Health and Wellbeing

Golden Girls defying the odds after surviving violence.

Golden Girls defying the odds after surviving violence.

Golden Girls is a five-member group from Ward 35 of Makoni district. The group comprises five girls (Elizabeth 18 years, Florence 17 years, Shamiso 17 years, Rutendo 17 years, Vimbai 18 years) who are all survivors of abuse with three of them being teen mothers. Through the FACT Zimbabwe implemented Children Tariro program supported by the …

Men embrace gender equality through the S.A.S.A model

Men embrace gender equality through the S.A.S.A model

Nelson and his wife Nomatter The first phase of the TORCHES (Towards Resilient Communities with Health, Equity, and Safety for all) project is focusing on strengthening male involvement in addressing the marginalization of women facilitating more gender-equitable and equal communities. Action Aid together with its partners Leonard Cheshire Disability, Family AIDS Caring Trust- Zimbabwe (FACT) …

Sexual Violence Prevention training for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Manicaland

Sexual Violence Prevention training for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Manicaland

Family AIDS Caring Trust – FACT Zimbabwe in partnership with NO Means NO Worldwide with support from The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through USAID Zimbabwe has kickstarted a month long virtual IMPower Instructors training. The training of 20 Adolescent Girls and Young Women drawn from Manicaland province seeks to increase girls’ …

Community engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic

The realisation of Healthy Communities for A Healthy Nation remains central to the project implementation by FACT Zimbabwe. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, reaching out to communities with the much-needed health related services has been a major setback in project implementation. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, FACT Zimbabwe embraced alternative engagement …

Churches Council call for collaborative efforts to end violence and child marriages

The Christian denominations represented by the Zimbabwe Council of Churches have called on all community structures to work hand in hand towards the elimination of all forms of violence and child marriages in Zimbabwe. Speaking during the Chiefs Indaba on Sexual Gender Based Violence and Child marriages, currently underway in Nyanga, Zimbabwe Council of Churches …

COVID-19 Responses to Cyclone Idai affected communities

Chimanimani– Family AIDS Caring Trust- Zimbabwe with support from Kindernothilfe has been implementing a COVID-19 Response to Cyclone Idai affected communities project in Wards 15 and 21 of Chimanimani district, Manicaland province. The 6 months project aimed at assisting affected communities with the much needed Psycho-social support to address trauma from the disaster, aid with …

Revitalizing education for the COVID-19 Generation

With this year’s International Education Day commemorations running under the theme “Recover and Revitalize Education for the COVID-19 Generation,” the Children Tariro initiative led by FACT Zimbabwe continues to identify ways in which learners being supported under the programme continue to be engaged in education activities despite the ravaging effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The …

Responding to Gender Based Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Responding to Gender Based Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic

During humanitarian situations such as COVID-19 induced lockdown, drought, natural disasters women, girls and children included face a myriad of challenges which include Child Abuse and Gender Based Violence. According to the United Nations Population Fund Zimbabwe, 1 in 3 women in Zimbabwe have experienced Gender Based Violence (GBV). GBV is violence directed against a …

Role of parents in helping children realise their life goals- FAQs

Role of parents in helping children realise their life goals- FAQs

FACT Zimbabwe implements the Families Matter Programme a curricular based intervention which seeks to build strong healthy relationships between parents and their children. The programme seeks to ensure parents and children communicate with each other and reach a common understanding beneficial for both parties. This article seeks to explore the role of parents in helping …