• Crime Prevention Program: Crime prevention was one of ZACRO’s key focus areas and was to undertake the program in partnership with law enforcement agencies such as the policy, security companies and community neighbor hood watch committees However lack of resources hindered this program even though the organization had a concept paper in place to be submitted to potential donors or partners while the organization was networking well with main parties such as the police and the community in a move that was to effectively reinforce crime prevention in the community being mainly initiated by ZACRO. • Community Service Program: ZACRO having been in the championing of the introduction of the community service action in Zimbabwe in bid to reduce the holding capacity of prisons as well as to promote integration of offenders into their communities, there was need for ZACRO to explore how it could work with offenders under the community service program. The organization had in the past probationers serving under community service at its headquarters while facilitating rehabilitation and restoration of the offenders back into the mainstream society and were mainly from Mbare Magistrate Court. However this year the organization did not receive probationers as courts were mainly resorti8ng to sentencing and imprisoning offenders. ZACRO noted that the program was plagued by a host of problems including lack of resources, inadequate refresher training of the community services officers, magistrates and public prosecutors among major problems and there was need for Non Governmental Organizations to intervene and rescue the program from collapse also in the face of a harsh economic environment prevailing in Zimbabwe. However, ZACRO made major strides towards reinforcing the community service by creating linkages to secure resources for this program. On the other hand the or organization tasked the Information Officer Mr. Wonder Chakanyuka to formulate a concept note on community service which would be availed to stakeholders funding partners as initial base for luring resources for this program and this was document was formulated and only awaits submission to relevant parties. • Counseling Program: Whilst ZACRO was undertaking ad hock counseling sessions - over the period under review ZACRO saw the desire to have a fully fledged counseling program. There were many offenders which had issues which could be addressed by counseling. This could also go a long way towards influencing behavior change and rehabilitation. However due to shortage of resources and need to have more specialization in this program it could not fully take off the ground though remaining as one of ZACRO’s major intervention area s. • Orientation Programs in prison: ZACRO noted in depth that the prison environment was a community in itself, with different ways of engagements, with laws, regulations and expectations, hence an orientation program for offenders to the prison environment would assist the offenders to understand the prison environment, know the challenges that they were going through and face after incarceration while focusing on how to cope with stress associated with the prison environment and experiences. • The Anti Death Penalty Campaign in Zimbabwe. ZACRO has over the past years campaigned significantly against practice of capital punishment in Zimbabwe and continue to do until its total abolition in the country. However over the period under review the organization lacked funding hence the campaign was not carried out at full scale as compared to the previous years. However secretariat presented the issue at the annual Chiefs Conference held in Bulawayo this year during the organization wanted to seek the audience of President Mugabe over the issue and lobby him to abolish this legislation in the near future. However the Information Officer – Mr Wonder Chakanyuka who was responsible for carrying advocacy work involving the anti death penalty campaign continued to produce campaign materials more flyers on the campaign ahead of securing funds and other necessary resources and fully facilitate the campaign in the country. More research was done on the practice and need to abolish the death penalty in the country while sensitizing opinion leaders, members of Parliament, senators and the press during the period under review. The Information Officer had a concept paper formulated on the campaign against the death penalty in Zimbabwe. The document was only waiting to be submitted to potential donors to fund this crusade against practice of capital punishment in Zimbabwe. Also ZACRO stated the need to abolish the death penalty 47