Reports

The Ambassador of Japan, H.E. Mr Satoshi Tanaka, today officially handed over new school facilities, including two double classroom blocks, four ablution blocks and a solar-powered borehole, at Sibangani Secondary School in Kwekwe District. The Government of Japan…

Executive Summary Contextual Background Globally, there are concerted efforts being directed towards reducing disaster risks particularly in developing countries where the vulnerability of people, their assets and livelihoods are increasing due to natural hazards. The international principle of common but…

While COVID-19 originated as a health emergency, its impact on food security is also providing fertile ground for a protection crisis in Mozambique and Zimbabwe, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable, especially girls. Rapid needs assessments revealed…

Severe food insecurity rates across nine southern African countries are 140% higher now than in 2018, primarily because people are being hit by weather extremes driven by climate change, according to Oxfam, CARE, Plan International and…

1.1 Introduction In 2016, in an effort to further the global understanding of adolescent girls’ rights, Plan International commissioned and undertook a three-country study (in Nicaragua, Zimbabwe and Pakistan) on a set of themes related to the…

Zimbabwe once boasted the best education system in Africa - but the country's economic collapse has left it in tatters. School infrastructure is non-existant in some places, drop out rates have soared as parents can't afford to pay school…

Thousands of young Zimbabweans take the dangerous journey across the South African border every month in search of a better life - only to experience abuse from their employers, the police and traffickers. Plan's income-generating projects, skills training and awareness-raising…

Plan's emphasis on education gives students in Zimbabwe a chance to improve their grades Melinda, a 13-year-old girl in seventh grade at Nevada Primary School, could not hide her fear and anguish after being told that she had failed her…

Plan Zimbabwe has won a prestigious award for its important contribution to the healthy development of children in the country, despite difficult working conditions. The National Chamber of Commerce unanimously voted Plan the winner of Manicaland Province's Social Responsibility award for…

Plan has launched an emergency appeal to help children and families affected by Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak, which has killed nearly 800 people and left more than 15,000 infected. Zimbabwean authorities have declared the outbreak a national emergency. Hospitals are in…