Zimbabwe

Our humanitarian action

Our food security programme in Zimbabwe has been established in a logic of continuity since 2009, with a succession of previous actions in the same area achieved by SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL.

The 1st part of the programme has been financed by the European Commission (ECHO), and the French Embassy.

Area : Hatcliffe, Mufakose, Glen View 1, Glen View 2, ein the suburbs of the capital Harare.

Number of aid recipients: 6 600 people

Food security

To improve the food security situation and increase households' incomes for people living in the suburbs of Harare

• Food security : Intensification of the access to the agricultural intrants, training people in vegetable production, in sustainable agriculture and to allow people to sell a part of this production, in order to generate incomes. Improvement of the irrigation system in community gardens (Thanks to an additional borehole and the implementation of an extra 20 000 liter tank in each of three gardens).

• Revival of trade relations : Training and intensification of the capacities of the "marketing committee" in connection with the producers and the various actors of the market, identification of the viable markets, training and intensification of the commercial capacities of the beneficiaries: cropping plan, packaging vegetables, sale of vegetables, coordination of the weekly and monthly follow-up of the production, recording of self consumption, sold quantities and generated incomes, in association with the "marketing committee", the organization of competitions of the " best producer " within each community garden.

Update : march 2011