Musokotwane Compassion Mission Zambia
Together, transforming lives
About Us
Established in response to the alarming findings of the 2007 Zambia Demographic Health Survey, revealing that approximately 42% of girls were married before turning 18, MUSOKOTWANE Compassion Mission Zambia (MCMZ) has been an unwavering youth-led force against Early, Forced Child Marriages and Sexual Exploitation since 2008 in Choma. With PBO status under Section 41 of Zambia’s Tax Income Act and Girls Not Brides membership, MCMZ annually rescues around fifty girls, providing them with secure shelter, essential care, and educational sponsorship at the Center of Excellence for Ending Child Marriages.
Mission
At Musokotwane Compassion Mission Zambia (MCMZ), our mission is beautifully simple yet immensely impactful: we’re here to forge a sustainable and united front against child marriages and the exploitation of children. Through our efforts, we not only rescue and support retrieved child brides and children in distress but also champion a brighter future for all young lives.
Vision Statement
We paint a picture of communities where childhoods are shielded, and where every child blossoms within the embrace of a joyful and fulfilled upbringing.
Vision Statement
At the heart of Musokotwane Compassion Mission Zambia (MCMZ) reside our guiding principles, which encompass an unwavering commitment to inclusivity, leadership rooted in servanthood, unimpeachable integrity, crystal-clear transparency, diligent accountability, and the steadfast safeguarding of fundamental freedoms and individual rights.
What We Do
Musokotwane Compassion Mission Zambia (MCMZ) is working within the Zambian government policies and frameworks under different ministries with an organizational focus on four thematic areas in delivering its goods and services to communities and children affected by early child marriage. These thematic areas include; Advocacy, Capacity Building, Child Protection, and Education support. Programs under these thematic areas include;
1.We are committed to the vital task of retrieving child brides, ensuring they are liberated from adversity and given the chance to embrace a brighter future filled with hope and empowerment.
2. Provision of safe shelter and basic needs to girls retrieved from child marriages, and girls at risk of the vice
3. Education sponsorship of girls retrieved from child marriages
4. Capacity building trainings for both survivors of child marriages, and their communities. This includes training of traditional leaders (chiefs and headmen)
5. Advocacy for Community and schools stories of change which include; weekly radio programs, schools outreach, community outreach, mass media sensitization (print and electronic media)
6. Engaging policy makers at community, district, province and national level on public finance management.
“Begin your journey to a better life with peace, love, and happiness”
Our Partners
At MCMZ, we are provide to serve girls and communities of the following chiefdoms in Zambia.
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