Environmental policy and administrative management

Action for Positive Change is a non partisan Community Based Organization (CBO) which started carrying out its activities in Chipata District in 2002 and finally got registered with the Registrar of Societies of the Republic of Zambia on 4th May, 2005 under Registration Certificate number ORS/102/16/602. Action for Positive Change s purpose is to uplift the livelihoods and living standards of the rural poor in Chipata District especially women and the children. This is done through various interventions such as education on sustainable agriculture for food security, improved woodlots through promotion of tree planting, behaviour change in regards to HIV/AIDS prevention, orphan care and support, policy advocacy and gender equity. Their achievements in the area of environment include: Good agricultural and/or crop marketing policy advocacy Education on sustainable agriculture and, Agro-forestry. In its structure, the organization has both the Board and members of staff. The work of the Board is to provide the organization oversight and employs key personnel for the organization such as the Programmes Manager. Action for Positive Change is not a membership organization as it works with all the vulnerable members of the community through various interventions. However, the members of staff provide day to day work at the organization office and also conduct the field work with the help of locally trained volunteers such as Behaviour Change Communicators, Peer Educators and Community Action Groups. The organization Board comprises of seven (7) members with different academic backgrounds and experiences and cuts across all the sectors that the organization is involved in. This gives the organization a comparative advantage in undertaking its activities as it has board members that provide technical advice in all the sectors. The organization has a total workforce of five (5) full time members of staff that are on salary. The members of staff carry out day to day duties at the organization office and also conduct field work in collaboration with members of the community within Chipata District. 2. Project s main objective 2.1 To rehabilitate the dilapidated environment in Chipata District through appropriate and sustainable environmental rehabilitation through promotion of tree planting and preservation mechanisms and contribute towards mitigation of global warming, deforestation and land degradation. 3. Specific Objectives 3.1 To train 20 teachers from 20 rural Primary Schools in Chipata District in tree nursery preparation, seedling transplanting and tree management by December, 2012. 3.2 To source, procure and distribute seeds for various tree species to 20 rural Primary Schools in Chipata District for seedling production by December, 2012. 3.2 To facilitate the planting of 10, 000 seedlings of both exotic and indigenous tree species in 20 rural Primary Schools and various Villages of Chipata District by December, 2012. 3.4 To provide tree management and prevention education through conducting 24 educative theatre performances in 20 rural primary schools and with women groups in 4 villages of Chipata District by December, 2012. 3.5 To form 20 environmental preservation clubs in 20 rural primary schools of Chipata District by December, 2012. 3.6 To establish 20 community tree preservation demonstration plots in 16 chiefdoms of Chipata District by December, 2012. 3.7 To empower 400 members of the community in all the 16 Chiefdoms and 4 Schools of Chipata District with skills on how to make low cost Energy Saving Stoves by December, 2012.

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