Thank you for visiting the Hope Zimbabwe web site!
Hope Zimbabwe is a project of HealthServe Australia. 
We exist to to raise awareness of the needs in Zimbabwe, gather people in prayer for the nation and mobilise support for those in need.
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ost current data about Zimbabwe from UNAIDS… 1
- Population: 12 000 000
- Prevalence of HIV/AIDS: 1 320 739
- Orphans 989 000 1… “Zimbabwe has a higher number of orphans, in proportion to its population, than any other country in the world, according to UNICEF. In fact, as many as 1 in 4 children in Zimbabwe are orphaned as a result of parents dying from AIDS.”3
- Infant mortality has doubled since 1990.
- In 2008 Zimbabwe had a Cholera Epidemic which killed 4000 people out of more that 100,000 who had been infected (This was the worst Cholera outbreak in Africa for the last 15 years).
Tracing the last 20 years HIV/AIDS Prevalence in Zimbabwe: 1
- 1990 – 10.0%
- 1997 – 26.5% (peak)
- 2001 – 23.7%
- 2007 – 15.6%
- 2009 – 14.3%
Hope Zimbabwe came about to partner with Celebration Health in their effort to bring light into darkness and hope to broken lives.
Yes, there is hope! And YOU can work with us to make a difference!
Thank you for taking the time to visit us, as you check out this site we hope you’ll be blessed by the stories of changed lives and encouraged to partner with those in Zimbabwe working hard to see restoration.
References for stats:
1. UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION REPORT on HIV AND AIDS; 2010; http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/2010/zimbabwe_2010_country_progress_report_en.pdf 2. The Independent (17th November 2006), ‘Dead by 34: How AIDS and Starvation Condemn Zimbabwe’s Women to Early Grave’. 3. The Standard (2010, March 20th) ‘Orphaned Children struggle to survive‘
Links for more information on HIV/AIDS and its impact on Zimbabwe:
UNAIDS: http://www.unaids.org/en/CountryResponses/Countries/zimbabwe.asp
AVERT (International HIV & AIDS charity): http://www.avert.org/aids-zimbabwe.htm