


Would you last 21 days?
“As I speak right now, we are a little over two weeks into our 21-day lockdown, and I can tell you right now most people are on their last meal.” In Zimbabwe, lockdown doesn’t just mean isolation. It means starvation. When we last spoke to our Zimbabwean partner, the...
Zimbabwe unemployment as high as 80% amid pandemic
Over 26 million Americans are out of work because of the coronavirus. Their livelihoods have been upended. Fortunately, many have options to help them at least in the short term. They have savings. They can file for unemployment. There’s a stimulus check on the way....
A nation literally starving for attention
Even before Cyclone Idai hit earlier this year, Zimbabwe was already a country in crisis. Suffering from years of drought due to El Niño, the nation has been food insecure since the early 2000s. In fact, according to the United Nations, Zimbabwe’s food situation is...