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Strengthening Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation for FACT Zimbabwe implemented programmes

Strengthening Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation for FACT Zimbabwe implemented programmes

Pact Global LEAP Manager, Daisy Kisyombe (Left) unpacking the Collaboration Learning and Adaptation Agenda while FACT Zimbabwe MEAL Advisor following. Family AIDS Caring Trust – FACT Zimbabwe with technical support from Pact a partner under the SPACE for OVC Program conducted a Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation (CLA) training and assessment for the SPACE for Orphans and …

“DREAMS has equipped me with relevant life skills.”

“DREAMS has equipped me with relevant life skills.”

Necalar fixing a motor engine as part of her practical skills training  Meet 20-year-old Necalar a Siyakha Girl from Mutare district a U.S President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)/ United States Agency for International Development in Zimbabwe (USAID Zimbabwe) supported district. Necalar is determined to enter the male-dominated field of motor mechanics. My life …

FACT Zimbabwe and partners launch US$54 million partnership to save the lives of vulnerable children, girls, and young women in Manicaland and Masvingo

FACT Zimbabwe and partners launch US$54 million partnership to save the lives of vulnerable children, girls, and young women in Manicaland and Masvingo

October 24, 2022. Today, Family AIDS Caring Trust (FACT-Zimbabwe) and its partners with funding from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched critical programs worth more than US$54 million to help fight HIV in Manicaland and Masvingo.  These programs are Sustaining Prevention, Increasing …

FACT Zimbabwe scoops award for Excellence in Community Empowerment and Social Impact

FACT Zimbabwe scoops award for Excellence in Community Empowerment and Social Impact

FACT Zimbabwe Executive Director, Mrs Gertrude Shumba (Second from Left) and Programs Director, Mrs Jenifer Tavengerwei (Second from Right) flanked by Corporate Social Responsibility Network Zimbabwe (CSRNZ) Board Member, Mrs Tabeth Melusi (Centre) and CSRNZ Executive Director, Mr Willard Ruzawo after receiving the award on behalf of FACT Zimbabwe from the Director in the Manicaland …

Loveness’s Story – Defied abuse: Now an agent of change for Adolescent Girls and Young Women.

Loveness’s Story – Defied abuse: Now an agent of change for Adolescent Girls and Young Women.

Loveness Chenjerai Meet 26-year-old Loveness from Chipinge, a USAID/PEPFAR supported district who through her determination and resilience, has become a role model and an inspiration to other girls and young women in her community as a DREAMS mentor. Loveness completed her Advanced Level Studies in 2014, which she passed with flying colors  and had a …

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 …

PITCH Initiative

PITCH Initiative trains on sexual reproductive health and rights advocacy Family AIDS Caring Trust (FACT) through the Frontline AIDS supported PITCH Initiative, recently conducted a training workshop on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) advocacy. The advocacy workshop which was held from 21 – 22 October 2019 in Mutare, aimed at providing participants with knowledge …

Eliminating Paediatric AIDS in Zimbabwe

Elimination of Paediatric AIDS in Zimbabwe (EPAZ) Eliminating of Paediatric AIDS in Zimbabwe which was a four year study which started in 2012 ended in 2016. It was being funded by the World Health Organization. The research was an assessment of the feasibility and acceptability of an integrated model of PMTCT care by providing critical …

CECHLA

CECHLA

Funded by Centre for Disease Control, the project aims to contribute towards an increase in the uptake of quality services by key populations defined here as people living with HIV, sex workers, displaced populations and young people under age 25. The Coalition for Effective Community Health and HIV Response, Leadership and Accountability (CECHLA) project is …