The Famba Zvakanaka - Hamba Kahle Music CD from International Organization for Migration (IOM) forms a key part of the "Safe Journey" multi-media campaign in Zimbabwe, launched by IOM on October 27 2005. The campaign aims to reduce the risks of HIV to potential migrants and informs citizens about HIV prevention and the dangers of irregular (or illegal) migration. Undocumented migrants, for example, may face exploitation in the workplace through low or no pay; little or no access to health care; lack of legal rights; and risk of invisibility, HIV infection, and falling prey to human trafficking schemes and the sex trade.

The CD was created by Zimbabwean musicians with the IOM, with funds from the Department for International Development (DFID) and the support of the Government of Zimbabwe. The aim of the CD is to reinforce the messages of the Safe Journey campaign informing Zimbabweans of the risks and realities of irregular migration and living or working abroad without families and/or without correct documentation.

These are some of the songs on the CD and their messages:

• "When You Get There (by Nonsi) - a song about remembering your loved ones when you are away from home and with the message that having girlfriends everywhere causes a lot of damage.



• Orphan (by Pastor G) - a song about HIV/AIDS orphans.



• Handidi (by Pastor G) - a song about being a slave to the power of the dollar, risking all for money.



• IIn The Dark??? (by Chirikure Chirikure)
- a poem that asks how you can expect a bright future when you are living in the dark, hiding, as an irregular migrant in a host county.


• Todii (by Oliver Mtukudzi) - a song which laments the issues of HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe.



• Cheuka(by EXSQ) - a song about the fact that being faithful to your loved ones is the only way to stop HIV and AIDS.



• Let Me Go (by Plaxedes Wenyika) - a song about human trafficking: men marrying women/girls by promising them a better life elsewhere, outside Zimbabwe, only to then use them as sex slaves for profit. The women are left without papers, without identity and without any legal or medical help.



• Train (by Bruno) - a song about how HIV and AIDS is moving through the country, through the region, like an unstoppable train.



• I Know (by C Blad) - a song about the fact that being faithful to your loved ones is the only way to stop HIV and AIDS."

To order a copy of the CD, send an email to the contact below.

Click here for a programme description of the Safe Journey Campaign.