Petauke District Land Alliance (PDLA)
PDLA is a branch of Zambia Land Alliance (ZLA) established in 2007 and operates as a community based organisation in the district. The visions of PDLA are to secure access, ownership and control over land and development based on the principles of justice, fairness, and equity for all regardless of religious, tribal, political and other affiliations.
Address: Petauke District, Eastern Province, Zambia
Telephone: +260 0979 199176
Fax:
Email: petaukedla@yahoo.co.uk
www:
Contact person: Kosamu Zulu
Theme: Land Rights
Currently PDLA programmes focus on civic education on land rights, access procedures, research and documentation of best practices and case studies to support robust district and national level lobby and advocacy initiatives
PDLA has realised that the immense problems that are being faced in customary land tenure stems from lack of information and/or sharing and mechanisms to create understanding and knowledge around procedures and guidelines for fair land administration. The strategy of this project is, therefore, to focus on the awareness creation and information sharing with the affected target group. Thus, the beneficiaries will be empowered more, to actively participate in decision- making process. Further, this will enable to demand accountability on the part of duty bearers. This will also augment the strategy to focus on conflict resolution on customary land through paralegal service be that will be offered to the target group.
PDLA is weak in terms of its financial, organisational, and administrative capacities and require considerable support in these areas if it is to become a strong institution which will contribute towards the building of an effective and credible voice of the poor. The DLA is governed by a democratically elected Management Committee drawn from its membership while its day to day work is managed by the secretariat headed by a Coordinator. Outreach programmes are conducted jointly between the DLA and its members through land advocacy committees established at community level in all six chiefdoms in Petauke district where the organisation has its presence.