2023-2025 STRATEGY
Since 1980 ORAP has been single-focused in its quest to fight all forms of poverty. ORAP’s approach has been to address poverty by reconnecting people and rebuilding the social fabric of communities. ORAP sees grassroots communities as leaders for development and agents for behavior change through dialogues. It emphasizes developing relationships with external agencies as funding sources, learning, idea-sharing, and partnerships. ORAP respects the wisdom and inputs of communities and their indigenous knowledge systems in leading development initiatives in planning and implementing community-initiated projects. From 2017 and 2022, ORAP Strategy focused on 3 pillars: Nutrition, Enterprise, and Wellness, with youth, gender, and environmental action integrated as cross-cutting. The strategy was implemented at a time when ORAP was in the process revitalizing its grassroots base. The period was also characterized by the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought community development activities to a standstill. ORAP, however, managed to pull through, although the achievement of some strategic objectives was below expectations. The organization has reduced the strategic period to three years in response to the unpredictable state of the economic, political and social environment around the region and the world. This strategic plan involved communities, ORAP members, and stakeholders, including the Governing Board and ORAP staff and management. The areas of focus for the strategic period 2023-2025 are Community mobilization, Organisational Development, Food and Nutrition Security, Enterprise Development, and Workplace and Community Wellness.
FOOD & NUTRITION SECURITY
To ensure food and nutrition security at Community level
CORE AREAS:
1. Availability of Nutritious food
i. Promotion of Food Production &
Processing Technologies and Practices
ii. Productive Asset Creation and
Rehabilitation
iii. Support of community-led
Commodity trade initiatives
2. Accessibility of sufficient nutritious food
i. Increase Disaster Preparedness
ii. Hunger Response
iii. Increase market functionality
3. Utilisation of nutritious food
i. Promotion of nutrition education
ii. Enhancing food preparation and
Preservation
iii. Enhancing appropriate dietary
Intake for everyone and every household And improving health and nutritional
WORKPLACE AND COMMUNITY WELLNESS
To ensure a healthy community and work environment.
CORE AREAS:
1. Community wellness
i. Mental health & psycho-social
Support programs
ii. Social Cohesion programs
iii. Behaviour change programs
2. Staff wellness
i. Mental health programs
ii. Physical health program
iii. Promotion of a positive working Environment
ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
To strengthen and position the ORAP brand as a Leader in Community development in Zimbabwe
CORE AREAS:
1. Communication and
brand management
i. Draft and implement a communication
And brand management strategy
ii. Align organizations
Visibility to strategy
2. Resource mobilization
i. Diversify sources of funding
ii. Expand partnership portfolio
COMMUNITY MOBILISATION
To have well-organized members who can Plan and implement their actions.
CORE AREAS:
1. Strengthen Productive Associations
i. Improve membership base
ii. Organise all members in productive
Commodity Associations
iii. Connect Associations with national and
International networks
2. Community action planning
i. Community visioning
ii. Research and development
iii. Strengthen advocacy capacity
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
To increase economic participation and incomes
CORE AREAS:
1. Access to capital & markets
i. Community Savings and Lending
(Qogelela)
ii. Market linkages
iii. Financial Services
2. Livelihood diversification
i. Micro Enterprise Development
ii. Entrepreneurship Skills Development
iii. Promotion of resilience in entrepreneurship
3. Value chain development
i. Promoting viable value chains
ii. Employment Creation
iii. Commodity Aggregations