Nutrition Action Zimbabwe

Previous Next Zindi piggery project is a youth led project that was established in 2016 in Manicaland, Ward 3 of Mutasa District. It has received support from the MCBM Programme who have nurtured their talent and helped it to integrate it with other community development activities aimed at fighting stunting. The project consists of 21 …

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Previous Next In a care group, the Care Group leader is responsible for regularly visiting neighbor women (Care group clients), sharing best health and nutrition practices and facilitating behavior change at household level. The care group model have, proved to be a quick and effective way of transforming communities for improved health and nutrition outcomes …

Pangeti Village, Mutasa District: Women in the fight against Malnutrition Read More »

Grange A Village Grange A Village The Old Toilet at Grange The Old Toilet at Grange The two UBIPs under construction Tippy taps donated to the two schools in the ward. Sanitation is at the top of the agenda in the Grange area, ward 23 Mutasa district in the fight against stunting. This is being …

Grange community declares war against open defecation Read More »

We encourage people in Chiredzi to build toilets because they are important to prevent the spread of cholera . We gathered people in the community and check where you used for relief purposes. Open defecation of people caused problems of exposure to online platforms such as whatsapp and this made people build toilets in the …

Sabhuku Komundela Read More »

Nutrition Action Zimbabwe is educating and encouraging rural communities to build toilets using one bag of cement as a Water and Sanitation Hygiene (Wash) initiative to reduce stunting. For the past two years NAZ has been working closely with women in rural communities to construct toilets at their homes to avoid the spread of waterborne …

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Tracing back to my days of motherhood we gave our children food such as porridge before they were 6 months old and we did not bother mixing variety of foods. I did not know that children should be taken to the hospital for check-up in terms of weight loss or weight gain and getting medication. …

Elderly woman accepts behavioural change Read More »

My name is Tracy Jeke, I live in Magadzire village Mwenezi. I lost my husband a few years ago. With no one to turn to for support I decided to join other women in the nutrition care group. The group taught us how to eat healthy foods. I did this as a way of helping …

You empower a woman you have empowered the whole community. Read More »

Indoctrinated by religious beliefs to the extent of losing three children through sickness, Nyasha Masawa (30) thought it was natural. “I lost three children to an unknown sickness at a tender age,l watched my children die helpless because our church disapproves the use of modern treatment.”said Masawa. She flew away from the cuffs of religion …

Uncuffed from religious doctrine Read More »

My name is Sibongile Chauke and I live in the border town of Beitbridge in Swereki (ward 9). I have a child Lihone who was born with cleft lip. I have suffered stigmatization from the community and some relatives because I gave birth to a disabled child. My story is a mirror of tales of …

A four star diet for life Read More »