Chinda heights, Zvishavane, Zimbabwe
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Building Resilient Communities
in Mberengwa & Zvishavane
What We do
ZRBF-ECRIMS Project works with rural communities in selected wards of Mberengwa and Zvishavane district in the Midlands province of Zimbabwe. Within Mberengwa it has presence in 33 wards, and 17 wards in Zvishavane. Our activities are target at enhancing the resilience of at risk communities through on farm and off-farm interventions
Background
ECRIMS stands for Enhancing Community Resilience and Inclusive Market Systems (ECRIMS). It is funded by the Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund (ZRBF), a multi-Donor fund established by the government of Zimbabwe through the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water… Read More
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Our Interventions
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Our Outcome Areas
Outcome 1 Household, community capacities and assets built to withstand economic and climate related shocks and stresses • Improved household and community absorptive and adaptive capacities, incorporating analysis of specific youth and gender dynamics within the project context…. Read More
Learn MoreOur Resilience Strategy
ZRBF ECRIMS uses community-led, inclusive, participatory, and contextual approaches. 50 percent of the beneficiaries are women (30 percent of which are female headed households). 2 model households per village (25 percent of these are famale headed and 20 percent are youth headed). The model households pilot and demonstrate selected resilience approaches. There are no free hand-outs. Resilience based research is a cornerstone approach of the project. The project promotes community realization of the importance to live independently with power to change their life. For example, little savoings, remittances or earnings and the few livestock well invested can take them far.