This is Zvakanaka Zimbabwe Volunteer Life

Welcome to "This is Zvakanaka Zimbabwe Volunteer Life” podcast! I'll be talking about my volunteer work and my new life here in Zimbabwe. ▼Comments? Question? Program suggestions? https://forms.gle/uGc7VNXdYZUqxGMD7

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#3 How is Zimbabwean rural life really going?

Hi everyone! Welcome to the "This is Zvakanaka Zimbabwe Volunteer Life" podcast! I'm Miyu and I started living here in Zimbabwe as part of an official Japanese volunteer program. Today I want to talk about my daily life in the rural areas of Zimbabwe. I started working at college about a month ↓ago. Prior to that, I was in the capital city of Zimbabwe, it's called Harare, and then moved here to start working. Zimbabwean rural life will certainly be interesting for people living outside of Africa...

Mar 10, 2023•5 min•Ep. 3

#2 Inflation in Zimbabwe continues.

Hi everyone! Welcome to "This is Zvakanaka Zimbabwe Volunteer Life” podcast! I'm Miyu and start living here in Zimbabwe for two years volunteer program of Japanese foreign ministry. Today I want to talk about inflation in Zimbabwe, which has been going on for several years. You have probably heard about hyperinflation here in Zimbabwe. It started in 2007, and peak month of inflation rate is estimated at 79.6 billion percent month-on-month, 89.7 sextillion percent year-on-year in 2008. This resul...

Jan 14, 2023•5 min

#1 I started working in Zimbabwe!

Hi everyone! Welcome to "This is Zvakanaka Zimbabwe Volunteer Life” podcast! I'm Miyu and I started this podcast in Zimbabwe! HUUU By the way, Zvakanaka means good / nice / it's okay in Shona, the local language here. In this episode, I will talk about why I started this podcast and what I want to talk about. Before we get started, let me quickly introduce myself and my work here in Zimbabwe. I'm Miyu from Tokyo, Japan. I came here as a JOCV, which is a two-year voluntary program. JOCV is a shor...

Jan 09, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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