Zanu-PF govt turns to NGO's for food aid

The Zanu-PF government has made a volt-face and extended a begging bowl to non-government organisations (NGOs) to assist in mobilising food aid amid reports that hunger has stalked most parts of the country.

Chimene appealed to NGOs to increase and broaden their scope of work in order to reach out to other marginalised communities following reports that over 2,5 million required urgent food aid.

Chimene pledged to depoliticise the programmes and clear all bottlenecks faced by NGOs in the distributing food aid.