Our projects in Zimbabwe

Action for better governance: Realising the common good

The project seeks to empower poor and marginalised people especially women to have a greater influence on decisions and policies that affect their lives. This aim is to be achieved through building the capacity of faith groups, leaders and communities to promote democratic participation and influence local and national government plans and policies. Activities include: training of trainers, training of CCJP diocesan and parish members and volunteers, training of Bishops and other church leaders to advocate effectively on key governance issues, undertaking awareness raising and capacity building activities for church members within the diocesan parishes and small Christian community structures, and supporting the establishment of faith/secular partnerships.

Start date: June 2010
End date: August 2013
Partner organisations: Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace
Locations: Masvingo and Gweru

Funded by the Ford Foundation

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Conserving our land, producing our food

The project seeks to improve the quality of life of poor and marginalised people in Zimbabwe through more equitable and more sustainable management of natural resources especially in the light of climate change and resource scarcity. The main project activities include:

  • Setting up of farmer field schools on agro-ecology
  • Promoting the adoption of soil and water conservation farming techniques by the communal farmers
  • Training farmers on food processing, value addition and preservation techniques
  • Setting up and training of Village Savings and Loans groups
  • Setting up and training of Environment Action Groups (EACs) on the management of natural resources
  • Training Environment Africa field officers on agro-ecology, marketing and business development, and lobbying and advocacy
  • Engagement of EACs with the local and district authorities on environmental legislation/by-laws
  • Advocacy - producing policy briefs, agro-ecology manuals and publications on agro -cology and product development
  • Documentation of case studies and success stories on successful initiatives of the project for sharing and replication

Start date: March 2012
End date: April 2015
Partner organisations: Environment Africa Zimbabwe
Locations: Guruve, Nyanga, Zvimba

Funded by the Big Lottery Fund

This project is also being implemented in Salima district in Malawi.

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Hear our voice! Speaking out for HIV services and care support

The project aims to reduce stigma and discrimination and increase access to HIV care, support and prevention among poor and at-risk groups, specifically employees, truck drivers, prisoners and children vulnerable to HIV and AIDS. The specific objectives include:

  • To increase HIV knowledge, reduce stigma and discrimination and provide care and support to groups vulnerable to HIV, including inmates, prison officers and long-distance truck drivers;
  • To increase the voice, influence and capacity of people living with HIV, vulnerable groups and their representative organisations to represent their rights and improve service delivery and policies that affect their lives;
  • To increase access to prevention and care services, and reduce levels of stigma and discrimination by promoting the development and implementation of workplace policies and programmes in small/informal companies and in the transport sector; and
  • To increase the capacity of local implementing partners to improve their response to the needs of PLHIV and those most vulnerable to HIV.

11,520 people are going to benefit directly and 30, 000 people are to benefit indirectly.

Start date: August 2011
End date: August 2014
Partner organisations:
Zimbabwe Association of Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation of the Offender (ZACRO)
Zimbabwe National Council for the Welfare of Children (ZNCWC)
Zimbabwe AIDS Prevention and Support Organisation (ZAPSO)
National Employment Council for the Transport Operating Industry (NECTOI)
Locations: countrywide

Funded by Comic Relief

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Supporting visual and hearing impaired persons in Zimbabwe

The aim of this project is to contribute towards the reduction of new HIV infections among disabled people in Zimbabwe by providing support to The HIV and AIDS Management Service Organisation (THAMASO) and the Disability HIV and AIDS Trust (DHAT) in the production and distribution of HIV and AIDS information for visual and hearing impaired persons. The main activities include production and distribution of HIV and AIDS information in Braille and sign language; and production of training manuals, policy monographs and briefs. The project will also strengthen the capacity of THAMASO and DHAT to advocate for the rights of disabled persons among duty bearers that include relevant government departments, village heads, chiefs and traditional healers with regard to HIV and AIDS information, prevention, treatment and care. This project is expected to benefit directly 650 visual and hearing impaired persons and approximately 4,000 family members from Hwange and Harare districts in Zimbabwe.

Start date: 1 September 2012
End date: 30 August 2013
Partner organisations:
The HIV and AIDS Management Service Organisation (THAMASO)
Disability HIV and AIDS Trust (DHAT)
Locations: Harare and Hwange districts

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