LINCZ Learning and Research Hub

Welcome to the LINCZ Learning and Research Hub! This dynamic platform is dedicated to sharing LINCZ project learnings, following ongoing research, and connecting with like minds as we work toward practical solutions and community-driven impact. We invite you to join us in conversation, in sharing knowledge, and in exploring solutions together.

3 districts in Zimbabwe (Binga, Gwanda, Mwenezi)

Bringing change to 180,000 people

15 million dollars in funding from Global Affairs Canada

Research Making a Difference

Dedicated researchers from Canadian Mennonite University in Canada, the National University of Science and Technology, and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility at Bindura University of Science Education in Zimbabwe will collaborate with staff from community-based partners to engage with local communities in research.

Together, we will undertake research to document challenges in communities due to climate change and efforts to adapt and build resilience.

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What's Happening

News and Stories

Locally led Indigenous Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation in Zimbabwe by Mennonite Central Committee (NAbSA)

Locally led Indigenous Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation in Zimbabwe by Mennonite Central Committee (NAbSA)

The LINCZ project will help vulnerable people adapt to climate change and improve biodiversity in semi-arid and dry tropical forests, wetlands, and agro-ecosystems in three districts of Zimbabwe – Binga, Gwanda and Mwenezi.

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As a lead farmer, Tshwaliteng Dube is able to share the techniques she has learned from MCC partner Brethren in Christ Compassionate and Development Services to help other women who farm and are grappling with the impact of climate change. (MCC photo/Annalee Giesbrecht)

Farmers helping farmers in Zimbabwe (MCC)

Tshwaliteng Dube and Christopher Magwala are longtime family friends. Their homesteads in the Gwanda district of Zimbabwe neighbor each other, and their children are even married, making them in-laws as well. They've lived and farmed beside each other longer than they can remember.

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CMU and MCC Canada launch website in support of climate change research in Zimbabwe

CMU and MCC Canada launch website in support of climate change research in Zimbabwe

Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) and Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canada, with funding from Global Affairs Canada, are excited to announce the launch a new learning and research hub website, lincz.ca.

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Latest Blog Posts

The Ndetani sublocation landscape restoration site after restoration in Kenya.

LINCZ and Nature+: Highlights from MCC Zimbabwe's visit to Kenya

What Does Climate Change Adaptation Look Like in Real Life, Beyond Workshops and Reports?

In September, a team from Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Zimbabwe had the opportunity to participate in an exchange visit to Kenya for the Nature Positive Food Systems for Climate Adaptation (Nature+) project, led by Canadian Foodgrains Bank in partnership with Global Affairs Canada.

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Janet Olanrewaju speaking with LINCZ partners in Mwenezi District, Zimbabwe. Photo by Natalia Wiederkehr, 2025.

Handing Over the Pen: What Community-led Conservation Taught Me in Rural Zimbabwe

When I arrived in the dusty, sun-drenched Mwenezi district of southern Zimbabwe my task was clear: pilot a tool I developed to assess the conservation of medicinal plants at the grassroots level.

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Steep water collection point. Photo by Hannah Janzen, 2024.

Gendered Impacts of Climate Change in Zimbabwe

Four women queueing at a water pump borehole outdoors in Zimbabwe.
Women queueing at a water pump borehole.
(Photo by Ruvarashe Mushure, 2024)

Climate change is disproportionately impacting women in rural communities in Zimbabwe.

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