Meet Our
Amazing Trustees
At Zimkids, we take youth empowerment seriously. Thus, most of our team is composed of former members of our Council of Elders (beneficiaries 14–18-years-old). In the course of their involvement with Zimkids, they’ve all learned to construct a building, weld, operate computers, plan, organize and issue reports.
Dennis Gaboury
A U.S. citizen, Dennis Gaboury, has been living and working with orphans in Bulawayo since 2005, when he ran a city-wide toy competition that evolved into the Zimkids Orphan Trust. During the same period, he was the architect of another orphan project centered in Nketa, Bulawayo. A sculptor, he nonetheless holds an undergraduate degree in Special Education and a Masters in Business Administration.
Hezvo Mpunga
A Zimbabwean citizen, Hezvo Mpunga, was raised in Harare and moved to the United States after high school, where he studied computer science and audio and video production. After nine years in New Jesery, he moved to Toronto, where he heads the IT department at The Real News Network. Hezvo works with Zimkids in the development of the website.
Tinashe Basa
As Executive Director and co-founder of Zimkids he is a non-voting member of the Board of Trustees.
Nigel Mevana
A Zimbabwean citizen, Nigel was raised in the Mzilikazi district of Bulawayo. He attended Amherst College on full scholarship and graduated with a degree in Physics. Later he attended Berkeley, also on full scholarship, and earned a Masters Degree in robotics.
Sambulo Dube
A native Bulawayan, Sambulo has been a lifelong teacher both in Zimbabwe and America.
Amalia Kaerezi
A native Bulawayan, Amalia received a full scholarship to both her A Levels and the University of Michigan at Kalamazo. She is aspiring to become a chemical engineer.