Staff Reporter
Farai Mufunya, director of CFZT says his organisation works within African communities and serves as an active social transformation agent through investments.
He said that the arts sector is geared for more success considering several milestones realised so far.
“Over the years we have realised successes in carrying out and implementing projects such as the Cultural Statistics Survey Report 2012, Culture Actions Programme, Baseline Study on gender-based violence (GBV).
“Child Marriages and Climate Change in Chipinge, Makoni and Mazowe districts of Zimbabwe, The Dreams Project and The Role of Arts in Peace Building, among others,” he said.
Mufunya said through projects like the Cultural Statistics Survey of 2012, CFZT identified several opportunities being underutilised and recommended funding.
“The Culture Actions Programme was set to challenge the retrogressive societal norms that exacerbate GBV through harnessing the transformative power of the creative arts. The Culture Fund Arts Grants have managed to transform the lives of several artists.”
Mufunya said that lockdown had serious effects on the livelihoods of many artists as it brought a difficult operational environment for many organisations.
“Culture fund development projects and programmes were implemented within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The arts, culture and creative sectors were impacted significantly as spaces of operation and participation were closed, mobility of artists and cultural practitioners was restricted while capacities of community-based partners to engage their constituencies was greatly limited.
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