As someone living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, Joshua Mavundu would welcome a cure for the disease. He knows intimately its ravages. His weight dropped to 70 pounds before he was tested and put on antiretroviral medication by a Catholic AIDS program in Zimbabwe. Today, he feels healthy ...

The Catholic University in Zimbabwe (CUZ) recently beat other universities in the country to clinch the Boost Students in Free Enterprise (Sife) national competition held in Harare. CUZ’s projects sought to help the underprivileged in rural settings, particularly orphans and prisoners, and impressed the judges because of their sustainability. In ...

The Canadian-born Zimbabwe-based doctor  Paul Thistle, who runs the Salvation Army’s Howard Hospital (one of the biggest hospital in Mashonaland Central), was in Peterborough, Ontario (Canada) with his family to take part in a fundraiser for the facility. More than 100 people enjoyed a dinner from the Shish Kabob Hut, live ...

The Zimbabwe Red Cross Society has launched a $3,3 million water sanitation and hygiene project meant to benefit over 100,000 people in Chivi District (Masvingo Province). The society carried out feasibility studies of rural areas in need of assistance and identified Chivi as one of the areas in need of ...

Even in Mbare you need to use “politically correct language.” I have learnt that handicapped people want to be called “differently abled”. At least those fluent in English – the Shona speakers don’t know what the fuss is all about. “AIDS orphans,” I am told, is discriminatory, even though it describes ...

By Joe Arimoso SJ   Football again! Yes, football, the madness that has dogged me from the time I was at Makumbi mission in 2003. With the help of KitAid (a charity organisation in the UK) I now run three registered soccer academies in Norton, Kuwadzana and Mbare. Involving about 300 ...

Ted Rogers: Jesuit, Social Pioneer and AIDS Activist in Zimbabwe – A MemoirDate: August, 2Time: 6:30 pm for 7:00 pm Venue: St Anne’s Chapel (next to the Monastery Church), Mariannhill, (South Africa?)Speakers: South African cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Durban Wilfrid Napier OFM, Professor Philippe Denis OPContact: 031 201 ...

A clinic built under the Constituency Development Fund in Chipinge East (Manicaland Province) was handed over to the United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (UCCZ) recently. Speaking at the handover ceremony at Muswera Community Centre the MP for the area, Matewu Mathias Mlambo, said the community had agreed to hand ...

A branch of the United Assemblies Africa Church situated in Chivhu (146 km south of Harare) has embarked on a project to rescue children who are facing abuse in the local community while also caring for orphans. A total of 23 children aged between 2 and 18 years are currently under the ...

Silveira House, a development education centre run by the Society of Jesus 20 km east of Harare, recently gathered national political leaders, representatives of civil society organisations, church organisations and media houses for a conference “Consolidating our efforts in promoting peace in Zimbabwe.” Held on May 31, 2012, the conference attracted the ...