Takudzwa Makoni Defaulting Gweru residents heaved a sigh of relief following the local authority’s decision to stop attaching their property for not settling bills. This comes after Gweru Residents Ratepayers Association (GRRA) wrote a letter to the Town Clerk’s Office on the 24th of May 2022, referenced “attachment of resident’s property” it reads: “There is […]
Join the KAYEC Trust on Saturday, 21 May 2022, from 10:00 onwards for their Entrepreneurship Day at the KAYEC Wanaheda Centre (corner of Kampala and City Streets). KAYEC’s trainees will showcase their handmade products. The event aims to encourage young people to start businesses with the skills and training that they have acquired. Watch the […]
One person likely dying from hunger every 48 seconds in drought-ravaged East Africa as world again fails to heed warnings LONDON/GENEVA, 18 May 2022 – One person is likely dying of hunger every 48 seconds in drought-ravaged Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, according to estimates by Oxfam and Save the Children in a report published today […]
Daily Noon Briefing Highlights – 20 May 2022 Ukraine In Ukraine, particularly in the east and the south, people continue to endure intense and escalating hostilities and the humanitarian situation deteriorates. Over 640,000 people in eastern Ukraine don’t have access to electricity, and access to water is also becoming increasingly limited, particularly in Donetsk city. […]
The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, concluded a two-day visit to Kenya on 13 May where he saw first-hand the devastating impact of a fourth consecutive failed rainy season in the Horn of Africa. “During my visit, I met with people in the village of Lomopus in Turkana County, Kenya, […]
UN releases an additional US$30 million to urgently ramp up humanitarian response in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Niger NEW YORK/GENEVA, 20 May 2022 – Up to 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region will face severe food insecurity over the next three months, the highest number since 2014, the United Nations Office for the […]
To read the full report please visit the IDMC website here. All-time high of nearly 60 million people internally displaced worldwide 19 May 2022, Geneva – The number of people living in internal displacement around the world reached a record 59.1 million at the end of 2021, up from 55 million a year earlier. The […]
Clive Tatenda Makumbe By using the public health system to provide free care through the private sector, more than 80 million people are now protected against eye diseases each year. Combating this disease, which causes much suffering and blindness, is one of the first efforts of the World Bank, in collaboration with the African Union, […]
Clive Makumbe in Zimbabwe For nonprofits and charities, every penny counts. And so does every source of traffic to their websites, including organic traffic from search engines like Google. So what can these organizations do to increase the influx of visitors (and hopefully donors) arriving through that channel? Of course, the answer is to step […]
UN Women’s newest report reveals that women and girls have disproportionately suffered the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 – be it through lost jobs and reduced work hours, increased intensity of care and domestic work, and strains on their physical and mental health. And yet, the report also shows that women and girls are far less […]