One Step Forward Two Steps Back..?

Everyday it has become part of my morning routine with coffee, NYTimes Headlines and Op-ed pieces to google headline news on Zimbabwe. It's as if I am addicted - and I need my daily dosage of Zim news. I like so many of Zimbabweans in the diaspora want this Unity Government to somehow just make this work, and let progress and change come to Zimbabwe. But am I fooling myself can this regime really care for their own people first and try to do whatever it takes to resolve the country's crisis? Today I read 2 interesting articles: 1. Somewhat good news- The Zimbabwe Lawyers Society was permitted to demonstrate peacefully without persecution in Harare..progress is coming right maybe things can get better? Story number 2. According to reports from the Telegraph UK about 700 inmates out of the 1,300 have died at Chikurubi Maximum prisons, making it one of the worst jails in the entire world...maybe there is just too much that needs fixing? Is there any part of this country that still functions - schools, hospitals, prisons? The road to recovery is so immense that it seems impossible to continue on it with a shaky government that is not fully invested. It also seems impossible if all of us who are not at home to not try our best to contribute to the efforts of this recovery. Maybe we are relying way too much on our government to implement the change when all we have done is follow headlines, and sigh when its bad and get excited when it's good. If you are a Zimbo in the diaspora - what have you contributed towards a better Zimbabwe?