Planting trees is one of the easiest and most sustainable ways to positively affect the environment. The planting of new trees is integral in reducing global warming as trees play an important role of removing carbon dioxide CO2 in the atmosphere via the process of photosynthesis. Therefore trees are important in combating climate change as they create a sustainable carbon sink to mitigate the effects of climate change. In commemoration of the National Tree Planting

The Right Here Right Now Zimbabwe’s (RHRNzw) efforts towards the achievement of the review of the Termination of Pregnancy Act its prioritization, finalization and implementation by 2020 saw ROOTS in October 2017 embarking on the awareness raising around termination of pregnancy act in Dzivarasekwa targeting young women, parliamentarians and the community at large. Despite the fact that abortion is a crime, Zimbabwe records more than 70 000 illegal abortions a year thus showing a clear

Young Women participating at the International Day of The Girl Child 2017 The International Day of the Girl Child 2017 commemorations signaled the birth of a renewed effort of empowering adolescent girls and young women with self-pride. The celebrations were premised on offering mentorship, adequate sexual reproductive health rights information, career guidance and moral support. The ability to show girls and young women that their contributions to society are not only important but rather are

“It is better we get our daughters married off quickly. We cannot even look after ourselves properly, how will we take care of them?”A Teenage Wasteland This is the scenario for many families in Zimbabwe who are living below the poverty datum line and existing on a $1 or less per day.  Girls living in homes where there is high household poverty find themselves out of school and forced int child marriage by their circumstances.