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    Zimbabwe marks 16 days of Activism against gender based violence

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    More calls to end gender based violence

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    Rural women denounce girl marriages and domestic violence
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  • Tonga community in language breakthrough

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    Hunger averted for hundreds of Hwedza families

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  • A tribute to the People of the Zambezi Valley

    ActionAid International (AAI) Zimbabwe participated in the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair held in the country’s second capital city, Bulawayo between 23 and 27 April 2013.While the ZITF theme was...
    by:
    Takaitei Bote
    Tuesday, 7 May 2013 – 15:45
    • Education
  • Nyanga floods affected communities receive relief aid

    Three hundred and fifty  (350) households from Ruchera Ward in Nyanga District, Manicaland Province affected by flooding which hit the area in January 2013, have received temporary relief in...
    by:
    Takaitei Bote
    Wednesday, 6 March 2013 – 12:16
    • News
    • emmergencies
    • Floods
    • Nyanga food distribution
    • Emergencies & Conflict
  • Joanna Kerr visits Zimbabwe as women join the “One Billion Rising Campaign”

    Rural women from Local Development Programmes (LDPs) in Zimbabwe had a lifetime opportunity on 14 February 2013 to meet with ActionAid International Chief Executive Officer Joanna Kerr.  The...
    by:
    Takaitei Bote
    Tuesday, 19 February 2013 – 13:09
    • Campaign
    • Gender based violence
    • One billion rising campaign
    • women's rights in Zimbabwe
    • Womens Rights
  • ActionAid Zimbabwe wins non-governmental organisations expo award

    ActionAid International Zimbabwe (AAI Zimbabwe) has for the second time running in 2012 won yet another floating trophy for best stand display at the National Association of Non-Governmental...
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    Takaitei Bote
    Wednesday, 5 December 2012 – 09:16
    • ActionAid International Zimbabwe
    • Non-Governmental Expo 2012
  • Zimbabwe marks 16 days of Activism against gender based violence

    ActionAid International Zimbabwe (AAI Zimbabwe), in collaboration with its human rights partners, joins the rest of the world in the annual 16 days campaign against-gender based violence, known as...
    by:
    Takaitei Bote
    Monday, 3 December 2012 – 15:56
    • 16 days of activism against gender based violence
    • women's rights
    • Womens Rights
  • Stop poor mining practices

    The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA), together with the Zimbabwe Council of Churches [ZCC] and the Chiadzwa Community Development Trust [CCDT) are calling for a stop to poor mining...
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    Takaitei Bote
    Friday, 14 September 2012 – 09:55
    • News
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    • Budget Tracking
    • livelihoods
    • marginalised
    • mining
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  • ActionAid Zimbabwe scoops best voluntary services award

    ActionAid International Zimbabwe (AAI Zimbabwe) scored a first to win the number one prize under all voluntary service organisations which exhibited at the Harare Agricultural Show held from 17-25...
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    Takaitei Bote
    Tuesday, 28 August 2012 – 14:01
    • Campaign
    • Womens Rights
  • Zimbabwe commemorates World Humanitarian Day

    ActionAid International Zimbabwe (AAI Zimbabwe) joins the rest of the world in commemorating World Humanitarian Day celebrated across the globe on 19 August.August 19 each year has been set aside by...
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    Takaitei Bote
    Sunday, 19 August 2012 – 13:20
    • Emergencies & Conflict
  • Rural women denounce girl marriages and domestic violence

    Rural women and girls in Zimbabwe have castigated early marriages and domestic violence which are affecting many families in the country at a time when the world commemorates International Women’s...
    by:
    Takaitei Bote
    Thursday, 5 April 2012 – 11:14
    • child abuse
    • Child/Children
    • domestic violence
    • Woman/Women
    • Woman/Women
    • International Women's Day 2012
    • Womens Rights
  • Increased Private - Public Partnerships needed in Zimbabwean Education

    The year 2012 comes with the beginning of a new academic year, increases  in school fees and levies, expensive new uniforms and an impending strike. Even though education plays a critical role...
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    Takaitei Bote
    Thursday, 26 January 2012 – 11:38
    • education financing
    • public and private sector
    • Zimbabwe
    • Education
  • Stop Africa burning: Women speak after COP 17

    The following is an account of the  ActionAid International (AAI) Zimbabwe Women’s Rights Team which attended the  Rural Women’s Assembly Regional Meeting and the Durban Conference of...
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    Takaitei Bote
    Friday, 16 December 2011 – 10:27
    • Africa
    • Climate Change
    • COP17
    • HungerFREE
    • rural women's assembly
    • Woman/Women
    • Climate Change
  • Zimbabweans call for peaceful co-existence

