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Progressio does a lot of work on ‘sustainable farming’. But what does that actually mean in practice? Especially somewhere like Zimbabwe, where drought and lack of resources are such a problem?

Zimbabwe’s debt burden, that has seen the country fork out more in repayments since 1980 than it has received in loans, reinforces poverty and undermines democracy – but something can be done, says Tim Jones, Policy Officer at the Jubilee Debt Campaign, in this guest blog for P

How do you give ordinary men and women a voice in the elitist process of policy-making? A project supported by Progressio in Zimbabwe aims to do just that. Our development worker Christopher Mweembe (above left) and Machinda Marongwe (above right), from partner organisation NANGO, tell us more…

Jim Matarazzo reflects on what he learned from meeting the people whose stories are featured in Prayer alone is not enough (1.86MB PDF)

A new report by Progressio urges religious leaders around the world to reflect on how faith communities can help or hinder support for people living with HIV. The report, entitled ′Prayer alone is not enough′, is released today (World Health Day Thurs 7 April) and offers first

In recent years, Zimbabwe has started to promote the growth of crops for biofuels – but what does this mean for food security, asks Progressio development worker Angeline Mujeyi... Faced by ever-rising fossil fuel prices, Zimbabwe has started to promote jatropha production in order to use its seeds to produce biodiesel. Some argue that fuel-generating crops like jatrop

  Progressio ‘Local Hero’ Teclah Ponde works in Zimbabwe’s prisons with ZACRO (Zimbabwe Association for Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation) on issues of HIV and AIDS. Here, Joseph, one of the prisoners who is being helped by ZACRO, explains how he managed to keep going inside one of Zimbabwe's maximum security jails.

Progressio regional managers oversee five or six country programmes from the UK. Even when I travel as far as one of our country offices, I can get so bogged down in spreadsheets and visits around town that I never leave the city. So I was particularly excited last week when I set off in a 4x4 for the town of Wedza, 200km south east of Harare. Barney Mawire, the director of our partner o