INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

The identified strategic issues have been clustered around four main areas which also form the proposed programmes namely- Economic and Social Accountability, Democracy and Governance, Livelihoods and Climate Change Adaptation and Conflict transformation and Peace Building. In addition, there is a fifth programme which provides support to all the other four programmes and is called Organisational Development. The programmes highlight the changes that Caritas Zambia would like to see (impacts and outcomes) for the next five years starting 2018- 2022:

About Caritas Zambia

Caritas Zambia is a Catholic Organisation that is an integral structure of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB). The Conference of Bishops is a permanent grouping of Bishops of a given nation or territory that jointly exercises certain pastoral functions on behalf of the Christian faithful of their territory. This is done for the sake of effective evangelisation. To promote the principle of the common good which the Church offers humankind, especially through forms and programmes of the apostolate which are fittingly adapted to the circumstances of the time and place, is the role of Bishops.