Pupils travel 40km to write exams
BY MOSES MUGUGUNYEKI
Grade 7 pupils at Chiwenga Primary School in Muzarabani district, who for many years had to endure a 40km distance to go and write final examinations at Chadereka Primary School, have been rescued from the ordeal following the construction of a classroom block by the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS).
Chiwenga Primary School, which is on the border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, was established in 1984.
However, over the years, the school which also enrolls students from Mozambique has not been conducting Grade 7 final examinations as it fell short of the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) requirements.
Silobela clinics get solar installation
Sithatshisiwe Vuma, Sunday News Reporter
CLINICS in the Silobela will now be able to store medicines in standard condition for longer periods following the installation of solar systems at nine health facilities in the area.
The solar systems were installed under a programme by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Government and a Danish company to boost rural health services and empower clinics in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Msilahobe, Dambridge, Malisa Joseph, Mazebe, Sigezibubi, Mayoca, Exchange, Muchape and Donsa Dam clinics all benefited from the Solar for Health (S4H) Zimbabwe programme installed by Solar Energy Products Zimbabwe in April.
Japan partners with Red Cross to boost humanitarian assistance in Zimbabwe
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HARARE, 18 May 2021 – Amid concerns that the secondary impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic could exacerbate food insecurity, Japan has partnered with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) to provide assistance to over 6,000 of the most-affected families in two rural districts, Gokwe South and Gokwe North, in Midlands Province of Zimbabwe.
The Government of Japan has contributed US$ 500,000 to provide services such as healthcare, hygiene, water, sanitation, including food security in selected communities in Gokwe North and Gokwe South districts in order to enhance their resilience to COVID-19 induced shocks for 12 months.
Zimbabwe: Tropical Cyclone Eloise Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA), DREF n°: MDRZW015
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Tropical cyclone Eloise entered Zimbabwe on 23 January at about 20:00 hrs with wind speeds of 160 kilometres per hour (kph) (99 miles per hour). It brought heavy rains in Masvingo, Manicaland and Matebeleland Provinces which covers the southern part of Zimbabwe.
According to the Government’s Meteorological Services Department (MSD), these heavy rains have caused flooding, mudslides, and destruction of infrastructure in Manicaland, Mashonaland East and Central, Matabeleland South and Masvingo provinces since 23 January. In Manicaland, at least three people have reportedly died in Chipinge District, after they were swept away by floodwater that destroyed about 15 houses in Gumiro Village.
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