When the knock came at her mud-brick door, Mazvita Bhasiketi thought it was another visitor asking for directions to the water source or something else. Instead, it was a team of strangers carrying tablets, test kits and gentle smiles.They introduced themselves as part of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) — a national effort led…
In a world facing worsening climate shocks, young innovators in Zimbabwe are stepping forward with groundbreaking technological ideas aimed at protecting the planet and shaping a cleaner future. Driven by daily experiences of power cuts, water scarcity, poverty, and environmental degradation, Zimbabwe’s young innovaters are turning creativity into climate solutions. Their innovations, which are being…
Muchaneta Chimuka Several women under Survivors in Action Grassroots Women’s Network in Seke and Chihota are cherishing the fruits of their chick projects, mushroom, bee keeping and maize meal grinding and packaging, vegetable farming among others which is helping in fighting gender-based violence, drug and substance abuse, hunger and poverty among others. They are using…
For years, women in parts of Mashonaland Central particularly in Mt Darwin and Rushinga lived a life dictated by water scarcity. As early as 3 a.m., long before the first cock crowed, women would leave their beds in darkness, balancing buckets and babies on their backs, to walk up to 15 kilometers in search of…
A rally by members of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation in March 2023. Photo credit: Facebook/ZHRO Zimbabwean HR Activists. For years now, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation (ZHRO) has used its social media accounts to criticise climate science as well as initiatives designed to mitigate climate change. ZHRO was established in October 2016. According to…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), working with government ministries and civil society partners, is strengthening access to justice and public services for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) across rural Zimbabwe through Mobile One Stop Centers and integrity-focused governance initiatives. The interventions, supported by the INTEGRA Funding Window and the Judith Neilson Foundation, are improving…
Matabeleland has long lived at the mercy of the sky. Seasons are unpredictable, rains arrive late or not at all, and hunger is a familiar visitor in most homes. For years, families in this dry southern region of Zimbabwe have survived more on hope than on harvests. But tucked behind the dusty footpaths and scattered…
Matabeleland South – Zimbabwe marked the 2025 World Food Day commemorations in Matobo District with a unified call from government, UN agencies and development partners for strengthened collaboration to build resilient, climate-smart and nutrition-sensitive food systems. This year’s event ran under the global theme “Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future.” Representatives…
In the parched district of Rushinga, Mashonaland Central, where rainfall has become erratic and rivers have long run dry, a group of determined women in Chimukoto Village are rewriting their story of survival. Once struggled to put food on the table due to consistency droughts, they have turned to non-timber forest products and drought-resistant crops…
Young mothers in rural district of Goromonzi in Zimbabwe are being helped to escape cycles of drug abuse, sex work and marginalisation, and instead build livelihoods through fish farming. What began as a small initiative under the national community fisheries programme is rapidly becoming a story of hope, resilience and transformation. Director of Fisheries and…
