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Priority Projects in Zimbabwe
Emergency Food Relief in Zimbabwe
Providing food aid to those whose lives are at risk due to the severe lack of food in Zimbabwe including orphans and vulnerable children, female only households, and the elderly.
Livelihood Support and Care for People Living with HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe
Enabling people living with HIV and AIDS to maintain their livelihoods, produce nutritious food, and access home-based care and other services.
Our plan in Zimbabwe
Plan is working at the grassroots level in Zimbabwe to help communities make real and lasting change, so that their children have the opportunity to reach their full potential.
Plan began working in Zimbabwe in 1986 and currently has programs in eight districts which aim to address the following issues affecting children:
- High child mortality and HIV and AIDS child orphan rates
- Food insecurity and low household income
- Physical, sexual and psychological abuse at home and at school
- Limited access to quality health and education services
- Limited employment opportunities
- Low child and women participation in decision making
Plan's programs and strategies to address these issues include:
Health
Children in Zimbabwe under five years old are subject to high mortality rates and there is an increasing number of children orphaned by HIV and AIDS. Plan Zimbabwe works to improve early childhood nutrition, health worker training and supports the provision of adolescent reproductive health and motherhood services. Plan also works to reduce childhood diseases through immunisation programs, improved access to medicine, safe water and sanitation.
Education
Plan Zimbabwe works to improve access to quality education for all children by improving infrastructure, supporting early childhood development and teacher training and providing learning resources.
HIV and AIDS
Plan Zimbabwe works to reduce child vulnerability to HIV and AIDS through raising awareness of the disease, providing support for orphaned or vulnerable children and people living with HIV and AIDS, training home-based carers and assisting the establishment of counselling and medical services.
Household food and economic security
Plan's programs focused around improving household food and income security involve agricultural and natural resources management training, facilitation of practical farming schemes and support groups and support of income-generation projects.
Child rights and participation
Plan Zimbabwe encourages understanding of child rights and child community involvement through creation of children's committees and clubs.
Country Facts
| Country | Zimbabwe | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Flag |  |
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| Population | 12.9 Million | 21 Million |
| Language | English | English |
| Capital | Harare | Canberra |
| GDP per capita (USD/year) |
363 | $37,300 |
| Life expectancy | 36.6 | 81.5 |
| Access to safe drinking water |
81% | 100% |
| Literacy | 89% | 100% |
| Source: | United Nations: Millennium Development Goals Report 2006 | |
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