purposively sampled provinces, two districts were sampled for the research. The sample population was drawn from wards and villages5 in Hurungwe and Bindura Districts. The sample frame was derived from the following process: from the 10 provinces in Zimbabwe, two (2) i.e. Mashonaland Central and Mashonaland West, were purposively sampled for the research, because these are the provinces in which JCT works currently. 3.4.1 Hurungwe District In Mashonaland West, Hurungwe District was randomly sampled. Hurungwe District lies about 230 kilometres west of Harare. Its district urban centre is Magunje Growth Point, which is 25 kilometres form Karoi, the provincial capital. Hurungwe District is made up of 17 wards that span over A1 resettlement areas and communal lands and has a population of over 450 000 households6. The Hurungwe District was selected due to its uniqueness of having a sedentary, largely rural and less itinerant population. In the northern areas of the district are Mana Pools National Park, Sapi Safari Area and Chewore Safari Area. It is the southern part of the district where the farming and communal areas are. In Hurungwe District a 20% sample of the 17 wards gave 3.4 wards, approximately 4. However, the researchers eventually worked in 5 wards. From the sampled wards, five villages were further sampled from each ward to come up with the village sample population in the communal areas. Research in Hurungwe District covered the following areas: • Ward 1 - A1 farms • Ward 5 - A1 farms • Ward 10 - Communal Lands • Ward 11 - Communal Lands • Ward 16 - Communal Lands Children that were interviewed in the districts were from the following schools: Maumbe Primary School; Chishumba Primary School; Charles Clark Primary School; Dixie Primary School; Hewlin Secondary School; Vhuti Secondary School; Mushangwe Primary School and Kabvunde Primary School. The numbers of respondents in Hurungwe are categorized as tabulated below: 5 A ward comprises several villages (it is neither specific nor constant) and a village can have upwards of 700 households. Several wards make up a district. Some districts have more wards than others. 6 Interview with Mr. Moyo, Chief Executive Officer of Hurungwe District Council Birth Registration Research Report/2007 29