Lifting Up the nation in prayer amidst the pandemic

by Higherlife in Faith and Development. Posted May 4, 2021

As the number of COVID-19 cases increased rapidly in December and January, many Zimbabweans lost friends, family and communities members. Seventy per cent of the COVID-19 deaths in the country occurred in January, and there was a great sense of despair and fear in the nation. Through our Faith and Development team and Global Intercessors, ...

Strengthening Maternal and Neonatal health care in Zimbabwe

by Higherlife in Health. Posted May 4, 2021

On Monday, 26 July 2020, eight Caesarean Section operations were performed at Zimbabwe’s Harare Central Hospital. Of these eight deliveries, seven babies were stillborn, and only one survived. For two weeks in December 2019, a 72-year-old self-taught midwife delivered over 250 infants in her small apartment, with no running water, in the poor suburb of Mbare in ...

Contributing towards Zimbabwe’s Food Security by 2050

by Higherlife in Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods. Posted May 4, 2021

Sustainable Development Goal 2 focuses on the issue of food-seeking to “end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.” This aligns with our work in Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods (RTSL) to ensure food security in the communities we serve by catalysing the adoption of the climate-smart “Pfumvudza” farming approach. The ...