Vision
A Zambian society where every person is free to fully attain integral human development and live in harmony.

Mission
The Catholic Centre for Justice, Development and Peace (CCJDP), a Faith Based Organisation, inspired by gospel values and the Social Teaching of the Church, will promote integral human development, economic justice, social justice, human dignity and empowerment of the less privileged in society through conscientization, advocacy, research and training, and istitutional strenghtening.

2008

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Foster reconciliation through Justice & Peace

President Patrick Levy Mwanawasa commended the Catholic Church for its role in raising the socio-economic status of the people through its social programmes. “The Zambian Catholic Church has a very vibrant justice and Peace Ministry (Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace which falls under Caritas Zambia). As President of Zambia today, I can confidently confirm that I have on several occ....

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Development should

The Zambian government has been preaching to everyone how the economy has improved and that all well-meaning Zambians should praise the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) for doing great things for the people. This is measured purely on economic terms. And for sure there are these improvements that we can see and measure in terms of reduction in inflation, increased private sector inv....

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Caritas Zambia to conduct rese

Multi Facility Economic Zones (MFEZ) are zones/areas that the government through the Ministry of Finance and National Planning designate as geographical area for industry and trade purposes. These areas have economic laws that are more liberal than a country's typical economic laws that is the enjoy tax incentives and tax rebates. These are deemed foreign territories for the purpose of trad....

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