UNICEF ZIMBABWE

Equipping children with skills is key to unlocking #Zimbabwe’s future. Every child deserves the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive. Let’s invest in their potential—today’s children are tomorrow’s innovators, leaders, and builders.

🚀🚀A visit to the Ruwa Innovation Hub to get an appreciation of its impact. It is launchpad for 🇿🇼youth. By equipping them with digital, life & employability skills, we’re unlocking pathways to jobs, innovation & a brighter future. Great collaboration with Govt and partners.

Breastfeeding is the original superfood for babies, packed with everything we need to grow strong, healthy and smart. Yet only 42% of #Zimbabwe’s babies are exclusively breastfed for the first six months – way behind the global target of 70% by 2030. They deserve better.

“This is transformation in action,” says Jane Peters, Registrar for Bulawayo Province. At Mpilo Hospital, a fully digital civil registration sub-office just 200m from maternity allows mothers to get birth certificates before discharge. #ForEveryChild, an identity. @CivilRegZim

Harare Watch party for UN Secretary General's landmark speech titled 'A Moment of Opportunity: Supercharging the New Era' focusing on climate action and clean energy held in Harare. #COP30 @SDG13 @Cop30noBrasil

This is what partnership and quality care can achieve. With UK support through #HRFZim, the Malnutrition Centre of Excellence at Sally Mugabe Children's Hospital is saving lives - reducing fatality rates from 43% to under 8%. A powerful example of coordinated life-saving care.

💧 New Water Kiosk established with support from @UNICEFZIMBABWE and USAID Zimbabwe bringing safe and accessible water to around 1,000 households in Glenwood Epworth. 🚰 🌊 Access to safe water is vital for health, hygiene, and overall well-being. #SafeWater #CleanWater

📚🌞 Through the Teacher Effectiveness and Equitable Access for All Children (TEACH) project, supported by @UNICEFZIMBABWE @FCDOGovUK, communities now understand the value of social accountability to safeguard infrastructure that enhances children access to quality education!

📍Sinamsanga, #Binga: For years, families travelled over 160km just to access birth registration services. Now, mobile units are bringing birth certificates & IDs to the community's doorstep. No child should be left without a legal identity. Thanks to @SwedeninZW @SwissDevCoop

🇨🇭🤝🇿🇼 No ID = No Opportunities. A national ID/birth certificate unlocks: Education, Healthcare, Jobs & Banking With @SwedeninZW & @UNICEFZIMBABWE, we're working with Gvt of Zim to improve access to IDs - especially in remote areas. Details: tinyurl.com/3cmawrzr

On this #WorldYouthSkillsDay, we celebrate the transformative power of skills. In 🇿🇼, young people are leading change — from digital innovation to climate action. By investing in TVET, digital learning & entrepreneurship, we’re building a future where every youth can thrive.

Our representative, @EtonaEkole, recently engaged with Yorkshire Primary School in Makoni, assuming a teaching role. During this visit, Etona gained valuable insights into the school's feeding program and its positive impact on both student pass rates and attendance.

We’re bringing services to the people,” said Ms Christina Chikerema, Deputy Registrar General. With @UNICEFZimbabwe support, Gov’t is targeting rural provinces to provide birth & death certificates, & IDs—ensuring no one & no place is left behind. Thanks to @SwedeninZW

For Sophia Mtare, a widow raising 7 children, getting birth certificates meant long walks & overnight stays. Thanks to the new mobile registration programme, her two youngest now have proof of identity. 🙏@swedeninzw @SwissDevCoop 🔗newsday.co.zw/local-news/art….

Youth advocacy training on climate action is underway for 40 young people from Beitbridge & Mangwe districts under the #KOICA supported prog. The training aims at building their knowledge, skills & capacity on advocacy & climate change, creating a network of youth leaders.