The Zimbabwe National Council for the Welfare of Children is the umbrella body of child rights sector. The organisation seeks to coordinate the child rights sector in Zimbabwe. Its major thrust is lobbying and advocacy, capacity building of membership, quality assurance on child oriented initiatives, child participation and research. ZNCWC seeks to bring into mainstream all the institutions working in the child rights sector for effective collaboration and complementarity.

NEWS & ARTICLES from ZNCWC

408 minors raped in 2017 police

BY Fortunate Gora, P6 11/04/18 Police say 408 cases involving the rape of minors were reported in mashonaland west province last year, which represents a 10% decline from 455 cases registered in 2016. But they believe the numbers are still alarmingly high. The statics...

Man rapes ex wifes sister

By Grace Nyoni P8. 11/04/18 A mberengwa man will spend 12 years in jail for raping hs ex wifes 14 year old sister. Donald Mapfumo (26) pleaded not guilty to the rape charges when he appeared before gweru regional magistrate Mr Morgan Nemadire, arguing that his in laws...

All children to be immunised:Govt

By Editor 15/04/18 p7 All children will soon be compulsorily immunized, and government is finalizing the legislative framework to promote the public health initiative. There have been concerns that expanded immunization programmes have not achieved maximum results as...