Zimbabwe

Enhancing Livelihoods through Water-Women-Food Nexus Interventions

Project completed

Organisation

4-H Zimbabwe Foundation

Website

Support area

Adaptation to climate change

Funding

207865 €

Project duration

Mar, 2024 – May, 2025

Due to more frequent droughts and decreasing rainfall, Zimbabwe’s Chiwundura County experiences shifts in groundwater recharge and low crop yields. This threatens both water and food security for the 65,000 people living there on subsistence agriculture. This IKI Small Grants project improves water availability and food security for households. Solar-powered wells provide access to safe drinking water while community gardens increase availability of nutrition-sensitive foods. The gardens sell the produce for better financial sustainability. This lets households generate income and contribute to ongoing maintenance of gardens and wells. The project focuses on women and young people. Cooperation with regional administrative units and local government structures helps upscale and anchor results.

Capacity development

IKI Small Grants supports 4-H Zimbabwe Foundation in their organisational capacity development through:

Human Resource Development Capacity building
Board of Trustees Refresher Training
Project Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Building
Digitalisation Capacity Building

About the organisation

4-H Zimbabwe Foundation is an independent not for profit organization premised around empowering youth. In 2019, 4-H Zimbabwe became an independent not for profit organisation. The organisation is a member of NANGO, 4-H Global and Africa Network and Zimbabwe Youth Council. The foundation focuses on topics like food security, climate action, peace and governance and health living. It mostly advocates on climate education, indigenous farming, and agroforestry.