Reports

A total of 10 boreholes have been sunk under the SEPO (HOPE) HIV/AIDS project of the Namuso Area Development Programme (ADP) in Mongu, Western Province, funded by World Vision Canada. The water committees have been formed and trained in well…

JOHANNESBURG, 13 November (IRIN) - As state doctors continue their strike in Zimbabwe, the situation in public hospitals worsens daily, a trade union spokesman told IRIN on Thursday. Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) information officer Mlamleli Sibanda said that…

The schools feeding programme in Gokwe and Mudzi continues to go well, providing approximately 90,000 primary school children in 147 schools with one meal of nutrient rich porridge (including a ration of oil per child) daily. During visits to…

THE World Vision urban school feeding pilot program kicked off in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second largest city this week. The program, which is being funded by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) involves seven primary schools in the sprawling suburb…

By Olivia Lawrence, Monitoring and evaluation officer, Zimbabwe Forty children in 147 schools to be weighed and measured, and the capacity of each school to continue feeding the children during the rainy season researched - this is the immediate focus for…

HIGHLIGHTS WVI Roundtable Meeting: World Vision International organised an internal roundtable meeting on the southern African crisis. PRRO Appraisal Missions: Multi-agency appraisal missions were undertaken in five countries in preparation of the WFP planned Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO). UNDP's Southern Africa…

JOHANNESBURG, 7 November (IRIN) Food security remains critical in Zimbabwe's urban areas and most households are unable to afford basic food commodities because of escalating prices, the latest Zimbabwe Humanitarian Situation Report has warned. The value of the low-income urban…

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Municipal authorities in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, Friday tightened water rationing due to low reserves blamed on drought and increased consumption levels. The municipality started rationing water in September after reserves in the city's supply depot fell. Harare…

By: Kevin Pepper/Oxfam An estimated five million Zimbabweans more than a third of the population - will need food aid by the end of the year. Why is the food crisis in Zimbabwe continuing to worsen? A host of factors -…

FAO agriculture update By the beginning of September 2003, Zimbabwe in-country stocks of maize seed available for the 2003/04 planting season were reported to be approximately 26,450MT, excluding the envisaged imports by seed houses of 5,000MT. The…