{"id":3370,"date":"2025-08-06T12:01:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T10:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/?p=3370"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:01:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T10:01:43","slug":"geo-pomona-project-an-international-success-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/?p=3370","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGeo Pomona project, an international success story\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our waste management project in Pomona is a regional and global success story which must be showcased to as many people as possible, the Permanent Secretary for Presidential Affairs, Monitoring and Implementation of Government Programmes Mrs Fananai Madambi, has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking during a recent tour of our facility, Mrs Madambi said the project was \u201clearning point\u201d for the SADC region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said: \u201cGeo Pomona, don\u2019t tire. Receive as many delegations as possible. This is not just a local success, it\u2019s regional and global.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cZimbabwe is already on the map, and this project is drawing attention not because we are seeking applause, but because it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs MEL champions, these are the kinds of projects we can cite as success stories. Evaluation isn\u2019t just about summative reports at the end, there is formative evaluation that happens along the way. Already, we are seeing a cleaner environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs Madambi spoke about the importance of keeping track of national projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cWhat we want to communicate are the tangibles, the products of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs Madambi underlined that results should not be viewed only in terms of long-term outcomes, but through the entire results chain, including immediate impact and lessons learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen we talk about results, we\u2019re also looking at impact. And what is happening here resonates very well with our energy needs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want to educate the nation to embrace Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, it\u2019s not just for government or institutions; it\u2019s an individual and national responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman Dr Dilesh Nguwaya explained that various stakeholders were welcome to propose partnerships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cZimbabwe is already on the map, and this project is drawing attention not because we are seeking applause, but because it works.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[11,12,102,44],"class_list":["post-3370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-energy","tag-geopomona","tag-monitoring","tag-waste"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geopomona.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}