Zimbabwe

Conservation Farming

Conservation farming to build resilience Many people in Masvingo, Zimbabwe, are losing their livelihoods. Local farmers are being forced to migrate due to droughts, storms, floods and other threats caused by a changing climate. These changes have meant that many…

Safe Water for Rural Communities

Installation of boreholes and wells In Zimbabwe, dirty water is a leading cause of illness for many communities. In drought-stricken areas, communities face water scarcity. Water sources can be between 5–15 km away and are often contaminated by human waste…

Water is Now Within Reach

In Zimbabwe, women walk long distances to find the cleanest water they can use, but it’s still dirty, taken from local rivers or hand-dug wells. This is common when villages in Zimbabwe do not have a borehole.  Walking to collect…

Water is life: why boreholes matter more than ever

Suko has been waiting for her life to begin for a long time. She wanted to start a garden, look after animals, provide for her children’s school fees, build a house and earn a better income. Everything was put on…

Solutions to water scarcity

Every day, nearly one in three people around the world struggles to access safe drinking water—a basic human need.  As climate change intensifies droughts, and growing populations stretch already limited resources, the crisis of water scarcity is deepening and placing…

A School Uniform for Petros

Petros did not have school shoes or socks. He would walk with his eldest sister 5km daily to school in Zimbabwe. Without protection for his feet from the dirt and rocks. At home, their father was abusive, and their mother…