By Edgar Gweshe Rachel Mutongo from Chimanimani in the Eastern part of Zimbabwe is a peasant farmer who used to rely on a banana farming project for a living. Being a single mother, she would use proceeds from the sale of her bananas to cater for her
Government has successfully exhumed 31 bodies that succumbed to Cyclone Idai which hit the eastern parts of Zimbabwe on 16 March 2019, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa has said. The victims had temporarily been buried in the Dombe, Sussundenga and Moussorize, and Espungabeira
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“Our septic tank has been full for two years now, and we have been putting up with the stench and overflow from the toilet for that long,” says Grace Nemapare, who lives with her family of six in Gaza in Chipinge. By Careen Mwakitalu Gaza is one
Pilferage, lethargy, lack of proper coordination and systematic corruption- all sums up the Special Audit Report of the Auditor-General on the handling of Cyclone Idai donations and assistance to victims in Manicaland and Masvingo provinces by the Civil Protection Unit (CPU), 263Chat can reveal. Cyclone Idai
Southern African countries have been called upon to move towards a hands on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) approach to mitigate the impacts of climate change induced cyclones and flooding. Speaking during the signing ceremony of the comprehensive resilience building project as part of the Zimbabwe Idai
A well established partner who had pledged to assist government in building 500 houses for the Cyclone Idai victims in Chimanimani has pulled out of the deal owing to unnecessary delays, 263Chat has established. The country's largest mobile network operator, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe had promised to
The Chinese government under the South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund has provided additional assistance to victims of Cyclone Idai through a reconstruction fund aimed at rebuilding schools and clinics. The USD$2million grant will be implemented under the just launched Post Disaster Restoration Assistance after Cyclone Idai in
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will provide $60.55 million toward the World Food Programme’s (WFP) 2020/21 Lean Season Food Assistance program in Zimbabwe. The lean season assistance will begin in August and will feed nearly one million people during
The National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) on Friday last week handed over a donation of goods worth RTGS169 425,35 to schools that were affected by Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani early this year. This is the third phase of their assistance towards Cyclone Idai relief. The beneficiary schools
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