20/05/2026
Currently underway in Kadoma🇿🇼 is an Action training aimed at shifting the paradigm from disaster response to proactive risk management by strengthening anticipatory action systems across Zimbabwe.
This capacity-strengthening initiative is part of the ECHO🇪🇺-ARISE project, implemented by Save the Children, Bantwana Zimbabwe, Simukai Child Protection Programme, and the Government of Zimbabwe. Rather than just reacting to climate shocks after they happen, the goal is to equip institutions with the frameworks, data systems, and coordination protocols needed to trigger early actions before a crisis hits—ultimately protecting vulnerable communities ahead of time.
To ensure a truly institutionalised, multi-sectoral approach, the workshop has brought together UN agencies, civil society partners, and key stakeholders primarily from the project’s target districts of Chipinge and Mangwe.
Key Government partners shaping this system include:
• Ministry of Local Government and Public Works thorough District Development Coordinators.
• Disaster & Social Services: National and District-level Department of Civil Protection and Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare's Department of Social Development.
• Ministry of Primary & Secondary Education, Zimbabwe , Meteorological Services Department of Zimbabwe , and Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Water Resources Development Zim (WASH department).
• Knowledge Partners: Academic experts from Bindura University of Science Education.
By bridging the gap between early warning signs and early institutional action, we are helping build a more resilient, forward-looking disaster management system for Zimbabwe.
w/ EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid Redd Barna
