By LAWRENCE PAGANGA in Harare, Zimbabwe |
China Daily |
Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhou Ding (left) shakes hands with Sleiman Kwidini, Zimbabwe’s deputy minister of health and child care, at the launch of a Chinese-funded program to protect children from drought shocks on Aug 7. SHAUN JUSA / XINHUA
China will fund a two-year program in Zimbabwe targeting more than 210,000 people in drought-affected districts.
The program will be managed by the Zimbabwe government in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund, and is mainly aimed at protecting vulnerable children from drought shocks.
