Tag: Zimbabwe

Enhancing food security and livelihood of poor small-holder farmers in Zimbabwe

Project Name Enhancing food security and livelihood of poor small-holder farmers in Zimbabwe Project Location Zimbabwe Project Natures Livelihood Development Project Objectives Improve food supply and livelihoods of poor farmers. Beneficiaries Poor farmers who do not receive government agricultural subsidies No. of Beneficiaries 624 people Key Activities Increase production – provide seeds, fertiliser, and farming tools. Increase food sources: Improve post-harvest management to reduce losses; provide goats for farmers to raise to produce goat meat and milk for food or to sell to increase household income. Some of the lambs produced will be passed on to neighbouring farms, benefiting poor farmers in the community. Project Period Nov 2020 to May 2023 Expenses Approx. HK$376,000 Donate Now Impact Story

Integrated Approach to Reducing Sexual Gender Based Violence in Mzilikazi, Bubi and Umugza Districts, Zimbabwe

Project Name Integrated Approach to Reducing Sexual Gender Based Violence in Mzilikazi, Bubi and Umugza Districts, Zimbabwe Project Location Zimbabwe Project Natures Advocacy Children and Youth Development Project Objectives Enhance community residents’ awareness of sexual violence, gender-based violence, and human rights. Assist survivors of sexual violence and gender-based violence and other individuals in need in accessing sexual and reproductive health services at community clinics. Help women and girls in need access living subsidies and psychosocial support. Beneficiaries Residents of Mzilikazi, Bubi, and Umguza communities, community leaders, church leaders, and survivors of sexual violence and gender-based violence. No. of Beneficiaries Approx. 2,320 people Key Activities Community education: organise training, community dialogues, men’s groups, and other activities to promote awareness

Conservative Agriculture Training and Financial Stewardship Promotion Programme

Project Name Conservative Agriculture Training and Financial Stewardship Promotion Programme Project Location Zimbabwe Project Natures Livelihood Development Creation Care Project Objectives Promote awareness and practice of land management (soil conservation, increasing crop diversity and production) and household financial management (financial budgeting, nurturing savings habits and reducing debt) to farmers. Beneficiaries Farmers, church leaders and community leaders in the Shamva, Dombashava and Heather Chimoga communities No. of Beneficiaries Approx. 1,350 people Key Activities Set up community demonstration plots to train farmers to use conservation farming methods and improve land management. Provide training to farmers on household financial management. Train in servant leadership for community leaders. Project Period Sep 2021 to Nov 2024 Expenses Approx. HK$850,000 Donate Now IMPACT STORY

How did CEDAR Select and Manage Overseas Projects?

CEDAR has been collaborating with 53 Christian organizations and churches worldwide from 2018 to 2019, to support 80 relief and development projects all over Asia, Middle East and Africa. With an enormous amount of projects and great needs in poor regions, how did CEDAR select and manage the projects? Let’s hear what our Programme Officer Hollace say. Hollace noted that CEDAR’s support to a poverty alleviation project took into account of the project’s community involvement and mobilization, which included the following aspects: 1. How to enhance project’s endeavor to mobilise targeted community’s own resources? 2. How to assure better transparency and fairness in beneficiary selection? 3. Any feedback and response mechanisms? 4. Is local volunteers mobilized? 5. How

The Poor Amidst the Drought in Zimbabwe

This July, the world experienced perhaps the hottest month in over a century. It is true that the climate crisis can produce very divergent impacts on the rich and the poor. As UN expert pointed out recently, the rich have money to find ways to mitigate the threats of global warming, but the poor are powerless to protect themselves. They are left to bear the resulting heat, famine and diseases. CEDAR has had an insight into the great affliction that the poor in Zimbabwe in southern Africa have to endure. Recently, El Nino caused a drought in Zimbabwe. The World Food Programme warned that over 2.3 million farmers in the country are on the verge of starvation. Yield of maize, the

Cyclone Idai: Two Meals a Day, One Meal a Day, then…

In mid-March, CEDAR shared on Facebook (Chinese only) about a trip in Zimbabwe in southern Africa. Zimbabwe was continuously hot and dry, and Zimbabweans discovered that a particular fruit was growing which indicated forthcoming drought. When villagers were still waiting for rains and hoping for harvests in April and May, the sudden attack of intense tropical cyclone Idai shattered not only their homes, but also their hearts. Expected drought became unexpected windstorm and floods. http://www.CEDARfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20190327-video.mp4 (Video in Chinese only) Pui Shan, CEDAR’s staff, shares about situation in Buhera after Cyclone Idai Cyclone Idai first destroyed a port city on the east of Mozambique with a wind speed of 170km/h. Then it moved inland to Zimbabwe and Malawi. As of 27