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Zimbabwe to Cull 200 Wild Elephants to Feed Communities Facing Severe Hunger During Drought

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Zimbabwe will cull 200 wild elephants to feed communities facing severe hunger during the country’s worst drought in four decades, wildlife authorities have said.
[Source: sky.com]

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Zimbabweans are very familiar with the word ‘suffering.’ It is their daily lived experience. People continually struggle to pay school fees and feed their families. But now a severe drought is adding to their woes. Poor rainfall has led to partial or complete crop failure in most parts of the country. Essentially ignored by the vast majority of the mainstream/legacy media, this has resulted in a growing humanitarian catastrophe.

The drought is exacerbating existing socio-economic vulnerabilities, particularly in rural communities that are reliant on rain-fed agriculture. Suburban communities around the major population centers have become home to a growing number of people searching for sustenance. Many people in these communities have grown up in sprawling suburbs with small, uninsulated houses and very small gardens. They have no experience of farming or growing vegetables and are not knowledgeable about matters concerning health and nutrition.

The good news is that for some Zimbabweans our international Movement of Life project is beginning to turn things around. Fruit and vegetable gardening schemes are underway in a number of schools and communities around Harare, the country’s capital, and students are learning about nutrition and how to stay healthy. Aided by the provision of two water boreholes that we helped fund, the people taking part in these lifesaving schemes are beginning to see their crops thrive.

To see the latest photos from our Movement of Life Zimbabwe project, click here.

If you would like to help support our work in Zimbabwe, any donation you can make, no matter how small, will be very greatly appreciated.

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