Mhondoro-Ngezi RDC COE

Date: October 17, 2016

Fact file
Country	Zimbabwe
Province/Region	Mashonaland West
Baseline score	76
Post 2015 score (2016); (2018)	(54-Green); (58-Green)
Population	212,725
Number of women councillors	1
Number of men councillors	15
Joined the COE programme	2016
Anchored Entrepreneurship Programme	No
Summit	2016; 2018

Located in the Mashonaland West Province. The Council’s area of jurisdiction covers 9327,41km and comprised of 2 sub-offices namely Turf and Kadoma. It is made up of 16 wards categorized as follows; Communal, Resettlement schemes, peri-urban and Large commercial farms. Mhondoro Ngezi Rural District Council Head Office is at Mamina Growth Point.

The council is a spoke council in the hub and spoke programme for gender mainstreaming in local government, mentored by Zvimba RDC.

The Council has embarked on a solar electrification programme at its business centre and also in some rural homes. The council has also installed water meters in rural homes in 5 wards. In response to COVID19, the council has a women’s project who sew face masks for schools. They are also conducting awareness campaigns.

Read the council’s 2018 summit case study here.

Empowering women, ending violence in Zimbabwe

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