The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent educational disruption has had a substantial negative effect on the education sector, with rural schools being the most affected.
Category: Local
Resilience Projects Bring Joy To Masvingo
Several rural communities in Masvingo province recently benefited from donor funded projects implemented with the support of the government to enhance resilience and adaptation to climate change. The life-changing agricultural projects are likely to create a sustainable local economy and alleviate poverty in the face of climate change exacerbated economic hardships.
Rural Road Rehabilitation, Key In Development Of Sustainable Local Economies
The rehabilitation of key rural infrastructure is essential in the development of sustainable local economies, and the improvement of road networks is of utmost importance. Rural economies especially in the lowveld are anchored by two economic activities, agriculture and tourism which heavily depend on transport networks.
Solar powered boreholes, clinics for Ward 32, Chiredzi North
Ward Councillors have a very important role to play in the development of the communities they represent. Their duty goes beyond being a spokesperson and watchdog of the community to pushing for infrastructural development in the ward especially when the Constituency Development Fund is released
Uhuru in Chiredzi, dancing to the beat of the Chimurenga tune
It’s uhuru mood countrywide and in the small town of Chiredzi, Masvingo province. A seemingly remote and desolate yet rich, with an unimaginable summer splendour, and fragrant air that comes from the large sugarcane plantations which beautify the urban periphery. Not forgetting the decorative baobabs that perfectly position themselves at every corner giving the small town an identity and métier.
Drinking water, top priority need for Masvingo – Report
Drinking water, food, education and civil documentation have been identified as the top four priority needs among Internally Displaced People (IDPs), returnees from abroad affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and vulnerable host communities in Masvingo province, according to a livelihood baseline assessment conducted by the International Organasation for Migration (IOM).
Chiredzi on the brink of acute food insecurity
The mid-season dry spell and an early cessation of the wet season have compounded the food insecurity risk in Chiredzi district. Abnormal dryness and uncharacteristic high temperatures have resulted in crop failure in many farming communities which rely on natural rainfall in Chiredzi, and the country at large.
Umxhanxa, Nhopi – simple traditional delicacy
It’s been noted that majority of our citizens, especially the youth, do not really take into consideration the value of tradition and therefore do not pay attention to the delicious traditional foods that we have in our country.
‘Wetlands Action is Climate Action’
An environment devoid of wetlands is devoid of life. Imagine a forest without a pan for animals, aquatic organisms succumbing to the effects of the presence of a water hyacinth in Lake Chivero; and a water source for humans that is heavily polluted, that can be perilous. Both humanity and biodiversity survive on water, and wetlands are the natural repositories of water.
Top eight edible insects in Zimbabwe
Few months into the rainy season is a period characterised by massive urban to rural peregrination. Urban folks, especially women throng communal mopane forests to harvest edible insects, particularly mopane worms.