Zambia

27 March 2013

Flood survivors in Zambia pull together to support their own

Rivers overflowing their banks across southern Africa have recently submerged communities and crops, but in central Zambia where no rivers flow, flooding has been the result of increased levels in the water table.
Zambia Red Cross Society assists over 1,500 people in flood zones
29 January 2008

Zambia Red Cross Society assists over 1,500 people in flood zones

Zambia Red Cross Society responded to the plight of over 1,500 people left homeless by the floods in southern Zambia.
Zambia: Left to care for five great grandchildren at 82
28 November 2007

Zambia: Left to care for five great grandchildren at 82

“The harvest was poor this year because of erratic rains,” says 82-year-old Godfrey Mwila.
Hope for education kept alive
19 December 2006

Zambia: hope for education kept alive

According to the UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic of 2006, it is estimated that in 2005, there was over 4.
8 December 2006

Zambia : International Federation signs a Water facility agreement with the EU

The provision of water and sanitation is the beginning of poverty reduction among poor communities.
Prevention is a key answer to curb the spread of HIV
7 December 2006

Prevention is a key-answer to curb the spread of HIV

Investing in prevention is one way of curbing the spread of HIV in a country like Zambia where 50% of the youth are faced with life-time risk of dying of AIDS in the ...
Zambia Red Cross volunteers extend lifeline to people living with HIV and AIDS
20 March 2006

Zambia Red Cross volunteers extend lifeline to people living with HIV and AIDS

The Zambia Red Cross home-based care programme for people affected by HIV/AIDS provides Florence Lupiya, 52, with a unique lifeline.
Cholera claims 137 lives in Zambia
27 February 2006

Cholera claims 137 lives in Zambia

At least 137 people have died of cholera since the outbreak of the disease in August 2005 while 5526 cases have been treated in 26 districts of Zambia.
Zambians boil poisonous roots to ward off hunger
23 November 2005

Zambians boil poisonous roots to stave off hunger

The food situation in drought-struck Zambia has deteriorated to the point where families are trying to survive on poisonous plants, says a Zambia Red Cross volunteer ...
15 December 2004

Water project gives Zambian community a clean start

It was not until their local school was closed down because of a lack of toilets that the people of Macha community, 70km west of Choma district in Zambia’s Southern ...
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