INERELA+ Secretariat Annual Planning Meeting was held from the 13th – 15th of February 2024 at Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre. As part of the INERELA+ strategy, the organization used the meeting to review the year 2023, plan for the year 2024, and engage in team-building exercises. The Executive Director (ED), Munya Mandipaza, opened the meeting with devotion and prayer. In line with the 2024 organization theme “The Year of Flourishing Through Cohesion,” the ED based her devotion on the book of Mathews 25 verses 14 – 16, 26 – 27, the parable of bags of gold. Through this parable, the ED likened all the INERELA+ team members to the servants who were given bags of gold. She remarked that each person within the team has different talents, skill sets, and different capabilities and must use them to multiply and grow the organization. The main aim of the talent is to contribute to the organization’s growth.
The highlights of the year 2024 were the improvements in the Country Networks’ performance, positive reviews and feedback from the donors, and the ED facilitating a session at the UN Women Regional Learning Exchange Meeting. To Plan for the year 2024 the team discussed the organization’s budget, operational plan, and action plan for the year 2024. The team concluded the meeting with the team had team-building exercises. The main aim of these exercises was to create a team that cohesively works together through forming bonds and connections.