USAID – The Afro News https://theafronews.com Voice of Unity Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:43:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Water Harvesting Programme For Zimbabwe’s Rural Folks https://theafronews.com/water-harvesting-programme-for-zimbabwes-rural-folks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=water-harvesting-programme-for-zimbabwes-rural-folks Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:43:50 +0000 http://www.theafronews.ca/?p=6164 "Half of the world’s population lives in cities, the other half lives in rural areas. We thought that it would be most appropriate while we are here to celebrate World Water Day to announce the extension of the program to rural areas," Freeman said.

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]]> Innovation challenge launched to cut childbirth deaths https://theafronews.com/innovation-challenge-launched-to-cut-childbirth-deaths/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=innovation-challenge-launched-to-cut-childbirth-deaths Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:14:21 +0000 http://www.theafronews.ca/?p=6106 Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development was announced in Washington DC, United States, by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the government of Norway, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada and the World Bank.

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]]> Zimbabwe Project To Counter Human Trafficking https://theafronews.com/zimbabwe-project-to-counter-human-trafficking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zimbabwe-project-to-counter-human-trafficking Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:00:51 +0000 http://www.theafronews.ca/?p=5590 The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Zimbabwe has launched a new project to assist the government of Zimbabwe in strengthening its national response capacity to combat trafficking in persons, according to Yukiko Kumashiro IOM Programmes Support Officer

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]]> INITIATIVE FOR CLEAN WATER IN ZIMBABWE’S SCHOOLS https://theafronews.com/initiative-for-clean-water-in-zimbabwes-schools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=initiative-for-clean-water-in-zimbabwes-schools Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:05:24 +0000 http://www.theafronews.ca/?p=2192 BY Wallace Mawire, The Afro News International

A peri-urban rooftop rainwater harvesting (PROOF) programme to be initiated by International Relief and Development (IRD) is set to provide clean water to primary schools in high density areas of the municipalities of Harare and Chitungwiza in Zimbabwe.

IRD is an international,non-governmental,relief and development agency.The PROOF programme is funded by USAID/OFDA.

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