Welcome to FACT in Nyanga

Nyanga district is situated in the northern part of Manicaland Province on the eastern border with Mozambique and has an estimated population of 117 279 (55 426 males and 61 853 females) according to the 2002 census. Of this population, 94.7% live in the rural areas. According to statistics from the Ministry of Health, HIV prevalence in Zimbabwe is at 13.70% (2009). In Nyanga district, as of May 2007, the prevalence rate was at 14.1% with people within the age range of 15 – 49 being the most affected.

FACT Nyanga is a branch of FACT Mutare working in all the 31 wards which make up Nyanga District. Our community based projects include HIV prevention (National Behavior Change Strategy, Community Empowerment and Services to Prevent HIV Transmission, In-School and Out of School Youth activities), community care and support (HBC and Support to PLWHIV) mitigating the impact of HIV and AIDS through responses to the situation of OVCs, sustainable livelihoods and community capacity building on gender issues, rights based approaches and participatory monitoring and evaluation. In 2009 the organization reached over 16,000 direct beneficiaries and over 30,826 indirect beneficiaries with various services. FACT Nyanga works with over 200 trained community volunteers in all our interventions.