Africa: A Harvest for Hunger in Rural Zimbabwe

Chimanimani, Zimbabwe — A unique communal garden known as a zunde ramambo, or “chief’s granary,” is an old idea getting new life — with a timeless power to support the vulnerable.

Smart Makuyana braves the hot summer temperatures as he wobbles along the 3-kilometer distance (a little under 2 miles) toward the house of Chenjerai Maosa, also known as Chief Muusha to the local community.

Earlier in the day, the 79-year-old Makuyana — from Muusha village in Chimanimani, a town in southeast…