Men and Youths from the Mabvuku Seventh-Day Adventist Church (SDA) recently took responsibility upon themselves to clean the premises of Mabvuku Polyclinic. The group said their gesture was triggered by the deplorable and eye-soring state of the health delivery institution which they want to steer back to glory. Mabvuku is a high-density suburb ...

While some churches preach prosperity, Mount of Olives in Bulawayo is preaching the gospel of respect for the elderly who, they say, have wisdom and who are neglected by the society. Mount Olives is a church which formed an organisation called Freedom for the Elderly People which assists senior citizens with life’s ...

Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) is one of the UK’s leading international aid agencies and has a large programme in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa working in the water, sanitation and hygiene, livelihoods and governance sectors. CAFOD are currently developing a programme of sanitation and hygiene education in 6 municipalities in Zimbabwe. ...

The Salvation Army is being urged to take immediate action and reinstate a missionary doctor it recently dismissed from the Howard Hospital in Zimbabwe, where supporters have warned a humanitarian disaster is brewing. Canada-born Dr Paul Thistle was dismissed in August under unclear circumstances, a decision that led to violent ...

Charismatic church leader Emmanuel Makandiwa has rolled out a free eye surgery exercise targeted at underprivileged villagers across the country’s 10 provinces. The Operation Restore Sight programme was launched at St Albert’s Mission Hospital in Mashonaland Central Province by a team of 18 medical doctors and nurses from Makandiwa’s United Family International ...

In a bid to alleviate poverty among the senior citizens, church-led Freedom for the Elderly People has come up with a project to assist the residents of Bulawayo. Under the programme managed by this Mount of Olives church-supported organisation, the elderly in the second largest city of Zimbabwe are put into groups ...

She woke up in the middle of the night and sleepwalked about three houses away from her home in Kambuzuma section 5 in Harare to knock on the door of some orphaned children. She was no stranger to them – so they opened the door to her. The next morning ...

Chikurubi Maximum Prison on the outskirts of Harare has produced a number of noteworthy gospel musical groups as a result of its rehabilitation programme. Devine Touch and Tehillah are sponsored by the Seventh-Day Adventist and Roman Catholic churches. They have performed at different platforms, including the Harare Agricultural Show and have ...

Programme Officer, Market Development: Christian AidDeadline: 7 September 2012 (5pm) Job Reference: ZIM/POMD-712/TS Christian Aid is looking for a Programme Officer, Market Development to provide support to the Zimbabwe programme, particularly but not exclusively, the DFID Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) on pro-poor market development. The post holder will provide direct support ...

Pastor Tawanda Gezi, a member of the Prison Fellowship International branch in Zimbabwe, has bemoaned the treatment of pregnant inmates in local hospitals.  “The major problem that they [women prisoners] face is stigmatisation. They are treated as prisoners in our local hospitals that is the major problem. As a result, we feel ...