We thank all those who supported HAZ through 2008. In-spite of the challenging environment in Zimbabwe, we managed to offer much needed support, to over 30 HIV/AIDS patients, about 20 orphans and vulnerable children, and 10 single HIV positive mothers, together with their dependents. A detailed report of our 2008 events will be made available… [Learn More ...]
HIV Cure “Found”! Really?
August 2, 2008 . - 2 Comments
By Joshua M. Dziba Executive Director, HAZ Download PDF Version A recent news headline on the online Zimbabwean news site, NewZimbabwe.com proclaimed that an “HIV cure (had been) ‘found’”. We felt that a clarification to this report is necessary, so as to avoid giving false hope to the millions of those who are infected with… [Learn More ...]
Mopani Junction: A radio drama series from Zimbabwe.
July 5, 2008 . - Leave a Comment
Mopani Junction is an entertaining radio serial drama produced by CDC Zimbabwe as part of a behavior change initiative to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. There are 104 25-minute episodes available in English, Shona, and Ndebele. The story’s focus is on the every day lives of a typical African family, the Gumbos. It is set… [Learn More ...]
A Saint Goes Marching On: A Eulogy To Mr. Moosa Kasimonje
November 20, 2007 . - Leave a Comment
It was with great shock and sadness that most of us received the word of the passing on of the founder of The Just Children Foundation, the orphanage that we worked so closed with in Zimbabwe in our efforts to provide infant formula to young orphans that had been entrusted into Mr. Kasimonje’s care. We… [Learn More ...]
THE FIRST WOMEN’S TREATMENT LITERACY TOOLKIT: Empowering Women in Communities.
August 18, 2006 . - Leave a Comment
by Mbonisi Zikhali (Staff Writer). KEYWORDS: HIV, AIDS, ZIMBABWE, WOMEN, SAfAIDS. They knew the toolkit was theirs. The thoroughness with which they went through its contents was with earnest eagerness not only to understand it, but also to confer upon it the ultimate honour to grace their everyday lives. The Southern Africa HIV and AIDS… [Learn More ...]
SAVE THESE CHILDREN: The plight of Zimbabwean children crossing illegally into Mozambique
June 26, 2006 . - Leave a Comment
by Mbonisi Zikhali (Staff Writer) As we move on from the recently observed Day of the African Child (June 16th, 2006), I thought I should write a piece to highlight the continuing plight of the children of Zimbabwe. As a report from Save the Children UK put it, Zimbabwean children have a keen and persistent… [Learn More ...]
REVIEWING GENDER INEQUALITY: An Interview With Mary Sandasi.
June 1, 2006 . - Leave a Comment
Mary Sandasi is the executive director of the Women AIDS Support Network (WASN) in Zimbabwe. WASN is a women’s organisation, which seeks to address women’s issues in the area of HIV and AIDS through advocacy, support and networking. She will be attending the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS+5) Review Meeting as part of the civil society delegation from Zimbabwe. The Global AIDS Week of Action, which was civil society’s strategic week of advocacy before the high profile meeting, passed uneventfully in Zimbabwe. This is a disturbing fact in a nation in the epicenter of the epidemic.
The Just Children Foundation Pilot Project: Doing the little we can do.
June 1, 2006 . - Leave a Comment
by Joshua M. Dziba (Executive Director, HAZ). This morning, June 1st 2006, I woke up to the loud ringing of my phone, which never rings at this time of the day. It was a call from Zimbabwe, so obviously whatever the caller had for me was not bound to be good news. A cousin of… [Learn More ...]
HIV/AIDS IN STONE: The story of HIV/AIDS captured by Zimbabwean sculptors.
January 11, 2006 . - Leave a Comment
Promoting Zimbabwean sculptors for the last five years has been one of the most challenging, enjoyable and heartbreaking experiences I’ve encountered in my humble life.
