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SPEECH FOR THE PERMANENT SECRETARY, SOUTHERN PROVINCE ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAUNCH OF THE ECHO PILOT PROGRAMMATIC PARTNERSHIP PROJECT, IN MONZE ON THE 19TH OF OCTOBER 2023

  • THE COUNCIL SECRETARY MONZE DISTRICT
  • ZAMBIA RED CROSS SOCIETY, DISASTER UNIT, BOARD CHAIRPERSON MR ROBINSON CHIWAMA
  • ZAMBIA RED CROSS SOCIETY PROVINCIAL PRESIDENT MR DAVID MUKELEBAI
  • ZAMBIA RED CROSS SOCIETY MONZE BRANCH PRESIDENT MS.XXXXX
  • IFRC & NLRC OPERATIONS DELEGATE, MRS. GLORIA KUNYENGA
  • THE ECHO PROJECT DELEGATE SIMON DOREILLE
  • HEADS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
  • DMMU PROVINCIAL REPRESENTATIVE MS. ESNART XXXXX
  • REPRESENTATIVES OF NGOS OPERATING IN MONZE PRESENT HERE
  • CIVIC AND COMMUNITY LEADERS PRESENT HERE,
  • MEMBERS OF THE PRESS
  • MAY I SIMPLY SAY ALL PROTOCOLS OBSERVED.

AS GOVERNMENT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF HIS EXCELLENCY, MR HAKAINDE HICHILEMA, WE ARE RESOLVED TO ENSURING THAT THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES BECOME BETTER AND SAFEGUARDED, AS A CORNERSTONE OF OUR MANDATE .

WE AS GOVERNMENT, ARE VERY LIVE TO THE FACT THAT BETTERING AND SECURING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WOULD ONLY BE ACHIEVED IF WE WORKED IN COLLABORATION WITH VARIOUS PARTNERS, WHICH INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.

I AM THEREFORE VERY HAPPY TO BE STANDING HERE TODAY TO GRACE THE LAUNCH OF YET ANOTHER PROJECT THAT SIGNIFIES SUCH A PARTNERSHIP. MAY I TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MENTION THAT ZAMBIA RED CROSS SOCIETY (ZRCS) HAS BEEN A LONGSTANDING PARTNER TO GOVERNMENT IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND MITIGATION. THE NATIONAL SOCIETY’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE RESPONSE TO THE FLOODS IN NAMWALA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY EARLY THIS YEAR, IS TESTMONY OF THIS PARTNERSHIP.

WE ARE GLAD THAT ZRCS, IN COLLABORATION WITH INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE RED CROSS & RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES, AND THE  NETHERLANDS RED CROSS – UNDER THE EURPOEAN UNION FUNDING, HAS  ONCE AGAIN MOBILIZED  TO IMPLEMENT LONG-TERM PROGRAMMING,  AIMING AT ENHANCING CAPACITIES OF OUR PEOPLE IN PREPARING FOR, RESPONDING TO AND COPING WITH DISASTERS IN CHOMA, MAZABUKA, NAMWALA & NOW IN MONZE, THESE ZONES,  ARE AMONG THE MOST AT RISK DISTRICTS IN SOUTHERN PROVINCE. YOUR TARGETING CANNOT BE QUESTIONED AS THIS IS ONE OF THE PROVINCES THAT IS WORST AFFECTED BY DISASTERS SUCH AS FLOODS AND DROUGHT. 

THE PROJECT WE ARE LAUNCHING TODAY IS  IN TANDEM WITH GOVERNMENT’S ASPIRATION AND IN LINE WITH THE SENDAI FRAMEWORK OF INCREASING FOCUS AND INVESTMENT ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION  IN ORDER TO SAVE MORE LIVES AND LIVELIHOOD. IN THIS VEIN, GOVERNMENT PLACED PARTICULAR FOCUS ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND EARLY ACTION PROTOCOL  IN THE EIGHTH NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (ENDP) AND OTHER DISASTER MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS 

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

GOVERNMENT IS COGNIZANT TO THE FACT  THAT EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND EMERGING EPIDEMICS OR PANDEMICS, ARE WORSENING THE VULNERABILITIES AND POVERTY LEVELS IN OUR COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE WOMEN AND THE RURAL COMMUNITIES. PRE-EXISTING VULNERABILITIES MAKES MOST OF OUR PEOPLE LESS ABLE TO WITHSTANDS THE SHOCKS OF DISASTERS WHEN THEY STRIKE.  THE FACT THAT 68% OF ZAMBIANS LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE, MAKES A GREATER PROPORTION OF OUR PEOPLE EXTREMELY VULNERABLE WHEN AFFECTED BY DISASTERS OR CRISES. 

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

WE ARE EQUALLY LIVE TO THE FACT THAT DISASTERS NEGATE THE COUNTRY’S EFFORTS IN ACHIEVING MOST SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. THE COMING IN OF ZAMBIA RED CROSS SOCIETY, IN THIS REGARD, IS TIMELY CONSIDERING THE TREND OF HAZARDS AND PREVAILING HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN ZAMBIA, AND IT IS GOOD TO NOTE THAT THIS PROJECT WILL BE FOCUSING ON:

  1. DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
  2. EPIDEMIC AND PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE AND
  3. CASH AND VOUCHER ASSISTANCE

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

THIS PROJECT IS HIGHLY COMMENDABLE AND AS EARLIER MENTIONED, IT SHOWS THAT  ZAMBIA RED CROSS SOCIETY, IS PULLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION WITH GOVERNMENT, FOCUSING ON THE SAME PRIORITIES REGARDING THE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AGENDA .

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

I WISH TO MENTION THAT, AS GOVERNMENT WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THIS PARTNERSHIP & MY OFFICE AND OTHER RELEVANT GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES AT ALL LEVELS, WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR ANY SUPPORT ZAMBIA RED CROSS SOCIETY MAY REQUIRE, FOR ENSURING THE SMOOTH AND SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROJECT.

I IMPLORE AUTHORITIES AND  THE PEOPLE IN  TARGETED COMMUNITIES  TO TAKE OWNERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY OF INITIATIVES THAT WILL BE BROUGHT IN THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS  PROJECT.

MAY I TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY ALSO, TO ENCOURAGE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO TAKE A LEAF FROM ZAMBIA RED CROSS SOCIETY IN ENSUING SUSTAINED PARTNERSHIPS WITH GOVERNMENT AND IN BETTERING AND SAFEGUARDING PEOPLE’S LIVES IN OUR COUNTRY.  THE SUCCESS AND WELLBEING OF THIS NATION IS TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON WHAT EACH ONE OF US BRINGS TO THE TABLE.

TO ZAMBIA RED CROSS SOCIETY, WE SAY THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

I THANK YOU

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