The Mangwende Orphan Care Trust– is a locally driven project which seeks to reverse family disintegration resulting from the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS, poverty and diseases consequently leading to countless numbers of orphans and child headed families.
The project is thus driven by the community itself where the project coordinator and board meet with local community leadership to ascertain their needs and work to facilitate provision of those needs.

The project is a non-denominational and non-governmental charity project which has no formal relationship with any grouping, but seeks to interact with all churches as well as bodies and individuals who share the same vision.
It will help children regardless of race, color, religion or sex especially in areas of providing education, health care, counseling, supplementary feeding, spiritual and moral guidance and life survival skills.

We have come to the conclusion that sustainable farming is the backbone of our project.

About Us

  The trust was founded by Evans Mangwende and other family members with the intention of addressing the plight of the underprivileged, marginalised communities in Murewa District, Zimbabwe and the region. Their father the late Jonathan Mangwende inspired this idea as he had a passion of assisting the needy during his tenure as chief through… Continue reading About Us

News from the project III

Evans and the rest of the project team are busy working at the project. Today we want to share with you the newest developments. We managed to plant 100 banana seedlings in 5 plots as well as pawpaw seedlings and 20 mangoe seedlings. Macadamia nut, coconut, orange, peaches and other fruit trees are on our… Continue reading News from the project III

News from the project II

Great news! Our maize has germinated! Besides that we were digging swales and ponds, for ground water storage and raising our water table, and another deep well because of water shortages. We only have 3.5 months of rainfall every year. The average is 866mm per year.    

News from the project

“After attending the Permaculture Design Course in Uganda I am now 100 percent certain that Permaculture is the answer to some or all of the problems that we face as poor rural communities and as African countries. Permaculture is a system where small to medium scale farmers  practice agriculture in tandem with their surrounding nature.… Continue reading News from the project

Food Production

We are currently running a supplementary feeding programme for the orphans and vulnerable children. Additionally we have our own food production system on site to feed the children using traditional methods. We have 10 hectares of land close to a river and 4 hectares close to the adjacent school (1200 primary-school students + 600 secondary-school… Continue reading Food Production

Mangwende Orphan Care Trust

Organisations history and main principles: The Mangwende Orphan Care Trust was established with the intention of addressing the plight of the underprivileged, marginalised communities in Mrewa District, Zimbabwe and the region. The Trust’s thrust is in assisting orphans and vulnerable children, widows, the physical, visual impaired, mentally challenged as well as those born with albinism.… Continue reading Mangwende Orphan Care Trust

Donate

Because we are a non-profit charity organisation, our work, the further development and success of the project solely depends on support from the outside. In order to support the work, aims and visions of the Mangwende Orphan Care Trust please consider a donation. We highly appreciate and are more than grateful for your support! Your support will: enable… Continue reading Donate