    At the height of various human rights violations in the country, Zimbabweans are calling for tolerance of divergent political views and peaceful co-existence. More than seven thousand human rights...
    by:
    Takaitei Bote
    Thursday, 15 December 2011 – 13:58
    • Africa
    • abuse
    • violence
    • Zimbabwe
    • International Human Rights Day
    • Governance
  • Rural women farmers speak out on climate change

    Teresa Marweyi, a rural woman farmer from Rukweza Ward in Makoni District in Manicaland Province, says as the whole world meets to discuss climate issues at the 17th meeting of the United Nations...
    by:
    Takaitei Bote
    Wednesday, 30 November 2011 – 23:10
    • Climate Change
    • COP17
    • Farmer
    • PACJA
    • rural women's assembly
    • Zimbabwe
    • Climate Change
    • HungerFREE
  • “Help us adapt to climate change,” Zimbabwe artists plead

    There is an answer to find the way……….. Help us to put the past behind us.         Ooohhhhhh!!!!! please help us, to find the way……., help us to put the past...
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    Takaitei Bote
    Tuesday, 29 November 2011 – 13:00
    • COP17
    • Trans Africa Caravan of Hope
    • Zimbabwe
    • Climate Change
  • Clean up your own mess

    The Youths in Tourism in Zimbabwe say polluters should ‘clean their mess’ by funding adaptation programmes which create employment for millions of unemployed youths in the country. Polluters are like...
    by:
    Takaitei Bote
    Tuesday, 29 November 2011 – 09:13
    • Africa
    • Zimbabwe
    • PACJA
    • Trans Africa Caravan of Hope
    • youths
    • Climate Change
    • HungerFREE

Spotlight

  • Tonga fish projects advertised at Zimbabwe International Trade Fair

    Gracia Mudimba (39), a mother of four children from Siachilaba Village in Binga District of Matabeleland North Province of Zimbabwe is happy that she participated in the Zimbabwe International Trade...
    • trade
    • Food rights
  • You are never alone: The fight to defend her daughters

    Farai Tendai (40) from Gokwe, Midlands Province of Zimbabwe, has four children who are all girls. She was married in 1993 to a man who was a long distance bus driver.  Things were good in her...
    • Campaign
    • 16 days of activism against gender based violence
    • children's rights
    • women's rights
    • Womens Rights
  • Tonga community in language breakthrough

    The Tonga community has scored a first for minority languages in Zimbabwe following the formalization of the Tonga language in schools in the Zambezi Valley basin that borders Zimbabwe and Zambia....
    • Basilwizi
    • language
    • Minority groups
    • Tonga
    • Zambezi Valley
    • Governance
  • Hunger averted for hundreds of Hwedza families as women access land and farm inputs

    For 56 year old Hwedza rural woman, Mrs. Roselyn Goto, it had never occurred to her that she will own a piece of land in her lifetime.
    • Africa
    • Zimbabwe
    • Food rights
    • HungerFREE
    • Womens Rights
    Hunger averted for hundreds of Hwedza families
  • Primary school teacher challenges corridors of power

    ‘I sometimes fall short of pinching myself to confirm if I’m not dreaming as I recall the things I have done courtesy of the Habakkuk Trust advocacy trainings’.
    • Africa
    • Zimbabwe
    • Education
    • Governance
    Giyani Moyo in the Habakkuk Trust Resource Centre.
  • Communities access clean and safe water through bio-sand programme

    Portable safe drinking water is a challenge for communities living in Nyangombe area in Nyanga District.
    • Africa
    • Zimbabwe
    • Emergencies & Conflict
    Sand filling demonstration being done by hygiene promotion officers.
  • Nyanga: Support Groups changing lives

    The income from ActionAid child sponsorship activities goes a long way in rural Nyanga in eastern Zimbabwe.
    • Africa
    • Zimbabwe
    • HIV / AIDS
    • Womens Rights
    Florence Mdamba
  • Small-scale farmer stands up against exploitation

    Mt Darwin district small-scale cotton farmer Trust Kakunguwo (43) says he will not regret withholding selling his cotton crop when prices were poor in the 2010 marketing season.
    • Africa
    • Zimbabwe
    • Food rights
    • HungerFREE
    Mr. Kakunguwo with his wives and children in their cotton farm.
  • Child abuse exposed as children take control of their lives

    For a long time, children in rural Makoni District in Zimbabwe have let adults take leading roles in activities that they could take control of.
    • Africa
    • Zimbabwe
    • Education
    Gunda Primary School
  • Sarudzayi Trinta, 38 year old female, Mufakose, Harare

    Sarudzai Trinta (38) is a physically challenged woman who resides in Mufakose, Harare.  She is one of the beneficiaries of the Action Aid Zimbabwe cholera response programme 2009.  She...
    • Africa
    • Zimbabwe
    • Emergencies & Conflict
    Sarudzayi Trinta
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