The Ecumenical Committee for Social Development -CEDES

The Ecumenical Committee for Social Development (CEDES) is a Mozambican non-profit religious organization that was formed in 1996 by the Christian Council of Mozambique (CCM) and the Cartas Mozambique as a result of transformation of the former Repatriation, Resettlement, and Rehabilitation (RRR) program conceived for Mozambican refugees who had fled to the neighbouring countries as a result of the 16 years’ civil strife that ended with the signing of Peace Agreement of 1992. CEDES was regally registered in 1994 and symbolizes the unique ecumenical expression for practicable sustainable development initiatives in Mozambique.   It is an umbrella organization that brings together the Catholic Church, Anglican, Methodist church, Presbyterian Church, etc.   Though based in Maputo, CEDES is a national Network due to its three provincial offices throughout the three regions of Mozambique.

Vision: Mozambican Society living in peace, and harmony, with socio-economic power, moral, and restored human dignity.

Mission: contribute for viable and sustainable development of communities, and the poorest and most vulnerable households, through the provision of basic services, institutional capacity building, and human rights, with the focus to women and young women's empowerment, mitigation and response to climate change hazards in Mozambique.

Description of the team currently in charge of the administrative and financial management of the organization :

The Staff to be involved in this project are:

• Country Director:  She has more than more m15 years of implementation of projects.  Staff in post
• Programme coordinator: (Female) Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (male) has more than five years of experience - Staff in post
• Human Resources Manager:-has more 25 years in project design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation 
• Financial Manager (Female): Finance Manager has more than ten years in overseeing monitoring expenditures and monthly financial reporting. In post.
• Administrative Assistant(Female) in: cash flow and grants disbursement to implementing partners. In post
• information and communication:
• project coordinator