NAREP has
promised the people of Zambia value based change by making our values the basis
of all that we do. As a party, we know that that the Zambians at grassroots
level are an invaluable asset to the country’s progression and we are committed
to making change happen through community organising. Over the years, NAREP has
tirelessly engaged with the grassroots of Zambia and has sought avenues to
further enhance this engagement.
In 2013,
we re-affirmed this commitment by becoming a member of Movement for Change, one
of the UK's biggest success stories in recent history at revitalising politics
at grassroots level. An organisation piloted by David Miliband and launched as
an organisation with Ed Miliband’s support in 2011, Movement for Change “uses
the power of community organising to make change happen”. NAREP is undertaking
on-going training/mentorship with the movement and learning new ideas on
how best to organise at grassroots level in Zambia.
The
positive change in the way we do politics as Zambians starts within the
community. As a political party, we understand and appreciate that we are accountable
to every Zambian and that politics should be driven at community level. In line
with the Movement for Change, NAREP seeks “to reconnect politics with people’s
everyday lived experience.”
Recently,
we were privileged to be invited to attend the Movement for Change summer party
in London where three of the NAREP UK members represented the party fresh from
celebrating their first year anniversary as a branch of NAREP. The event also
marked David Miliband’s last engagement before taking on his new role as head
of the International Rescue Committee in New York. Commenting on the event
attended by some Labour Party MPs and David Miliband as guest speaker, NAREP UK
Chairman Pascal Nsokolo who was present said, "We at NAREP were
thrilled to have been invited to join in the summer party celebrations and
launch of the on-line interactive platform for Labour Party activists.
We
believe that working with the Labour Party through the Movement for Change
provides us with a very good opportunity to use their experience and expertise
to better understand how to engage with the grassroots, as we continue to grow
our party.”
NAREP
promotes a message that gives people hope that there can finally be a
connection between putting a politician in to office and seeing change in the
communities that elected leaders are supposed to represent.
Tchiyiwe
Thandiwe Chihana
Publicity
and Communications Secretary
NAREP UK
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