The Development of Christian Care Aid in Zimbabwe: The Case of Matabeleland Region, 1967-c.1990.
In: Historia, Jg. 68 (2023-11-01), Heft 2, S. 96-128
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The organisation, Christian Care, was formed during Zimbabwe's liberation war in 1967 to disburse emergency aid to victims of the war and political repression. From 1967 to about 1990, it provided emergency relief and charity aid to victims of war and the marginalised people in Zimbabwe. This article explores the development of Christian Care aid from its inception to around 1990, tracing the changes over time. It shows how Christian Care managed to respond to the situation on the ground even when such an agenda was not in line with what the government of the day practised. Between 1967 and 1980, Christian Care's aid was largely emergency based, assisting war victims with food, clothes and money. After 1980, the nature and composition of aid changed to development projects such as drilling of boreholes, construction of schools, clinics and dams and assisting communities to set up income generating projects like market gardens. Using a qualitative research methodology with predominantly archival sources, I explore the development of Christian Care aid in the Matabeleland region of Zimbabwe, demonstrating how the organisation provided assistance to the repressed and marginalised. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Die organisasie, Christian Care, is in 1967, tydens Zimbabwe se vryheidsoorlog, gestig om noodverligting aan slagoffers van die oorlog en politieke onderdrukking te bied. Vanaf 1967 tot ongeveer 1990 het dit noodverligting en liefdadige hulp aan oorlogslagoffers en gemarginaliseerde mense in Zimbabwe gebied. Hierdie artikel ondersoek die ontwikkeling van Christian Care vanaf sy stigting in 1967 tot ongeveer 1990, en wys daardeur op die verandering oor tyd. Dit wys ook hoe Christian Care daarin geslaag het om te reageer op voetsoolvlak omstandighede, selfs toe sy agenda nie ooreengestem het met dié van die regering van die dag nie. Tussen 1967 en 1980 was Christian Care se hulpverlening meestal op krisisse toegespits, en het die organisasie oorlogslagoffers bygestaan met kos, klere en geld. Na 1980 het die aard en inhoud van die hulpverlening verander na ontwikkelingsprojekte, soos die sink van boorgate, die bou van skole, klinieke en damme, en bystand aan gemeenskappe om inkomste-genererende projekte, soos mark tuine, van die grond af te kry. Deur gebruik te maak van 'n kwalitatiewe navorsingsmetodologie met oorwegend argivale bronne, stel ek ondersoek in na die ontwikkeling van Christian Care se hulpverlening in die Matabeleland-streek van Zimbabwe, en wys daardeur hoe die organisasie hulp verleen het aan die verdruktes en verwaarloosdes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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The Development of Christian Care Aid in Zimbabwe: The Case of Matabeleland Region, 1967-c.1990.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Takuva, Tinashe |
Zeitschrift: | Historia, Jg. 68 (2023-11-01), Heft 2, S. 96-128 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2023 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0018-229X (print) |
DOI: | 10.17159/2309-8392/2023/v68n2a4 |
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