About 750 people lost their lives as Cyclone Idai ravaged through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe between 14 - 15 March. An estimated 2 million people are believed to be affected as towns and villages were wiped out. Sadly, the timing and target could not have been worse, hitting already vulnerable communities in some of the… Continue reading Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe
Eco-Village featuring an Education Center Mangwende Orphan Care Trust Dombodzvuku Primary School Post Box 830 Marondera, Zimbabwe Tel: +263772954545 Email: mangwendeorphancaretrust@gmail.com Total Project Cost: $141,168.93 RTGs dollars US $ 40,333.98 Mangwende Orphan Care Trust Contribution: 10 hectares land, river sand, thatching grass, maize, beans, sorghum and millet seeds 7000 interlocking bricks Vegetable seedlings and… Continue reading Construction of a Children’s Eco-Village
The number of children under our feeding program has increased from 30 to 1304. Watch the video below: The school has put their garden at our disposal. We're going to teach the children organic farming, regenerative farming, natural farming and aquaculture. The video below shows our 4 hectares land: Because we are a non-profit charity organisation,… Continue reading Feeding Program
Besides the economic hardships in the country Evans and the rest of the team are facing in the last few months, they continue to work hard to develop the land and to feed the vulnerable children and orphans. Fuel prices have gone up from $1.40 per litre to $3.31. Bus fares and prices of all… Continue reading Developments
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
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.
“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 I
Exciting news! Evans (the project manager of the trust) is currently attending the Permaculture Design Course at the Sabina School, Rakai, Uganda from the 13/05/2018 - 26/05/2018! For more information please visit the official course-website: http://pdcug18.permaculturedesigncourse.co.uk/
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
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
