A farmer and his dead cattle in the bed of the Runde, one of the main river in Zimbabwe.
Mrs Shoko, farmer of Chilonga rural village, in the dry bed of Runde river.
Mrs Shoko, farmer, in front of the gullies.
Gullies are a common feature in Chilonga.
Mrs Shoko and her son in her house in Chilonga village.
Mrs Shoko with one of her dead cattle. Over the years the cattle were her major source of income.
A view from a defunct pump house that used to supply water for the irrigation plots and the community
Chilonga farmers looking hopelessly at their unplanted fields.
Access to clean water today is a living challenge.
The farmers community in front a Chambuta Irrigation infrastructure now non-functional.
Diging for a sip of water. A girl is fetching water from a well dug in the dry Runde river bed.
A woman of Marandra village is drinking water from a hole in the dry bed along Mushawe River.
Children are fetching water in a well dug along Dinhe River in Mwenezi. The water is used for all domestic purposes.
Children from Maranda Primary in Mwenezi wait for their turn to quench their thirst from one of the river bed wells dug.
Peter, citizen of Chilonga village, is partially blind. He and his wife live with 6 grandchildren. Droughts have wiped all his cattle.
Peter and his family now rely on casual labor for food and income. His family was recently ranked the most vulnerable in the area.
Peter and his family are receiving 50kg maize meal from the Governmental's Vulnerable Group Feeding programme.
In the central square of Chisume village, Mwenezi. The land is dry indicating drought.
In Chilume, a focus group discussion meeting facilitated by Terre Des Hommes NGO Officer on the impacts of drought.
Women from Chisume village presenting the challenges that come with the drought like conditions. She's explaining, drought destroying livelihoods and all the assets accumulated.
The landscape of Chisume, Mwenezi district. The land is dry indicating drought.
Chisume agro pastoralist driving his cattle in the dry area. Cattle condition continues to deteriorate.
A farmer driving his cow back into the kraal to provide water. When cattle condition deteriorates to this level, they often collapse on their way to the river.
Neorautanenia brachypus is heaped on the walls of the house. The plants favor cultivated areas and the tubers are dug to feed cattle.
Drought, poverty and the burden of caring orphan hood.
Muhlava is living with her 8 grandchildren. Because of the late onset of rains, there were no farming activities in the area.
The family of Muhlava is highly food insecure. During the days when the irrigation scheme was functional, they used to cultivate crops for sale.
A family is taking their chances to catch fish using net in the Runde River in Chilonga.
An elderly lady is fishing in the Runde River using fishing lines. She will not harvest enough for her family.
Runde river in Mwenezi district at down. Runde river is one of the main river in south east Zimbabwe.
Inside the traditional house of a family whose grandchild is under the sponsorship program called SAD (Sostegno a distanza) by the NGO Terre des Hommes Italy.
Caroline is joking with her grandfather, Caroline, is under the sponsorship program called SAD (Sostegno a distanza) by the NGO Terre des Hommes Italy.
Elizabeth is a widow with limited access to land. They got the opportunity to be leased 5 cattle which they will be taking care of on behalf of the owner.
Nalia, 9y.o. and Elisabeth at home. Nalia started receiving a support from the NGO Terre Des Hommes since 2016 during the El-Nino Drought Response Program.
Nalia and Caroline at Maranda primary school.
A young girl who is a beneficiary of Maviriviri community garden looking concerned about the low water level in the dam.
Male members of Maviriviri village took turns to narrate the challenges they were facing due to the dry spell.
A farmer of Maviriviri rural village preparing and packing her amarula nuts for sale during the meeting. This is a source of livelihood to some of the farmers.
A lady in front of a community water point that was upgraded by the NGO Terre Des Hommes. The solar system is pumping water to the village.
Mrs Gara, wife of Chief Gara. The NGO Terre Des Hommes improved the water supply system of the area.
Ellen, farmer. She adopted the Mechanised Conservation Agriculture Initiative promoted through the CROPS, which is being funded by the Italian Development Coop.
Thabani carrying out some spot checks on his crop in the demonstration plot. Thabani and his wife scouting their sorghum crop which is under Conservation agriculture.
NGO's provides Agronomic and Farming as a Business capacity building in partnership with private sector partners.
In the Dinhe irrigation scheme. Seed Co, a seed producing company, introduced 14 maize seed varieties for farmers to learn how they perform.
A woman is partecipating in the process of selecting varieties of maize to grow.
Farmers together with Seed Co agronomist are going through the process of participatory variety selection.
In the Dinhe irrigation scheme. Seed Co, a seed producing company, introduced 14 maize seed varieties for farmers to learn how they perform.
Flooded Tongwe River and people are failing to cross over the river. The area received 32mm of rainfall the previous night.
Gullies in Tongwe. As a result of climate change effects, rainfall distribution is now erratic with heavy rains being received during a short space of time.