Active Citizens and Community Action 


Outcomes Increased Citizens’ actions against corruption Enhanced responsiveness of duty bearers and Law Enforcement Agencies to community demands    Increased protection of whistleblowers  2024 Budget: 612.400 kmw  Districts: Chongwe, Kapiri Mposhi, Chinsali, Solwezi, Kasama, Kabwe, Mongu, Livingstone  Core funding: SIDA – Swedish Development Cooperation Agency 

What is the reality on the ground and the needs, what are the main challenges, why we intervene here 

Our interventions intend to activate citizens taking action against corruption through reporting suspected incidents of corruption and mal administration, target communities collectively demanding accountability from duty bearers and service providers on various aspects of public affairs management.  

These citizens’ demands and actions against corruption will result in duty bearers and service providers showing responsiveness to community demands. Further actions will lead to enhanced Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) taking action on the reported suspected corruption and mal administration as well as enhanced support towards the protection of whistleblowers and victims of corruption.  

  • Holding of community interface meetings between communities and target duty bearers 
  • Conducting public campaigns on public service provision (engender campaign messages) 
  • Monitoring of public service delivery and third-party monitoring of CDF  
  • Conducting capacity building on anti-corruption reporting 
  • Conducting Iiformation sharing and hosting of mobile legal clinics  
  • Handling of complaints, provision of legal advice and referral of cases; holding engagement meetings with Legal Aid Providers (LAPs) for public interest litigation; and holding feedback meetings with LEAs on referred cases (Tracking progress and actions taken) 
  • Conducting public campaigns on whistle blowing and whistle blowers protection 
  • Developing a whistleblowers’ Charter 
  • Developing an encrypted Reporting Systems for Whistleblowers