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98.3% of the money we receive is spent on supporting the young people in Zimbabwe

Money is short in Zimbabwe. Tariro UK supports the Tariro Youth Project (TYP) in Zimbabwe, which is a registered local charity, as well as supporting a variety of projects in various rural communities across Zimbabwe.    

The main ways that money is spent

Rent

For the TYP house in Harare.

Groceries

Local Zimbabwean firms provide some of the food, but money and food supply are short and what we send pays for grocery shopping.

School fees

This means also buying school uniforms, books, pens, sports clothes, and providing transport to get the young people to school and college.

Counselling

Paying for an excellent counsellor to work with the children every week.

Support

Paying a small allowance to the Sisters (nuns) who work with and help the local trustees to support the children and young people in the house in Harare.

Solar lamps

Many of the rural children do not have electricity in their homes and so can't do homework after the sun goes down at 6pm. Solar lamps help them study in the evening.

Basic computer hardware

The money we send buys basic tablets and laptops for the older children and young people in secondary school and university.

Investing in projects aimed at teaching the children to become self-supporting

Chickens

Rearing chickens both for eggs and for eating. There is a good market for this in Zimbabwe but the profit margin is small and the chickens need to be carefully looked after. It supplements the young people's diets and gives them a skill they can use later on.

Rearing pigs

With generous funding from the Fellowship of St John we have enabled Tariro Youth Project in Zimbabwe to start a piggery which is now contributing income to support the children.

Growing vegetables

This improves diets and teaches a skill everyone needs in Zimbabwe where prices can be high and food is often not available.

Jewellery

Eunice, at the TYP house, makes beaded jewellery to sell at a small profit.

Shurugwi agricultural project

The young people in Shurugwi are running an agricultural project of chickens and vegetables which helps to pay their school fees and provides money for their Christmas party.

Tsvingwe High School Pig Project

At Tsvingwe High School near Penhalonga we have helped the school to establish pigs. As they become profitable they will help pay the school fees of the eight youngsters who look after them. The school wants to build up this project with fish farming and crops to divert the children away from the illegal gold mining, which is rife in the area.