Recreational facilities and Rehabilitation in the prisons. Promoting and facilitating sporting activities to inmates did not only prove to be part of rehabilitation but had the prisoners be engaged in the sporting activities like soccer which removes boredom associated with incarceration and reduce possibilities of one escaping from the prison. In this picture from the ZACRO morgue - the team sponsored by ZACRO showcasing C Mudehwe (keeling left) - the programs manager and B Makuvarara (standing akimbo) – the organization’s vice president before playing Mazowe prison was committed to promote soccer in the prisons. However this year the team could not perform as expected owing to lack of resources but the organization managed to donate as many balls to the penal institutions for the prisoners to play and whi8le up time while incarcerated while others resorted to take up sporting seriously and rely on this upon release from the prisons. Half Way House Project – Design and 2008 programming activities: The organization carried out the halfway house Objectives of the Half Way House Project project which basically involved provision of a Basically the half way house offered ex-offenders temporary accommodation at its headquarters a safe home and facilitated: rehabilitation. in Harare which was meant to house exrestoration and humanitarian services to the target offenders. During the period under review 33 group. ex-offenders passed through the half way home. They were seeking various help. Despite limited resources the organization assured that these ex-offenders - many of them who have just been released from prison were helped. In particular ZACRO helped them by paying attention to their individual needs which included: • Released inmates with no accommodation and nowhere to go, • Ex-inmates who needed to be reunited with their families or their communities who may have been victims of offending behavior. • It was also used for released inmates requiring overnight accommodation in transit to their homes while ZACRO also • Rendered relevant humanitarian assistance to the target group under the half way home project. Half way House Vision: The Half way home was there to see ex-inmates have a safe home and see them rehabilitated with the objective to change behavior towards re offending. 42