Disaster Relief and Preparedness
Disaster Relief:
Since 1996 and through Higherlife Foundation and various partners, we have responded to disasters of varying magnitude including Tokwe Mukosi Flood Disaster,Cyclone Dineo, Cholera Outbreaks, Cyclone Idai and the COVID-19 Global Pandemic.
Our Interventions
- Emergency response - WASH facilities, food packs, medical services, spiritual and psychosocial support
- Resource mobilisation - Led in Africa’s first and successful continent wide crowdfunding campaign for Ebola.
- National Clean Up Campaign birthed from Cholera Clean Up Response.
- Adoption of orphaned children in disaster zones onto scholarship programmes.
Disaster Risk Reduction Training
A practical program that aims to equip community leaders, pastors, teachers and government district officers across Zimbabwe with relevant information on Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction approaches. The focus is to ensure that communities are able to develop their own disaster management plans and use available resources to respond to and prepare for a disaster.