Author Archive:
Andrew Mambondiyani
Zimbabwe’s revised PVO Amendment Bill will restrict efforts to relieve hunger
In a typical summer farming season in Zimbabwe, many small-scale farmers can grow enough food to feed their families for a whole year. And they can even sell their surplus farm produce. It was not …
Drought-stricken Zimbabweans look to philanthropy for food aid
Large swathes of croplands lie abandoned in Zimbabwe’s Mutare district as El Niño induced drought ravages the country. Last year, the Meteorological Services Department confirmed that the El Niño episode was expected to be most …
In parched Zimbabwe, experts fear that new PVO law will curtail food aid
Zimbabwe is grappling with severe droughts that have left millions of people food insecure, forcing many farmers to depend on both local and international philanthropic organisations for food. The country has suffered from numerous serious …
Zimbabwe philanthropists urged to invest more in resilience to severe droughts
Over the past two decades, rain-fed agriculture has increasingly become unattainable in Zimbabwe as frequent and severe droughts continue to ravage the country. Could philanthropy help with drought resilience? Experts say Zimbabwe is now experiencing …
Philanthropy keeps Zimbabwe afloat as frequent climate disasters hit the country
Zimbabwe is in the clasp of a crippling economic crisis resulting from a mix of climate change disasters and fiscal policies enacted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. Millions of people in the country continue to …
