ACT Alliance

ACT in Zimbabwe

Organisations with HQ in Zimbabwe

• Christian Care (CC)
• Lutheran Development Service (LDS), Zimbabwe

International organisations in Zimbabwe

• Christian Aid (CA)
• Economic Justice Network of FOCCISA
• United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)

Organisations funding work in Zimbabwe

• Act for Peace
• Brot für Alle/Pain pour le Prochain (Bread for All) (BfA)
• Brot für die Welt (BfdW) (Bread for the World)
• Christian World Service (CWS)
• Church World Service (CWS)
• Church of Sweden (CoS)
• DanChurchAid (DCA)
• Diakonie Austria
• Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
• Finn Church Aid (FCA)
• Inter-Church Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO)
• Kerk In Actie (KIA)
• Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
• Presbyterian World Service & Development (PWS&D)
• United Church of Canada (UCC)
• UnitingWorld Relief and Development Unit

About Zimbabwe

• Population: 12.5 million (UN, 2009)
• Capital: Harare
• Area: 390,759 sq km (150,873 sq miles)
• Major language: English, Shona, Ndebele
• Major religions: Christianity, traditional African religions
• Life expectancy: 43 years (men), 44 years (women) (UN)
• Monetary unit: Zimbabwean Dollar is currently suspended. South African Rand, US Dollar and Botswana Pula are in use.
• Main exports: Tobacco, cotton, agricultural products, gold, minerals
• GNI per capita: US $340 (World Bank, 2007)