admin“The short week arrangement, which will be under continuous review, will potentially remain in force until the end of May unless additional funding is secured earlier.
“Although we realise that this is a regrettable reduction in income for everyone, it does have the advantage of reducing some costs in that on two days you will not be paying to travel to work. It will also enable you to try to supplement your income in the short term with some part-time work,” she wrote.
Ms Barron, in response to questions sent by this paper, acknowledged that they were on a short week temporarily.
“The main factors are bureaucratic delays in signing or renewing agreements rather than any donor withdrawing and we expect this to be short-lived. While it obviously has some impact on our ability to deliver, we are endeavouring to manage the process and keep any disruption to a minimum,” she said.
The Legal Resources Foundation runs offices in Bulawayo, Gweru, Harare, Masvingo and Mutare.
The LRF was established in 1984 to meet an expressed need to improve the accessibility of legal and information services to all sections of the population.
Its core business is to educate the population, offer legal services, provide legal and civic information, promote law and policy reform and citizen participation in governance and monitor human rights abuses.
The Bulawayo Legal Projects Centre which offers free legal advice to the needy was opened in March 1987 by the Legal Resources Foundation.
Since its inception it has over the years assisted hundreds of people on family law such as separations, divorce, wills, landlord and tenant disputes and also criminal and accident damages.
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