Tag: IOM Zimbabwe

Goromonzi Community Welcomes Life-Saving Maternity Waiting Home

Michael Gwarisa

By Kuda Pembere in Goromonzi A new maternity waiting home at Masikandoro Clinic in Goromonzi District is being hailed a timely and life-saving development, providing expectant mothers with a safe place to stay as they await delivery—especially in a community grappling with maternal and neonatal mortality, poor road infrastructure, and long travel distances to health facilities. Located in Ward 1 of Goromonzi West Constituency, the waiting home was constructed over a period of three months. It was built under the project titled:“Supporting Peaceful, Safe, and Sustainable Reintegration for Returning Migrants…

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EU gives Zim USD1.1 million for improved migration management

Kuda Pembere

The European Union (EU) has released EUR 1 million (USD 1,090,150.00) to enhance community-based surveillance at some of Zimbabwe’s busiest borders and along the routes that migrants travel, to improve migration management and inform preparedness plans in urban areas. By Staff Reporter To be implemented by IOM Zimbabwe over two years, the project seeks to strengthen IOM’s Flow Monitoring (FM) activities at borders, within border communities, and in areas where migrants congregate at different stages of their migration journeys. Speaking ahead of the project’s inception, IOM Zimbabwe Chief of Mission,…

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