Reports

Since the launch of the 2012 Consolidated Appeal (CAP) at the end of last year, Zimbabwe has continued to make steady progress towards recovery and development, with the general humanitarian situation remaining stable. However, humanitarian…

by Byron Adonis Mutingwende Reports about people being treated with typhoid symptoms have sent shivers among Chitungwiza residents who feel their municipality is too ill-equipped to deal with the disease in the event of an outbreak. Service delivery…

Tatenda Gumbo & Obert Pepukai | Washington/Masvingo Panic has gripped the city of Masvingo, south-eastern Zimbabwe, as water levels in Lake Mutirikwi, the country's largest inland water body, have fallen drastically amid reports the dam wall has…

UKaid has funded a $50 million rural water and sanitaion hygiene program to benefit drought prone areas in Zimbabwe The Inclusive Government of Zimbabwe, with support of a US $50 million grant from the United Kingdom’s Department…

Britain will continue giving development aid to Zimbabwe with $300 million having already been disbursed since February, that country’s Department for International Development (DFID) Zimbabwe representative said last Wednesday. Dave Fish, the DFID Zimbabwe representative, said since…

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has bemoaned lack of prioritisation of the Zambezi Matabeleland water project. Responding to questions by journalist after the launch of rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme through a 50 million grant by…

by Tony Saxon In its quest to support vulnerable communities, Zimbabwe Rural Development Trust (ZRDT), a Non Governmental Organisation has embarked on borehole rehabilitation programme here. Villagers here in village 19, have been walking more than seven kilometers…

(excerpt) Introduction The UK Government is determined to help reduce the inequalities of opportunity we see around the world today. We believe that promoting global prosperity is both a moral duty and in the UK’s national interest. Aid…

In this Issue Swift Community Action Restores Schools Highlight of NGO: SCC in Zimbabwe Partners in Joint DRR Initiative Forthcoming events for June 2012

By Takemore Mazuruse The Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) has launched a $3 286 121 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene project (CHIWASH) in Chivi Masvingo. ZRCS is an impartial, neutral and independent voluntary humanitarian organisation which is there…