18  LQUHWURVSHFW During the year, ZLHR secretariat and members worked to assist people from all social and economic backgrounds through the provision of legal support, community outreaches, capacity building, research and advocacy. Despite the economic challenges and financial constraints faced by the organisation, the team continued to sustain a presence in communities around the country. Outreaches were implemented in collaboration with community based organisations (CBOs), presenting an opportunity for lawyers to empower diverse communities with information on the Bill of Rights provisions in the Constitution and strengthening their capacity to assert and demand their fundamental and basic human rights. Throughout 2016, ZLHR members were reinvigorated as the organisation celebrated twenty years of its existence. ZLHR Annual Report 2016  =/+5LQWKHFRPPXQLW\ Equipping communities with knowledge of their constitutional rights and obligations contributes to increased rights literacy in communities. It also empowers individuals and communities to be active citizens who can engage in local and national affairs and assert and demand their civil, economic and social rights. The often low-cost interactions also provided a platform for dialogue between lawyers and community members, enabling lawyers to gather evidence on human rights cases and understand the human rights issues affecting communities. =/+5VWDIIWDNHLQLWLDOLQVWUXFWLRQVIURPSDUWLFLSDQWVRQKXPDQULJKWVLVVXHV 0RELOHOHJDOFOLQLFV DIIHFWLQJWKHLUFRPPXQLW\ The mobile legal clinics were implemented as “one-stop service centres” for communities. These one-stop centres are designed to provide an integrated service to communities through knowledge sharing on broad human rights, legal advice and legal representation. The ZLHR secretariat often carried out preliminary preparatory activities ahead of actual implementation in the target provinces. All sessions were preceded by publicity undertaken by community mobilisers identified by lawyers from the CBOs operating in the different provinces. The objective was to increase access to lawyers, share knowledge and raise awareness through participatory activities that included low-cost situational trainings (focusing on human rights, constitutional rights and the law), with translated simplified materials being disseminated. There was increased interaction with communities in the southern region as a consequence of ZLHR rolling out a project that was specific to Bulawayo and Matabeleland provinces. Information gathered during such outreaches was not only used to pursue legal action but also contributed to research and advocacy on institutional reforms (legal and policy) for greater accountability of state actors.