Tag: WORLD VISION

Budget line to operationalize Public Health Emergency Operation Centres on cards

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere Zimbabwe is working on establishing a dedicated budget line for the operationalization of the country’s Public Health Emergency Operation Centres (PHEOCs), amid dwindling external financial resources both globally and regionally. Speaking to journalists after officiating the ongoing Public Health Emergency Management Executive-Level Training, the Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr. Douglas Mombeshora, said steps are underway to introduce a legal instrument to formalize this budget line. Zimbabwe remains committed to the Lusaka Call to Action and the operationalization of public health emergency operation centres. We are…

Read More

World Vision joins child nutrition advocacy

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere World Vision has joined the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Civil Society Network through its global Enough Campaign, which focuses on tackling child malnutrition. The SUN Civil Society Network engages in nutrition advocacy, and World Vision’s participation underscores its recognition of malnutrition as a significant barrier to its broader programming on health, child marriages, and sexual abuse prevention. Nutrition advocacy is one of our new areas that we just want to delve into as World Vision. Why? Because from evidence, we have realised that hunger and malnutrition are…

Read More

Five Zim Child Focused Agencies Condemn Continued Sexual Abuse of Young Girls

Michael Gwarisa

World Vision, Save the Children Zimbabwe, Plan International Zimbabwe and Sos Children’s Village have released a joint statement condemning the continued, horrendous sexual abuse of young girls in various parts of the country. By Michael Gwarisa In a statement, the five agencies said child sexual abuse was a social ill that undermines the quest for equity and quality of life for young girls. The recent, shocking media reports on pre–teen girls from Tsholotsho and Bindura getting pregnant due to abuse shows that the violation of girls’ rights continues unabated. We…

Read More

Zimbabwe Launches Mass Drug Administration Against Blinding Tracoma

Healthtimes

The Ministry of Health and Child Care working together with SightSavers, World Vision, Basilizwi Trust and WelthungerHilfe has launched a mass treatment / Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign for the treatment of trachoma disease which if left untreated causes blindness. Health Reporter A ten-day mass treatment campaign will run in the districts of Shamva, Bindura, Rushinga, Binga, Marondera, Nyanga, Mutasa and Gweru beginning on the 11th July of 2022 to the 20th of July 2022. The mass treatment for trachoma prevents children and adults from going needlessly blind. All people…

Read More

3.3 Million Children At Risk Of Child Marriage Due To Post Pandemic Hunger Crisis – World Vision

Michael Gwarisa

A child that went to bed hungry in the past 4 weeks is 60% more likely to be married than their peers who did not experience hunger  Number of children experiencing crisis level hunger increased by 12 million between 2019 to 2020, meaning an additional 3.3 million children could be married before the age of 18.   Children who are not in school are 3.4 times more likely to be married than their peers that are in school.    82% of the children interviewed who were married became married after the debut of the pandemic.…

Read More

World Vision Celebrates Significant Increase In Access To safe water

Patricia Mashiri

THE World Vision a Christian and child-focused humanitarian aid agency celebrates significant increase in the number of children and families accessing safe water in Zimbabwe By Patricia Mashiri Celebrating this year’s World Water Day running under the theme “Valuing Water, World Vision have made water available in sufficient quantities transforming communities and contributing to their health, education as well as economic benefits. Morris Chidavaenzi, the World Vision Zimbabwe WASH Technical Advisor, said they were thankful to their local and international partners whom they worked with to accelerate the access of…

Read More