CARE's country director, Patrick Sikana, has highlighted the early successes of the Takunda project, a five-year climate adaptation and resilience food security activity funded by USAID and implemented by CARE in Zimbabwe. With a budget of US$55 million, the project has shown promising results in just two years, including improved savings among women's groups and better nutrition among lactating mothers and children. The project aims to enhance sustainable, equitable food resilience and income security for vulnerable communities. Takunda covers 92 wards in various districts and works with several partners. Discussions are underway to expand the successful elements of the project nationally. FANRPAN, in collaboration with ARC, is set to promote the adoption of Takunda's approaches, focusing on resilience design, paravets extension, and gender transformative savings and loan associations. To date, $25 million has been spent on the project.

The article discusses the plight of the Buja community in Mutoko, Eastern Zimbabwe, where granite mining companies have caused significant environmental degradation and forcibly displaced local families. The companies, including CRG Quarries, Illford Services Mining Company, and others, have been accused of offering inadequate compensation, engaging in unfair contracts, and causing massive environmental destruction. The article highlights cases of individuals like Eddington Reza and Eunice Chakavinge, who have been negatively impacted by the mining activities. It also addresses the weak customary land rights that favor mining companies over communal land rights, the environmental impact of mining, and the specific challenges faced by women and children in the community. The report calls for better compensation, policy changes, and human rights due diligence processes. The Zimbabwean Government has begun to address these issues with new regulations, including a ban on raw granite exports to protect communal land rights.