membership Mobilisation and Development,
Lobby and Advocacy on Social Service Provision, Establishing Monitoring/Observatory
Committees at Community Level in Order to Conduct Social and Public
Services Audit and Developing a Responsible Citizenry.' The HRT
has managed to stay in touch with communities on the situation on
the ground, a major characteristic of evidence based advocacy.
This report
is a consolidation of HRT suburban structures experiences composed
of key issues that emerged from the Full Residents' Council Meeting
successfully hosted on Saturday 11 February 2012. The Full RC brings
together all the HRT residents' committees in Harare suburbs whose
chief responsibility is monitoring community service delivery and
the performance of elected councillors. The Full RC is an important
component of the HRT which meets annually to seriously debate on
community service delivery issues, make recommendations and resolutions
on how to deal with issues affecting communities. This report focuses
on the status of community service delivery by key service providers
for Harare; City of Harare, the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority
and the Police. By so doing the HRT is fulfilling its set strategic
goals of building a solid base of concerned residents in Harare
Metropolitan Province who are united for their welfare at community
level, building the capacity of residents of Harare to lobby and
advocate for quality and affordable services to their communities
and creating a formidable organisation that can withstand economic,
political and social challenges between 2011 and 2016. Community
leaders identified service delivery challenges and shared experiences
in their respective suburbs at the meeting. The meeting also provided
a platform to engage service providers for a way forward in best
addressing these challenges which is in line with the organizations'
mission statement: "To build capacity for productive engagement
among citizens, their elected representatives and service providers
as means to improve living standards in communities/ suburbs".
This report also details key achievements, recommendations and resolutions
by the HRT residents' committees on service provision, the key focus
are of the HRT.
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