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Zimbabwe
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Statistics:
Capital: Harare
Population: 13.1 million
Concern started work in: 2002
Life expectancy: 40.9 years
Literacy rate: 89.4%
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Capital: Harare Population: 13.1 million Concern started work in: 2002
The overall situation in Zimbabwe has recently deteriorated significantly. This has led to a decline in the quality of the national health, education and social sectors.
Farming and food in Zimbabwe
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Concern launched a food and farming project in Zimbabwe in July 2006. Since then, 124,000 people in three of the regions who are hardest hit by food shortages have benefitted from it.
A voice for women in Zimbabwe
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The articulate and ever-smiling Netsai Sibanda, lives in Gowke, Zimbabwe. Her children go to school and her farm is thriving. Netsai’s hard word, with some support from Concern, has turned her life around.
Action reaps rewards
Action Mutenheri is a Zimbabwean farmer who was helped by Concern. Now he’s harvesting more crops than ever before.
To hospital with a goat
Posted by Louise Finan in Concern Blog | 11 May 2009 |
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Travelling through Zimbabwe, it’s easy to see the devastating effects the last few years have had on people.
No one should die from cholera
Yesterday, I met a woman called Erina. She lives in the village of Nzuenga in Zimbabwe.
Saving a nation way past breaking point
23 January 2009The following article appeared in the Irish Examiner on 20 January2009.
Concern CEO Tom Arnold visits Zimbabwe
15 January 2009Concern Worldwide CEO Tom Arnold recently visited Zimbabwe to see first hand Concern's ongoing work and emergency response to recent cholera outbreaks. Over 2,300 deaths and 44,300 cases of the disease are contributing to a severe deterioration in the humanitarian situation.
Zimbabwe's food and cholera crisis
24 December 2008Concern's team on the ground is reporting severe deterioration in the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe. This is being exacerbated by several outbreaks of cholera in the country, caused by a severe lack of clean water and sanitation. Reports of over 3,700 deaths with another 79,000 suspected cases are causing serious concern.
Zimbabwe's looming food emergency
04 December 2008Concern's team on the ground is reporting a severe deterioration in the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe. This is being exacerbated by several outbreaks of cholera in the country, which is a direct consequence of a severe lack of clean water and adequate sanitation.
