Monday, 26 March 2012

Chairman's Report


MEN’S EMPOWERMENT SUPPORT AND UPLIFTMENT (MESU) CLUB RMAN’S END OF TERM REPORT



1. Board Structure
President                                 James Sibanda
Vice-President                                    Pastor Hloniphani Ndlovu
Secretary General                    Maqhawenkosi Mhlanga
Treasurer General                    Dumisani Mpabanga
Vice-Secretary General           Cornelius Maphosa

2. Opening remarks
On behalf of the Management Board and Council may I take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank all members for your commitment, support and sacrifice to this organisation.  These remain key to the success and fulfilment of our goals. May I also thank God for the strength and His guidance, surely if He is with us nothing shall stand against us. We thank Him for taking us thus far.

3. Main Objectives
Empower every club member for self sustenance
Support all club members in fulfilling their goals
Uplift the livelihood of all club members in every sphere of life

4. Achievements
During 2011 – Feb 2012 term it was our main goal to focus on establishing functional policies which included Constitution, Code of Conduct and Finance Policy.
We also had a thrust to kick-start our projects
We therefore are pleased to announce that we have managed to put into place the
(a) Vision - we managed to work out our vision for the organisation which is “to become an entity where men are empowered in all aspects of life”
(b) Mission Statement – The mission statement is we exist to empower members spiritually, socially and materially”
(c) Logo – We managed to come up with a logo for the organisation
(d) Physical Address – The management Board so it fit that we request to use our church’s physical address for the time being before we set up our own offices. The church was approached and the request was granted. The address is as follows;
Brethren In Christ Church Lobengula
Stand No. 73524 New Lobengula
Bulawayo
(e) Company Registration – This endeavour was accomplished and we now have a registered company called Antechomai Enterprises Pvt. Ltd (Empowerment).
(f) Bank Account – We have opened a bank account with BANCABC Bank.
(g) T-shirt – In 2011 we managed to source T-Shirts for all members and we are working on the 2012 production
(h) Constitution – During the 2011 – Feb 2012 term it was our main goal to work on the constitution and we are glad to announce that we have managed to put together the document.
(i) Code of Conduct – With the help of the Human Resources Committee we managed to formulate this document which is in effect as we speak
(j) Finance Policy – The Finance and Projects worked hard to help us achieve this goal and we are glad we have achieved it
(k) Project – Much ground work has been done in relation to projects. We had a intention to formulate all documents that were necessary for us to run our projects effectively. As we speak we have identified the viable project of Jumping Castle. Details of this were reported in the Projects and Finance report.
(l) We managed to hold other social and spiritual activities which were as follows;
Fishing Outing
Fasting & Prayer service
Business Workshop
(m) It would be of some importance to note that we also managed to hold all our planned council meetings.

5. Challenges/Failures
a) We experienced a challenge where some members could not pay up their subscriptions in time meaning it was a strain in the management of funds. A detailed report was given in the treasurer’s report.
b) Due to the state of our economy we had to shelve one of our projects which were to acquire a farm and do cattle ranching through CSC.

6. Recommendations
We recommend that the Cattle Project be pursued with Mguza District Council
We recommend that the incoming board consider the idea of acquiring assets for members in place of monthly cash benefits.

7. Conclusion
Once again may i thank you all for being members of this great vision. Your commitment and loyalty will have a great bearing to the success of this organisation.

GOD BLESS YOU

........................................
J. Sibanda (Chairman)


No comments:

Post a Comment