BINDURA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION

BINDURA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE
EDUCATION
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
A RESEARCH PROJECT ON AID IN POST CONFLICT
RECONSTRUCTION IN NYANGA DISTRICT IN 2009-2011
BY
BLESSING NGOHWE
B1025102
SUPERVISOR: MR DODO
SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULLFILMENT OF A BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE HONOURS IN PEACE AND GOVERNANCE WITH BINDURA
UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
ABSTRACT
Post conflict reconstruction aid has become multidimensional in recent years, it has gone beyond
merely supporting the rebuilding of infrastructure and in many cases now includes humanitarian
relief , institution rebuilding, technical assistance, the development of democracy support to
local NGO’s and civil society, budgetary support and debt relief. Zimbabwe being no
exception, countries emerging from conflict today are not only physically devastated but are
also politically and economically weak thus making the social fabric of these societies
fractured. Post conflict reconstruction does not solely refer to the reconstruction of actual
physical infrastructure, it also includes all plans to rebuild a society politically, socially,
economically and attempts to address the root causes and immediate effects of the conflict.