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By Rutendo Singadi

AFTER years of experiencing food insecurity caused by drought and climate change, Save the Children has brought smiles and hope to the people of Binga District in Zimbabwe. 

The organisation is implementing a cash transfer programme that is meant to help the community to buy basic food commodities like mealie meal and cooking oil. Each household receives a minimum of US$9.00 per person in cash, and the maximum amount for each family is $45 (USD) per month. 

As schools open for the second term across Zimbabwe, at least 91 000 children’s learning and wellbeing was affected by Cyclone Idai, according to the Education Cluster’s Rapid Joint Education Needs Assessment Report released on 6 May. The assessment was conducted by Education Cluster partners who include Save the Children, Plan International, Care, World Vision International and UNICEF.

Farai (13) counts himself lucky to have survived Cyclone Idai in Ngangu township. Recalling the events on that fateful night and the memories of his friends who perished, he concludes that God saved him for a purpose.

Nine year old Gift (Not real name) from Mahembe Village in Gokwe North is lucky to have survived the Cholera epidemic as he managed to get treatment on time. Gift’s sister, Kudzai told the EHU staff that the family suspected that Gift contracted Cholera when he ate unwashed fruits he had brought at Mbare Fruit and Vegetable Market in Harare.

It was all joy for Norah and her family after she was registered as a beneficiary for the Emergency Mobile Cash Transfer programme which is being implemented by Save the Children Central with funding from Central Seed Fund (CSF). The cash transfer programme aims at mitigating food insecurities among vulnerable households in Binga District, Zimbabwe.