When the COVID-19 pandemic cost Mr. Nzou his job as a builder, he faced an uncertain future and the responsibility of caring for six children, four of whom are still in school. Today, thanks to the Dr. Rath Health Foundation’s Movement of Life project in Zimbabwe, he earns a full-time living growing and selling vitamin-rich fruits and…
While our installation of water boreholes at two sites in Zimbabwe has already dramatically improved the lives of many people, significant challenges remain. One of the key ones is that in order to bring up water to ground level, the boreholes require electricity. This presents a problem in that Zimbabwe experiences regular power cuts. On weekdays, for…
Meet Sekuru Peter Maganaiza, the oldest participant in our Movement of Life Zimbabwe project. Aged 104 and a community leader, Sekuru Peter is still working and continues to enjoy remarkably good health. Asked how he copes at this age and what his secret is, he says eating healthily is the number one thing. “If nature doesn’t make…
With our Movement of Life work in Zimbabwe beginning to gain widespread attention, the H-Metro newspaper, the country’s leading tabloid, recently published an article about our achievements. Featuring Bruce Kanengoni, our Movement of Life Zimbabwe coordinator, the article describes how the participants in our fruit and vegetable gardening project in the Warren Park area of Harare now include…
By Jean Worth, Bruce Kanengoni, and Paul Anthony Taylor Amid one of the worst droughts southern Africa has seen in living memory, authorities in Zimbabwe have announced plans to cull 200 wild elephants to feed communities facing severe hunger. The move comes after low rainfall wiped out crops across much of the country, resulting in widespread food…
The photos on this page show members of the Mereki community in Harare, Zimbabwe, taking part in one of our Movement of Life vegetable gardening projects. With a total of 75 team members, this was the first community gardening project that we set up in Zimbabwe. Impressively, after struggling to feed their families in the…
By Jean Worth Zimbabweans are very familiar with the word ‘suffering.’ It is their daily lived experience. If it isn’t politics that is causing it, it’s high inflation, with no jobs and, therefore, no money. People continually struggle to pay school fees and feed their families. But now a severe drought is adding to their…
By Bruce Kanengoni and Jean Worth The biggest challenge that people have faced in Zimbabwe so far this year has been the crippling drought. To people who have so little, drought can drain hope and optimism and make their struggles seem never-ending. Mothers worry about how they will feed their families. Fathers worry about how…
By Bruce Kanengoni and Jean Worth The majority of Zimbabweans born in recent decades have known nothing but hunger and poverty. Only a small minority of the population were able to escape this and attain a safer, more secure life. Many have had to leave the country in order to survive and thrive. But for…
With a total of 4 schools and 2 communities now involved, our Movement of Life project in Zimbabwe continues to expand. The list of vegetables being grown includes beetroots, cabbages, onions, eggplants, green peppers, yellow peppers, peas, carrots, broccoli, green beans, red lettuce, tomatoes, and chilies. A wide variety of fruit trees have also been…
