Council for Zimbabwe
24 January 2010
Join us for an exciting evening of cocktails and learning with Senator David Coltart, the Zimbabwe Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture will be in New York. February 10, 2010 at 6.30 pm in New York City.
Information Category:
Organizations – Non-Profit Organizations
Description:
• Are you a Zimbabwean or global citizen concerned about Zimbabwe?
• Do you believe that reviving the country will take more than just a political solution?
• Tired of too much talk and no action to help revive the country?
Join our efforts to engage, organize, and coordinate Zimbabweans and friends of Zimbabwe in the Diaspora. We set up this space to provide a platform as part of the Council for Zimbabwe- http://www.zimcouncil.org for Zimbabweans and Friends of Zimbabwe to share ideas on socio-economic revival and the future of the country.
Our objective is to create a mechanism to mobilize and effectively employ our financial, human, and material resources to build a peaceful, prosperous, and progressive Zimbabwe.
While there has been a lot of attention on the political situation in Zimbabwe not much attention has been given to the role Zimbabweans in the Diaspora can play to revive the country. However, attention must also be paid to practical solutions needed to jump-start the social and economic revival of Zimbabwe. Politics alone will not end Zimbabwe’s current crisis.
If we are organized, we can have a role in determining what the future of Zimbabwe should look like. We can play a constructive role to address the health, education, water and sanitation, and economic development needs in Zimbabwe. We must have plans to be a part of the discussions on our country. We must build institutions to harness the international good will to benefit our people on the ground.
We are developing a:
DIASPORA DEVELOPMENT FUND: to help schools, hospitals, and small businesses.
A mechanism to ensure that professionals can contribute their skills to uplift Zimbabwe in an organized and effective manner.
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