CCDP was initially registered on 21st June 1976 with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) as The Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) with a department called COCIN Community Development Programme (CCDP). It was amended and registered again in 16th April 2013 with 10 trustees to update the profile of the Advisory Board members. The arms of COCIN or the funders are Bread for the World, Oxfam VSLAand Tearfund. Vision: To contribute to the reduction of poverty among communities for improved livelihoods; a foretaste of God’s Kingdom on earth.Mission: To empower the less privilege communities for visible and sustainable development to reduce poverty. Core values: Team work, Accountability, Transparency <(>&<)> Honest www.cocincdp-ng.org The organization is faith-based organization operates with the tenets of the Christendom. There are 10 members that make up the Advisory Board, meet on quarterly basis to take strategic decisions. The management is made up of 6 members and hold meeting on monthly basis to take operational decisions while the staff of the organization also hold meeting on monthly basis. The Programme Coordinator represents the staff at the Advisory Board meetings. Advisory Board takes decision for staff on the grade levels 1-5 while the management takes decisions on the rest of the staff. The decisions of the Advisory Board are passed on to the rest of the staff through official circular. There used to be a financial expert at the Advisory Board but for now there is none. The last Advisory Board meeting takes place twice in a year in May and November. The General Church Council ratify the final decision which is usually the strategic decision of the organization. COCIN Community Development Programme (CCDP) will focus on implementing the project in Plateau State. CCDP will trained Fourteen(14) field officers and fifty five(55) village agents in Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) methodologies.. These trained officers will then facilitate the stepping down of the training for 2500 VS<(>&<)>LA members on community-based micro-credit scheme, entrepreneurship and leadership. During the year, the field officers will identify strong 50 women leaders from the savings groups that will be further trained and certified as village agents. The 55 village agents will help spread the formation of new groups quickly to reach the desired number by end of year. Oxfam will carry out community engagement and relationship building based on gender analysis andpower mapping to address the underlying causes to vulnerability. Oxfam will empower the members of the VSLAs to be able to lead in awareness creation on gender related issues and balance gender roles. On average, each member of a VS<(>&<)>LA will influence 2 external people among which her/his partner. Father#s groups will be formed to interface with VS<(>&<)>LA and the wider communities on gender relations. Male members of VS<(>&<)>LAs will be represented in father#s groups to bridge the gap between VS<(>&<)>LA and the wider communities. Oxfam staff and trained field officers will use the Women#s Economic Leadership (WEL) and the Women#s Economic Empow.erment (WEE) knowledge hub resources to facilitate these discussions and promote regular contact between the VS<(>&<)>LA groups and support services. At the end of the process, at least 44 change agents will emerge from VS<(>&<)>LA and father#s groups: 1000 strong female leaders and 18 male gender champions/models

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