Zimbabwe

J710N VANA Childcare Development Program

VANA Childcare Development Program is a holistic care project operating in the cities/towns of Chivhu, Bulawayo, and Chinhoyi in Zimbabwe. Since 2006, the VANA Childcare Development Program has been rescuing orphans and other vulnerable children from a hopeless life on the streets.

VANA believes in the bright potential that every child possess’; yet poverty and disease continues to prevent many Zimbabwean children from fully realising and developing this potential. VANA therefore focuses on the holistic care and development of the child and community at large through:

• The provision of better education for the vulnerable. 
• The improvement of the water and sanitation systems in the community to reduce cases of cholera.
• Raising awareness on the importance of nutrition for health.
• Raising awareness on HIV/AIDS in the local community.

VANA are also in the process of developing an eco-friendly, 8 acre, organic, therapeutic farm. Through the farm, children and young adults with challenges will be able to plant an orchard, participate in growing vegetables, herbs and caring of animals. 

Through these activities, VANA intends to break the cycle of poverty, not only meeting children’s fundamental needs and enhancing the quality of their lives; but also giving the community practical and social skills for careers in Horticulture, Animal Husbandry and Farming.

VANA is committed to raising the next generation of Zimbabwean leaders. 
 

J301 Isaiah’s Umuzi Wothando / Our Neighbours Ministry

Zimbabwe is experiencing one of the harshest AIDS epidemics in the world. Approximately, one fifth of its adult population is living with HIV and an estimated 565 adults and children are becoming infected every day, (that is approximately one person every three minutes).

Unfortunately many babies are abandoned by their families.and often they are HIV infected or affected. The number of abandoned babies living in government hospitals in Bulawayo has increased significantly. This is due to both the number of abandoned babies and the lack of available places at orphanages.

Isaiah.s Umuzi Wothando (Isaiah’s Home of Love) is a project established to assist abandoned babies in Bulawayo and surrounding areas. It is a community based initiative of Bulawayo Baptist Church and their aim is to see abandoned babies being integrated into loving families and communities. They aim to establish a halfway home to provide a high quality of loving care to abandoned babies, meeting their physical, mental and emotional needs, and to try to help facilitate the fostering and adoption of these babies to loving families. The organisation also plans to start a home to cater for babies from newborn to 3 years old, with a capacity for 35 babies. 

J269 Mothers For Orphans



This project focuses on the educational services provided to otherwise neglected orphans and HIV/AIDS children. The aim of the project is to make sure that underprivileged kids are given equal opportunities and resources needed to become educated at a high school standard. Goals of the project include:

  • Reducing barriers for regular school attendance for HIV/AIDS orphans.
  • Equipping schools with sufficient educational resources and funding.
  • Establishing business enterprises to fund and sustain the vision of this project.