Sithabisiwe: A Mentor and Leader in the Zimkids Community
Meet Sithabisiwe, a dedicated member of the Zimkids community who has been making a positive impact on the lives of children and youth in Zimbabwe for many years. Sithabisiwe joined Zimkids at the age of 12 in 2005, and since then, she has been actively involved in various community projects and initiatives. Sithabisiwe’s passion for […]
Zimkids Enterprises
Since 2012, Zimkids has been training our young people in a wide array of construction skills, from welding to painting, electrical installation, solar installation and tiling. We’ve sent them to advanced courses, given them serious on-the-job training in building our own Centre, and ensured that they are prompt, serious and responsible. Now, their services are […]
Connecting Our Two Worlds
Even as we strive to open the minds of our orphans to the broader world, we try to do the same for Americans. So each Fall, Tinashe Basa, our director, and Dennis Gaboury, our founder, visit churches, synagogues, arts groups, civil organizations and schools. We introduce Americans to Zimbabwe, its culture and our children, and, […]
Connect Your Kids to ZimKids
Zimkids Outreach to U.S. School Part of our mission is to open the minds of our orphans to the wider world, and we’re anxious to do the same for their American counterparts. So each Fall, Tinashe Basa, our director, and Dennis Gaboury, our founder, visit schools across the United States, from Fairbanks, Alaska to Dallas, […]
Zimkids Orphan Trust History
Neither Barbie nor the Transformers has much market share in a place like Zimbabwe, where a teacher would have to work for a month to afford the most minimal of Mattel’s offerings, where unemployment tops 90 percent, and half the population is on the verge of hunger. Yet even in such dire circumstances, kids will […]