AS UN agencies under the Zimbabwe Idai Recovery Project (ZIRP) work to restore livelihoods in Cyclone affected areas, the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic presented a double-edged sword problem for the communities. They had to survive the devastation left by Idai and now a deadly virus that also threatened their existence. Working in collaboration, UNICEF, […]

Zimbabwe went into lockdown due to COVID-19 on 30 March 2020. The restrictions on movement and intercity travel posed a challenge to the project work in the Cyclone Idai affected areas under the Zimbabwe Idai Recovery Project (ZIRP) that is managed by UNOPS and funded by the World Bank. We immediately drafted a contingency plan […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has added a new layer of vulnerability to the Cyclone Idai affected  communities. Through the Zimbabwe Idai Recovery Project (ZIRP) funded by the World Bank and managed by UNOPS, several activities have been supported and implemented by WHO, UNICEF and UNOPS under various targeted sectors. In the month of August, 40 new […]

Over the last four months distinctive mobile units have been travelling through urban and rural communities in Zimbabwe delivering vital COVID-19 prevention messages to vulnerable people in Chipinge, Mutare and Chimanimani. Messages delivered included vital health and hygiene messages with attention to gender-based violence and information for mothers to screen their children for malnutrition. The […]