Zimbabwe: An Oasis of Hope for Drought-Hit Mwenezi

From a dry and desolate area where both humans and livestock shared dirty water from shallow wells for survival, Mwenezi District’s Ward 14 under Chief Neshuro and adjacent wards are being transformed into a green belt with thriving community nutrition gardens and small irrigation plots.

Mwenezi is vast and what most Zimbabweans are familiar with is the side synonymous with perennial drought and food insecurity.

Yet now, there is a side of Mwenezi that is green. Villagers are sitting on a gold…