AMECEA: Resource Mobilisation Training Encourages Catholic Media Houses in Zambia and Malawi To Be more Proactive
Communicators during training in Zambia
Sandra Kunda
The 12- day Resource Mobilisation Training organized by the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) which began on 13th February 2024 has come to an end. Closing the workshop, Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops or ZCCB Secretary General Rev Father Francis Mukosa called on Participants to put into practice the knowledge and skills acquired for the betterment of their institutions.
Fr. Mukosa says the workshop will help the institutions to raise funds for their institutions as opposed to depending solely on their bishop to provide for their financial needs.
He states that resource mobilization is a very important aspect of the ministry, especially now that most institutions are struggling to get funding, hence the training has come at the right time.
Fr. Mukosa has since advised the participants to show the fruits of the training as these are the expectations of the Bishops in their respective dioceses.
And AMECEA Social Communications Coordinator Fr. Andrew Kaufa SMM has encouraged participants to be more proactive and aggressive in looking for resources. He echoed the importance of the workshop and stressed the need to reduce dependency.
Fr. Kaufa has since thanked participants for creating time to attend this important workshop which took them away from their institutions for two weeks.
The workshop which was attended by Diocesan Communication Coordinators and Catholic media houses across the Episcopal Conferences of Zambia and Malawi covered a number of ways to mobilise resources such as project proposal writing, financial reporting, diversification, policy development and building reserve funds among others.
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