How can we help zimbabwe

Our emergency response has supported more than 44, people across the country as of April , but we urgently need to reach more vulnerable communities. Thanks to ActionAid donors we have distributed at least 35, food packages for people in need , including cooking oil, salt and beans, along with thousands of PPE items for health workers and hygiene kits for women, including menstrual products and soap.

Donate now. Food scarcity has been made worse by severe droughts , meaning that since , Zimbabwe has struggled to feed its people.

One in four people in Zimbabwe now relies on international aid for food. ActionAid began working with local communities in Zimbabwe in We provide long-term supplies of safe water, like boreholes, help farmers improve crop yields, and support women with loans to help them build businesses. We also train the poorest people in their rights to basic services such as healthcare, clean water and education. And our local staff provide emergency food and water programmes for people most affected by drought.

Many children stopped going to school because they were too hungry and weak to walk to school. In response to people's needs, ActionAid runs feeding programmes in schools across Matabeleland North Province, giving the most vulnerable children a daily meal of corn and soya porridge.

We also help farmers to improve crop yields with better farming techniques. And families are given the chance to take out loans from ActionAid-supported credit groups, helping them to build a business and provide for their future. Nearly half of all women in Zimbabwe experience violence in their lifetime. In Harare and Chitungwiza our local staff are training women to lobby the government for basic protection, such as street lighting, as well as training police to take violence against women seriously.

The project will benefit over 30, women and girls affected by violence. The aftermath of several cyclones, drought and intense floods has resulted in the current food shortage in Zimbabwe. Intense flooding has washed away much of the crops that were planted by farmers and households last year. Crops were destroyed just before the start of the harvest season - a catastrophe, as people suffer from food shortages due to crop failures. Currently, there is a drought that has triggered the worst hunger crisis in ten years.

One in two people in Zimbabwe is suffering acute hunger. There is nothing left of Africa's breadbasket: pictures of dried-up Victoria Falls and dying elephants have gone around the world.

The water shortage is noticeable everywhere. People wait in line for hours in front of supermarkets to buy drinking water. The country is already in a steadily growing economic crisis. High unemployment of over 80 percent and extreme inflation are the reasons why so many people in Zimbabwe live below the poverty line.

Supply shortages are very common: The availability of basic foodstuffs, gasoline and medicines decreases drastically every day. All our projects in Zimbabwe help people to overcome the effects of climate change. We focus on supporting small farmers in the rural regions of the country.

We distribute seeds that grow well in dry soil and provide training on saving water when growing vegetables. Diversity is our approach to combating poverty. Zimbabwe boasts one of Africa's highest literacy rates and the country's education system was once considered the best in the region.

However, the situation has deteriorated recently and around 11 per cent of children do not attend school. Many families cannot afford to send their children to school. Instead the children are forced to go to work in order to contribute food and money to the family income.

According to a study by the Zimbabwean National Statistics Agency, in some areas of the country, over half of the children work. Home Where we work Zimbabwe. In June , Caritas Hwange, a Caritas Australia partner, installed a solar powered piped water system in Msuna Hills bringing fresh clean drinking water to the population for the first time.

Our work in Zimbabwe Extreme poverty has risen sharply in recent years in Zimbabwe, due to economic and political instability. Partnership Working with local communities in Zimbabwe since Programs We support six programs through five local partners in Zimbabwe. Priorities Sustainable livelihoods, protection, food and water security and health.