Founder and Director: Margaret Makambira
Mission: To offer quality accommodation to destitute and homeless children, educate and empower them with life skills which will lead them towards self-supporting.
Location: Mutare, Zimbabwe
The program goals of Shinga Development Trust are to provide primary school educations for young children, orphan care, food self-sufficiency, women’s literacy and vocational skills training. Working with Bread and Water for Africa®, Shinga serves hundreds of children and adults, instilling in them hope for a better life.
CURRENT NEEDS
Funding needs to sponsor more students for school fee assistance programs in Dora East and Dora West.
Latest News/Blogs
Hope Restored: Supporting the Next Generation in Zimbabwe
For the past several years, thanks to the supporters of Bread and Water for Africa® we have been able to provide grant funding to our partner, the Shinga Development Trust in Mutare, Zimbabwe, to ensure that approximately 80 orphaned and destitute children are able to...
Solar Drip Line Irrigation Project to Help Mitigate Disastrous Effects of El Niño Drought in Zimbabwe for the Lerato Children’s Home
“In 2025, an estimated 7.6 million people, including 3.5 million children, will require urgent humanitarian assistance in Zimbabwe due to the El Niño-induced drought, a food and nutrition crisis, floods and public health emergencies.” * We at Bread and Water for...
Transforming Lives: Orphan Care Programs in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Tanzania Empowering Abandoned and Orphaned Children and Youth
At Bread and Water for Africa®, nothing fills our hearts with joy more than seeing the smiling faces of orphaned, abandoned and other vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa who have found loving homes where, thanks to our supporters, they are sheltered and fed,...