The United Nations team led by the Resident Coordinator in Zimbabwe Bishow Parajuli visited Masvingo and Chiredzi districts to assess and scale up drought assistance programs for the Elnino ravaged province. Addressing journalists in Masvingo at the end of the field visit, Parajuli said, “The UN team
The government of Switzerland last week announced a US$ 1.1 million donation towards helping an estimated 5.3 million Zimbabweans in urgent need of humanitarian assistance and protection. The support provided through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) will be used to address the humanitarian needs
This comes at a time when the world is grappling with increasingly complex nutrition challenges. At least one in three people globally experiences malnutrition in some form.
Government and the World Food Program on Monday unveiled District profiles aimed at identifying root causes of hunger and food insecurity in the country. According to WFP Country Director, the District profiles' key focus areas include infrastructure development, water and sanitation, poverty, communications, climate, crops, livestock,
According to World Food Programme (WFP), school meals successfully meet basic nutritional needs while getting children back to the classroom. With more than 13 000 children in Zimbabwe dropping out of school in 2013 due to a number of reasons including poverty and hunger, WFP intervention in
The World Food Program (WFP) says it remains committed to compliment government efforts to end hunger in schools through supporting the school feeding program and the provision of safe drinking water to young learners. Speaking on the sidelines of the launch of the school feeding program
World Food Programme (WFP) country representative, Eddie Rowe last week announced that his organization will provide technical support to government in building its capacity in managing and implementing the national school feeding programme. The proposed feeding programme follows poor weather conditions which prevailed during the 2014-15
The United States Agency for Development (USAID) and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) have availed a combined $43 million to provide food and cash to the hunger stricken districts in the country. The aid follows poor weather conditions which prevailed during the 2014-15
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