By Anwell Bepe, Kasambabezi FM Coordinator

Kasambabezi FM, Kariba's community radio station, is making significant strides in addressing long-standing issues affecting marginalized communities in the district. Through its "Rise & Participate" project, the station is focusing on climate change effects, gender disparity, and the documentation of Indigenous history, particularly for the Tonga and Shona people. The project aims to empower local journalists with the skills to enhance community information sharing and participation.

In 2022, The Zienzele Foundation identified the need for a communal space in the Chiware region of Zimbabwe for Shona women’s cooperatives to host their organizational meetings, health clinics, and marketing of traditional handicraft work. In collaboration with Cultural Survival’s Keepers of the Earth Fund, they have since built a community center complex near the village of Mupagamuri to serve the five surrounding villages.