Vision, Mission, & Strategy

VISION

MCDA’s vision is to improve children’s well-being through the creation of a socio-economic environment conducive for their growth and development.

MISSION  

MCDA’s mission is to enhance children’s wellbeing through child centered development interventions, and active involvement of the community and development partners.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

MCDA believes that every child has fundamental human rights, and that a balance between the population of Zambia and its natural resources and productivity is a necessary condition of human happiness, prosperity and peace. It has the following strategic objectives:

  1. To improve equity access to quality health care services to MCDA rural communities by June 2027
  2. To increase access to quality education for pupils in Mumbwa and Shibuyunji district by June 2027
  3. To raise awareness among stakeholders on the importance of child rights, child abuse, exploitation and violence against children in Mumbwa and Shibuyunji by June 2027
  4. To contribute to the Improvement of the lives of households in Mumbwa and Shibuyunji districts by 2027
  5. Promote gender equality in all MCDA programs by June, 2027
  6. Strengthen organizational systems and structures for Mumbwa Child Development Agency by June, 2027
  7. To build the capacity of all the association boards at district and community level across organisation operational area by 2027

MCDA STRATEGIES

Our mandate for the next 10 years demands that we focus on the following strategic areas.

  1. Health

Other than being central to human happiness and wellbeing, health also makes an important contribution to economic progress. Having acknowledged that there many factors that affect the health status and a country’s ability to provide quality health for its people, MDCA has embarked on activities that aim to ensure a healthy population that is able to engage in productive activities within its catchment areas.

  1. Education

Despite many efforts that have been put in place to ensure access to education, millions of children are still denied the right to education. Restricted access to education is one of the surest ways of transmitting poverty from one generation to the other. However, the long term economic social and personal gains of education are proven for individual’s families and development of the nation at large. Therefore, the agency strives to promote development through providing minimum standard education and sufficient levels of literacy numeracy and life skills to enable people to lift themselves out of poverty.

  1. Child Protection

All children have the right to protection. They have the right to survive, to be safe, to belong, to be heard, to receive adequate care and to grow up in a protective environment. Schools and communities are responsible for building a safe and child-friendly environment outside the child’s home. The Agency works in partnership with relevant stakeholders to promote child rights within its catchment areas by establishing referral systems and child protection structures at all levels. The agency aims at promoting child protection so that children can grow up free from violence, learn and develop to their fullest potential.

  1. Livelihood

Improving people’s lives, capabilities, assets, income and activities required to ensure the necessities of life is key to the reduction of poverty. The agency in partnership with other stakeholders is dedicated to engage in promoting activities that are sustainable and enable people to cope with various economic and social upheavals and enhance their well-being while considering future generation without undermining the resource base. This is done by providing avenues for youths for capacity building and platforms that promote entrepreneurship.

  1. Advocacy

Advocacy in all its forms seeks to ensure that people, particularly those who are most vulnerable in society are able to defend and safeguard their rights, have their views and wishes genuinely considered when decisions are being made about their lives. The government has a mandate to build infrastructure on behalf of the people. MCDA is committed to advocate for infrastructure development and accountability on behalf of members of the community.

  1. Gender

Worldwide, most countries recognize that equal rights should exist between men and women. While the principle of gender equity in the workplace is generally accepted, discriminatory practices persist in many organizations despite regulations to the contrary. The Agency aims to create an open and friendly atmosphere to address gender discrimination issues