Dear Friends, We are proud to share our progress with the two bedroom hut we have made in the past couple of weeks.Thankful for our donors through the SEEDS campaign (see below for more info) we have secured sufficient funds to be able to put thatching on the building and moulding bricks to make aContinue reading Good progress 💫
Thatching grass and sugar cane
Thanks for all who donated for our appeal to the orphanage! We have started to render and have managed to purchase the thatching grass for the first building that is already built. In parallel we are starting to build the next hut, too. We have also purchased sugar cane, what we are going to useContinue reading Thatching grass and sugar cane
Mango seed collection and visitors
A lady from United Arab Emirates who is Zimbabwean and a journalist and also a student at GAIA education studying “Design for Sustainability” came to visit the project to find out possible ways of assistance. Furthermore we collected mango seeds to plant at the farm.
A home in a regenerative farm for orphaned children in rural Zimbabwe
Buy-A-Brick, Campaign Final In the midst of the Zimbabwean economic crisis (2019) a vision emerged to provide shelter for orphaned children, support the vulnerable and elderly through regenerative food growing practices. The idea of a replicable model of an Orphanage and Farmer Field School was born. Our mission is to provide: A place for orphanedContinue reading A home in a regenerative farm for orphaned children in rural Zimbabwe
Harvesting and a Borehole
Dear Supporters, As always there is a lot going on at the Mangwende Orphan Care Trust. We have just started the harvest on the smaller (4.8ha) plot and we feel blessed that after two years of drought we have a good harvest this year.We still have a long way to go before we finish asContinue reading Harvesting and a Borehole
Progress on the first Orphanage Building (video)
orphanage huts – ‘Buy a Brick’ campaign
– by Viktoria Szilvas Dear Supporters, In the past month we have progressed well on our fist orphanage hut, with the walls are now standing.We are now going to look for the roofing materials, floor tiles, window panes and 2 frames, 4 doors and locks. To accelerate our progress we are launching our ‘Buy aContinue reading orphanage huts – ‘Buy a Brick’ campaign
Updates February 4
“Dear Supporters, I hope the first month of the year took off with a promising start for you.Unfortunately, we had been affected by the pandemic on personal level. My beloved mother passed away after catching the virus and our family had to be self-isolated for almost a month, as no health professional came to confirmContinue reading Updates February 4
Achievements 2020
– Published by Viktoria Szilvás Dear Friends,On the last day of 2020 we look back and appreciate what we have achieved this year. We would like to invite you to share a moment of joy with us documented by snapshots of time, reflecting on where your support and our commitment took us. Looking forward, weContinue reading Achievements 2020
Updates December 19
Dear Friends, After some good rainfall the swales are holding the water. We are taking advantage of it by planting trees along them, with vetiver grass will be planted on the opposite site.We have continued of our tree planting with indigenous mazhanje and guava fruit trees for our forest garden.For our living fence we haveContinue reading Updates December 19