To revitalise basic health service provision, WHO is conducting mobile health clinics in the hard-to-reach areas of the Cyclone affected communities, harnessing the One Project, One Team approach. Chipinge and Chimanimani areas are characterised by treacherous rugged terrain that makes passability near impossible in the rainy season. The spatial distribution of the health centres themselves […]
ZIRP is supporting almost 580 village health workers (VHWs) with bicycles for improved access to marginalised areas and health facilities in the cyclone affected areas. Village Health Workers are an instrumental part of the community health system in Zimbabwe. The impact of their work is visible in the referrals to health facilities and reduction of […]
In spite of our best efforts to be gender inclusive, sometimes women fail to participate in economic activities because of the conflict between their productive and societal roles. It takes deliberate effort to ensure that leadership, policy, process, resources and capacity are all aligned to facilitate the inclusion of women. Under ZIRP,, UNOPS introduced childcare […]
Village health workers are dedicated to distributing basic health services and information, serving thousands of people in hard-to-reach areas across Zimbabwe. Traditionally a female role, their dedication is influencing other community members to contribute in spreading awareness and information on health issues, including COVID-19. Many of them have inadvertently recruited their family members, including husbands, […]
In the African tradition, naming a child after someone is a way of honoring that person’s memory and legacy. It is the same manner of thinking that Eugen Tapomwa in Chimanimani must have had when he named his new calf ‘World Bank’ after the ZIRP project donor. Following the devastation by Cyclone Idai, affected communities […]
As the sun rises over Derera village in ward 13, the sounds of the cocks heralding in the new day are interjected by laughter and giggling by scattered groups of women as they make their way to the water points. Walking past the fields, they wave at their neighbours’ sons who are busy laying pipes […]
Imagine trying to explain the nature of different rock types to a pupil who has never in his life seen any rock formations. Or describing how a thermometer works, without a physical thermometer to illustrate the workings of the mercury in its bulb. Think about the powers of the magnifying glass, and the things it […]
Hermetic bags are reducing losses and helping farmers become more resilient to shocks 24 September 2020, Zimbabwe – In 2019, flash floods and landslides caused by Cyclone Idai tore through Zimbabwe’s Manicaland and Masvingo provinces wiping out crops already hit by the El Nino-induced drought. The cyclone also caused a significant loss of lives, livestock […]
Chimanimani, Zimbabwe – “The horrors of what happened on the evening of March 2019 still linger in my memories. I will rather not get into the emotional trauma l went through. l lost my house, relatives and friends all in a split second. It’s a miracle that l am still alive,” recollects Grace Chikara a […]
In response to Cyclone Idai, which hit Zimbabwe in March 2019, the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) with US$72 million funding from World Bank established Zimbabwe Idai Recovery Project, a major multi-sectoral recovery project, implemented by FAO, IOM, UNICEF, WHO and WFP. The four-year Zimbabwe Idai Recovery Project (ZIRP) aims not simply to restore […]