Reports

This report covers the period 1 January to 31 December, 2014. Overview 2014 was a year in which the National Society built the capacity of its staff and volunteers, realigning its policies by considering organisational development (OD) and…

Erratic water supplies in Epworth have come with a heavy cost for people living with disabilities, who have to pay extra costs to get the precious liquid. In an exclusive interview on the sidelines of a Harare…

by Pamenus Tuso The Masvingo Rural District Council has embarked on the construction of sanitary disposal incinerators and girl-friendly latrines at 19 secondary schools and one primary school in the district under the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene…

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster From December 2014, Zimbabwe experienced continuous heavy rainfall, which led to widespread flooding across the country, with the worst affected provinces including: Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West and Midlands.…

By Foster Dongozi HARARE, 25 March 2015 (IRIN) - Children play on the dumpsite in the Budiriro suburb of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, scrambling through the garbage and ignoring the clouds of flies and overpowering stench from the…

At a hand-over ceremony held in Domboshawa today, the Japanese Ambassador to Zimbabwe, His Excellency Mr Yoshi Tendai Hiraishi, officially handed over a refurbished borehole drilling rig to the Government of Zimbabwe. The Minister of the…

INTRODUCTION Zimbabwe’s Constitution is laudable for the inclusion of socio-economic rights in the Declaration of Rights. Just like civil and political, socio-economic rights are equally important as they are basic standards without which people cannot live in…

At least 143 people have died of diarrhoea and dysentery since the beginning of the year according to the latest health ministry weekly disease surveillance report. Observers say this is not surprising as the Zimbabwe Multiple Indicator…

Blessing Zulu WASHINGTON DC— International human rights group, Human Rights Watch, has appealed to the United Nations to assist the more than 20,000 people affected by the flooding of the Tokwe Mukosi basin in 2014. The rights group…

On 26th February, the Ambassador of Japan to Zimbabwe, H.E. Mr Yoshi Tendai Hiraishi, officially handed over a borehole at Banga Clinic in Shurugwi District. It was one of 13 boreholes that the Embassy of Japan…