Economic Empowerment Programme

Rural and peri-urban communities in KwaZulu-Natal are amongst the most marginalised and impoverished people in South Africa. This is worsened by the lack of information about where and how to access resources and support for their own development. People are often trapped in situations where they are not able to improve themselves or to make interventions that could ensure sustainable transformation in their lives. KZNCC developed a database of economic empowerment initiatives operating in KwaZulu-Natal. Through the Covenant and Land Programme between German Churches and communities in South Africa we support the rehabilitation and development of displaced communities in Thukela Mzinyathi area.

Lobbying and Advocacy Programme

By Churches Provincial Advocacy Office (CPAO)

The advocacy office of the KwaZulu-Natal Christian Council (KZNCC) is a platform of constructive and critical engagement with the provincial legislature of KwaZulu-Natal government. This advocacy office is put in place with the purpose of ensuring delivery of basic social services to communities of the poor and marginalised. As required by the imperative for participatory democracy this advocacy office of KZNCC is established to exercise a prophetic ministry with the poor. The contribution of the ecumenical movement in the democratisation and transformation of our society takes the form of animation and incarnation of the context of the marginalised. The ecumenical movement advocates towards equality and protection of all before the law, and the quest for a non-racist, and non-sexist society,

Healing of Memories and Reconciliation Programme

BACKGROUND

During the 1980s and 1990s, KwaZulu-Natal was more affected by political and criminal violence than any other province in South Africa. The pain and trauma accumulated by this violence has been aggravated by the HIV and AIDS pandemic and by gender violence which are rife in this province. Many people who could make a significant contribution to political and economic development will continue to be paralysed unless they can overcome this ‘multiple woundedness’ and their true potential can be unlocked. The KwaZulu-Natal Christian Council and nine partner organisations have formed a consortium to reach out to the affected groups and individuals and provide a rich diversity of interventions including healing of memories sessions, giving communities skills to deal with pain and trauma, providing individual and community counselling, sharing personal experiences, and other activities. The aim is to help individuals and groups to work through their own personal history and develop attitudes and actions that support a just, equitable and healed society.