The New Apostolic Church Relief Organization
Lusaka, Zambia
About
The New Apostolic Church Relief Organization is a non-governmental organisation based in Lusaka, Zambia working on health, education, water & sanitation +5 more.
NACRO is the humanitarian and development wing of the New Apostolic Church, operating in Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe. It is headquartered in Lusaka, Zambia, with country offices in Lilongwe, Malawi and Harare, Zimbabwe. NACRO works to strengthen community resilience and improve the lives of vulnerable households through programmes in health, education, livelihoods and water, sanitation and hygiene, with crosscutting themes of climate adaptation and resilience and gender and social inclusion. Its work includes community-based health volunteer programmes, vocational training, agriculture and irrigation projects, climate-resilient school WASH, women's savings groups and humanitarian assistance for people affected by disasters. NACRO is registered in Zambia under the Non-Governmental Organisations Act No. 16 of 2009 and is registered in Malawi and Zimbabwe.
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Advancing Decentralized Community-Based Health Services
Health · Zambia
Trains community-based health volunteers who link communities to health facilities, covering TB, HIV, Covid-19 and malaria control activities in Kaoma and Kalabo.
Chabota Vocational Skills Training Centre
Employment & Skills · Zambia
Vocational skills training for youth at the NACRO Chibombo farm, Central Province.
Mtendere Smallholder Farmers Irrigation Scheme Project
Poverty & Hunger · Malawi
Three-year food security project implemented with NAK-karitativ in Traditional Authority Mpando, Ntcheu district.
Expanded Energy Cooperatives for Smallholder Farmers Project
Environment & Climate · Zambia
Supports smallholder farmers in Petauke District through biogas-producing infrastructure and energy cooperatives.
Climate Resilient School Promotion Project
Water & Sanitation · Zambia
Three-year project targeting 25 schools in Kalabo, Western Province, improving climate-resilient water, sanitation and hygiene.
Women employment through savings
Gender equality · Zambia
Savings-based economic empowerment of women in five districts of Eastern Province.
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UN Sustainable Development Goals
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NAK-karitativ, New Apostolic Church International, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Churches Health Association of Zambia, Pact Zambia, Golden Valley Agriculture Research Trust