People’s Action Forum (PAF), one of the member organisations of the Zambian programme, received on the 8th of September the “UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2008". The recognition was well deserved, after eight years of hard work in literacy in rural and vulnerable communities. The prize comes with 20,000 USD. The news was received with great joy at the PAF Lusaka offices via a phone (...) ···> More

Tafara, Mabvuku and Bhobho are three disadvantaged townships east of central Harare – the capital of Zimbabwe. In these townships, there are about ten thousand orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). The term covers children of whom one or both parents have died, or children suffering from various inhuman circumstances due to the impending death of parents. Most parental deaths are due to Aids. (...) ···> More

Kufunda Village, one of the partners of the Volens Sustainable Agriculture Network, hosted a Volens sponsored workshop about processing sweet potatoes and cassava for 20 persons from Mutuko (north east of Harare). Processing seems a big word, but it boils down to broaden the participants’ knowledge about possibilities of using those two crops in the kitchen (read: cooking lesson). Yes, this (...) ···> More

The Solidaire Economy network in Zimbabwe focuses on Adding Value to Sustainable Agricultural Produce (AFAU 1). Since it’s inception, the network has been wronlgy refered to as "the Volens network". Even though Volens supports the network, it is the member organisations that are the real backbone. Bearing this in mind, the communications responsibles from all member organisations (...) ···> More

By Sifelani Tsiko - It is now the in-thing for most able-bodied people to migrate from rural Chiredzi in the southern part of Zimbabwe bordering South Africa either to seek off-farm employment as an income supplement or to move to areas for greater opportunities inside one of Africa’s largest economy. Young girls and boys of school going age are trekking down south to look for jobs to (...) ···> More