ABSTRACT This study evaluates the effect of the Fast Track Land and Agrarian Reforms in Umguza District, Ward 10 Resettlement area as a case study and Ward 7 as a control area. The hypothesis is that the Fast Track Land and Agrarian Reforms have impacted positively on food security at household level. The research methodology employed is explained as well as the policy context for Land and Agrarian Reforms both on paper and practice, is reviewed. The study is underpinned by the Learning U Cur...
ABSTRACT The dissertation’s main aim is to look closely at Child Participation and Involvement in Child Protection Committees in Mutare District. Dora ward 5, Mutare rural was used as the case study in this study. The research objectives were to investigate the community’s understanding of child rights and child participation and verify the extent and levels of child participation and involvement as a right in Child Protection Committees within Dora ward 5, as well as to document and devi...
Abstract The study sought to examine the role of ORAP, an operational NGO in improving water and sanitation to the people of Umguza District. The objectives were to explore the water and sanitation situation in the area before the intervention of ORAP and to offer solution on how water and sanitation could be improved in peri-urban areas. Household questionnaires were administered addressing the housing conditions in which the residents lived, water supply and quality, the sanitation situatio...
ABSTRACT In Zimbabwe, children are the primary victims of poverty, which is the main cause of violation of their fundamental rights. It is important to note that poverty remains the principal cause of the violation of children’s rights because lack of funds seriously impedes access to their basic human needs, which are access to health care, water, food, and education. Despite the existence of child focused NGOs; children’s rights are still being violated. This realisation has resultantly...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine how the practice of conservation farming is impacting on household food security in Gwanda District. In particular, it examines four pillars of food security which are: food availability, accessibility, utilization and stability. Particular attention was given to also examine the extent of conservation farming on food security. A sample of 20 farmers under conservation farming was selected to as respondents. The major objective of the study was...
ABSTRACT The study seeks to establish various disasters occurring in Zimbabwe and how they are managed special reference being given to Nyanga District, and howthe Civil Protection Unit in the area is prepared to manage various disasters. Nyanga District suffered major losses in terms of life, property, and infrastructure and ecosystem destruction. The preparednessand overall role of Civil Protection Unit in managing disasters came under spotlight. The main thrust of the research was to inves...
Abstract Worldwide, an estimated 34 million people were living with HIV, but only 47% of the people in low- and middle-income countries eligible for antiretroviral therapy (ART) were receiving treatment at the end of 2013. Zimbabwe initiated its national ART programme in April 2004, and since that time the benefits of such therapy have been widely documented in the country. The scaling up of the ART programme is facilitated by the identification and approval of ART-initiating sites using stan...
ABSTRACT The study focused on evaluating the impact of Microfinance Institutions as a form of rural finance on Smallholder Farming in Mt Darwin district. It explored the different types of Microfinance Institutions present in Mt Darwin and the different services offered, whether the program made any significant impact to Smallholder farming and challenges faced in rolling out such programs. There has been a notion in the development discourse especially by Financial Institutions that it is di...
ABSTRACT The geometric or unprecedented increase in urban population caused by massive rural to urban migration and natural increase has exacerbated urbanization. Urbanization has manifested itself by the distraction of the ecological footprint and largely violated the principals and traits of environmental sustainability. Land which supports the ecological footprint has been largely degraded by the scrambling and partitioning of land parcels by local authorities and land barons. This paper s...
Abstract The purpose of the research was to evaluate the role played by Save the Children Organisation in reducing child mortality in Ward 13 Zibagwe District. In conducting the study, both the interviews and focus group discussions were employed as the main research instruments. It is evident that most of the rural communities in Zimbabwe, Zibagwe District in particular have been facing child deaths due to various barriers such as poverty, socio-economic challenges and home deliveries to men...
ABSTRACT Community participation is a concept meant to ensure that community members are an integral part of processes that determine their destination in relation to their development needs. It is a means of empowering people by developing their skills and abilities to enable them to negotiate and make appropriate decisions for their development. Community participation, however, is not without its challenges. Most often, community members are consulted after decisions are made by government...
ABSTRACT The study explored the role of United Methodist Church towards environmental protection in Zimbabwe with particular reference to the activities done by most of the circuits in the church. Environmental protection has become a big issue in our day and age at local, national, regional and even at a global scale. The study was based on field study using observations, questionnaires with the United Methodist Church congregation encompassing the District Superintendents, circuits Pastors,...
ABSTRACT Global trends of early adolescent girl’s marriage have been escalating worldwide and mostly the impacts and effects are felt in developing countries. In many developing countries, child marriage is attributed to poverty, gender discrimination and lack education, peer pressure for instance in Seke District. District Household Survey (DHS) conducted in Seke District in 2007 found that 40 % of adolescent girls are being married before the age of 18 despite the existence of the Prohibi...
Abstract This study sought to carry out a comparative analysis of the Lancaster House Constitution and the Constitution of Zimbabwe (2013) in the context of human rights protection. Through the gathering and subsequent analysis of data gathered from both primary and secondary sources the research sought to establish the provisions of the 2013 constitution that guarantee human rights protection and also establish the provisions of the Lancaster House Constitution that were a direct violation o...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the contribution of the informal sector to the improvement of livelihoods at Lupane Business Centre. The study‟s objectives were to find out the different ways in which the informal sector contributed to improvement of livelihoods in improvement of livelihoods in the Lupane community, to identify the challenges encountered by the informal traders which deters them from effectively contributing to improvement of livelihoods and identifying strategies of ensur...