Nhimbe is a non-profit arts advocacy organization based in Bulawayo Zimbabwe. For the past one and a half years, Nhimbe, as the convener of the Zimbabwe Creative Civil Society platform that set up a committee that in turn formulated the National Plan of Action for Arts and Culture (NPAAC); and as the Secretariat of the NPAAC, Nhimbe has in the past facilitated several platforms for Zimbabwe's professional non-profit arts organizations, artists and their partners to lobby government and key policy makers. Through dialogue with members of the legislature and through grassroots action, Nhimbe has led creative civil society for national policies that recognize, enhance and foster the contribution the arts make to national social and economic development. More info on http://www.nhimbe.org/