Executive summary

Diocese of Mutare Community Care Programme (DOMCCP) is a registered (PVO 33/2015) Christian, relief and development organization that has been operating in urban and rural areas of Manicaland Province of Zimbabwe since 1992. Though the organization was established within the social services mandate of the Catholic Church in Mutare Diocese, DOMCCP provides services on non-denominational basis. Since 1992 DOMCCP has been operating in five districts which are; Nyanga, Mutasa, Makoni, Mutare and Chipinge. Of recent, it has expanded into Buhera and Chimanimani Districts. The organization was established during a period when the impact and prevalence of HIV & AIDS was rapidly escalating. There was great need for an intensive response to the pandemic then. DOMCCP therefore worked to build the capacity of communities and families affected by the pandemic to mitigate the impact and cope with the effects of the disease. In its strategic plan (2016 2020), the organization has taken on board the UNAIDS 90:90:90 targets with the purpose of transforming lives of communities affected by HIV through a transformative empowerment agenda. DOMCCP has also put its thrust on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) issues as a way of ensuring safe and peaceful communities around the province. This also explains its mandate of empowering communities through empowerment and behavior change which fights certain social issues like sexual and gender based violence.