Candidates sign memorandum of understanding

Those of you that read our recent newsletter will know that one of the communities Jubilee Centre works with in Ndola, called Mapalo, has been drawing up a memorandum of understanding in preparation for Zambia’s elections later this month. This memorandum basically identifies the needs of the community – and the idea is that each candidate standing for Councillor and MP is asked to sign up to supporting these needs if successfully elected.

Last weekend the community held a meeting for the candidates to publicly sign-up to the community’s stated needs – and 1,000 people from the community attended the meeting, and all of the candidates for counsellor and four candidates for MP (covering all the main parties) signed it! Photos were taken of each of the candidates while they were signing in solidarity with the community, and a national radio station also picked up the story on the day.

This is a great step forward for the community – helping to give it a long-term voice for change.