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Zimbabwe: Politicisation of food aid hits Chingwizi holding camp

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweThousands of villagers displaced by the Tokwe Mukosi floods have been living in appalling conditions in Chingize holding camp since January.Last month, with their...

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Zimbabwe: Flood victims start sewing, knitting club

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: Zimbabweby Tonderai SaharoAmid the gloom of life among victims of the Tokwe Mukosi dam floods housed in tents at Chingwizi camp, some enterprising individuals have come...

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Zimbabwe: NGOs spend $3m at Chingwizi

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweContrary to government claims that Non Governmental Organisations were shunning Chingwizi flood victims, it emerged this week that the NGOs have so far spent...

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Mozambique: Storms kill four in Zambezia

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: MozambiqueStorms in the central Mozambican province of Zambezia have claimed four lives, and eight other people have been injured, reports the Beira daily paper, “Diario...

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Mozambique: Ten deaths in Mozambican storms

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: MozambiqueSince the start of the 2013-14 rainy season in October, ten people have died in thunderstorms, struck by lightning, according to Mozambique’s relief agency, the...

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Zimbabwe: Group’s work saves women from death in childbirth

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: Zimbabweby Clayton MasekesaA young pregnant woman in rural Nyamaropa in Nyanga district, Caroline Mangondoza prepares to give birth at home with her mother and her...

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Zimbabwe: Herb centre offers help for people living with HIV

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweFarirai Muzenda from Epworth in Harare is HIV-positive and pregnant with her fifth child. Contrary to expectations, she’s a smiling, healthy woman. She puts her...

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Zimbabwe: Rains wreak havoc in Mberengwa

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: Zimbabweby Brenna MatendereA heavy storm hit the western part of the district over the weekend- destroying critical infrastructure.Though there were no casualties, roads...

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Mozambique: Flood on Pungue river worsening

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: Mozambique, ZimbabweThe flood on the Pungue river in the central Mozambican province of Sofala is worsening, and the river is now swirling over sections of the main road...

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Zimbabwe: Schools Closed as Flooding continues

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweAt least two schools have been closed leaving thousands of students stranded as the humanitarian crisis along the Tokwe Murkosi dam basin worsens by each day.The...

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Zimbabwe: Hunger stalks Matabeleland as food aid struggles to cope

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: Zimbabweby Pamenus TusoA frail looking baby eagerly clutched her mother’s breast and sucked. She suddenly stopped and faintly cried. Nothing. The milk has dried up.“I can...

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Zimbabwe: Reaching out to the rural vulnerable

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: Zimbabweby Clayton MasekesaAs the heavy wind blows, it threatens to carry away the rusty metal roof sheets that are loosely patched. There are no window-panes in most of...

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Zimbabwe: 11 doctors help Tokwe Mukosi victims

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweA team of 11 volunteer doctors has been dispatched to Chingwizi area where over 2,500 families displaced by the Tokwe Mukosi dam flooding are currently staying...

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Zimbabwe: Disaster aid stuck at SA border

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweHumanitarian assistance intended for flood-hit areas of Zimbabwe remains stuck in South Africa for lack of transport.The assistance was mobilised by the Barbara...

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Zimbabwe: Typhoid Outbreak Hits Mabvuku

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: Zimbabweby CHRAA Typhoid outbreak has hit Mabvuku high density suburb with at least nine cases confirmed so far. The suburb, which has been prone to typhoid outbreaks on...

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Zimbabwe: Giving young women power against poverty

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: Zimbabweby Sofia MapurangaAn emerging organisation, committed to helping young women, has embarked on an initiative to empower female students as a way of reducing the...

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Zimbabwe: Army accused of beating and harassing flooded villagers

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweVillagers living along the Tokwe Mukosi dam basin have accused troops and police harassing and intimidating them for resisting eviction.The soldiers and police...

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Zimbabwe: Women’s group fights for recognition

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: Zimbabweby Clayton MasekesaRaised in a community that looks down upon women entrepreneurs, members of Chigodora HIV and AIDS Prevention Organization (CHAPO) in Mutare...

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Zimbabwe: Govt urged to use NGO expertise

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: Zimbabweby Sofia MapurangaGovernment should partner civil society organisations and implement a comprehensive and coordinated approach to help families affected by floods...

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Zimbabwe: Villagers face starvation as aid agency pulls out

Source: The ZimbabweanCountry: ZimbabweVillagers in Makoni district are facing food shortages as aid agencies are pulling out, citing financial constraints.Villagers told The Zimbabwean that the...

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