Monthly Archives: May 2020

Ngundu Innovative Sex worker Maize business thrive

While others are crying during this indefinite lockdown due to restrictions imposed by the government this is not the case for Simbiso a sex worker from Ngundu Chivi south constituency.

She has established a thriving business of selling maize to villagers using her previous interactions with truck drivers

The mother of four gets her maize supply from as far as Karoi and the transporters who are her clients delivers to her .

Speaking to Space for Marginalised Groups in Diversity in ZimbabweTrust Simbiso said “my business is thriving l am now able to cater for my four children including my  sister and her three children”.

Simbiso’s life is significantly changing during this Covid 19 lockdown as she is no longer depend on money from sex work. She is now able to afford the ever sky rocketing basic commodities.

International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

Every year on the 17th of May the world commemorates the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia IDAHOT  . This year’s theme is Breaking The Silence .

and remembering  all the LGBTIQ who lost their lives due Homophobic and Transphobia .

FOOD SHORTAGES AMONGST KEY POPULATION

Covid-19 has come as a disaster as most key populations are not having access to food .As low income earners most of the affected are now finding it difficult to put food on their table

Speaking to SGDZIMTRUST sex workers expressed their predicament during this time of Covid 19 lockdown  “all our clients are finding it difficult to move around and also they are earning anything since they are not going to work” said Abigal Huni

” l have children to feed and in this difficulty time l’m afraid l might have a mental breakdown ” added Chipo Sithole a mother of four who lives with her granny aat their two roomed lodging .