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

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.

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.

Gendered Impacts of Climate Change 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.

Gazing Into the Mirror of Climate Adaptation: An RA's Reflections from the LINCZ Project in Zimbabwe

I'll never forget that first set of interview videos I received from Prof. Arnold. Sitting on my chair at home, watching the interview video play on my laptop atop my work table, where I remote work, I was struck by a woman's words from Mwenezi village in Zimbabwe: "She's bringing the issue of domestic violence, as a result of no food in the house."

Researching climate change adaptation governance: a journey into rural Zimbabwe

As part of the LINCZ project, I spent a month in Zimbabwe talking with people about how their communities are adapting to climate change in their daily lives, and how they collaborate among the actors and organizations involved at the ward, village, and district levels.