The organisation was established in 1952 under government specifically as a correctional institution to accommodate juvenile delinquents of 12 – 18 years, having the capacity to carry 60 boys’ offenders. It was founded after Percy Ibbotson Probation Hostels for boys in Bulawayo. The setup of the institution was a prison like structure with a line security fence enclosed with highly placed burglar barred windows, with the staff mainly made up of ex prison and police officers. Security was tight and conditions were aligned to ensure rehabilitation of these young offenders. Its name by then was Highfield Probation Hostel.

In 1997 with the upsurge of orphans sprawling the urban streets, the government changed two out of ten institutions under its wing to be orphanages to cater for children coming from extremely difficult circumstances. The home was named Hupenyu Hutsva Children’s Home. Its
capacity can carry 132 children (committed and on places of safety) boys and girls aged 6 years to 17 years.

The orphanage provides refugee, care, protection, life skills, basic needs and education to orphans and vulnerable children. We run a dormitory set up for girls and boys, a primary school, poultry, gardening projects and herbal garden. The mentioned activities comprehend social training, inclusion for our disadvantaged children.

The home is registered with the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare under section 31(3) of the Children’s Act (Chapter 5:06). The home is government funded. It caters for orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC). The Home runs a primary school which is registered under the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education. The school provides its services to all admitted children, those on place of safety and children from the surrounding community.

The team at Hope of Family bring a deep and personal understanding of their community’s needs and believes that a conducive home atmosphere is critical to the success of primary school-aged children.  Hope of family involves parents and caregivers living in the Muhanga district community, being involved in all aspects of their children’s education.

Additionally, they provide educational supplies, cover supplemental school fees, promote literacy throughout the community, offer entrepreneurial and agricultural training, work to improve housing conditions, and facilitate a local savings and loan program.

Homefield Centre Zimcare Trust is a non- profit-making organization registered under Private Voluntary Organization Act (chapter17.05) and has been in existence since 1964. It was established with the mandate of educating, caring, and creating enabling environment for adults (18 years and above) with Intellectual Challenges. This will equip them with self-help skills that will enable them to be re-integrated into the society our vision is informed by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNRC) Article 23 and the African Charter (AC) Article 13.

The Centre has a total of 9 hostels which include an Old People’s Home for male and female residents. Homefield Centre caters for 106 residents but has a current enrolment of 69 residents 23 being female and 46 males, a staff of 32 including the Superintendent, the Deputy Superintendent, Bursar, Nurse and the support staff. The Centre has workshops where residents are trained within their capabilities; the training includes pottery, weaving, woodwork, garden, dairy, and poultry projects. We also have a stimulation class where residents do occupational therapy.

Home of Hope children’s home is a child welfare organisation which was founded in 2003. It has registration 10/72 and is a child-minding organisation that is running under the auspices of The United Methodist Church (UMC), Zimbabwe West Annual Conference. It is located 23km from Mutoko Centre, situated 143km from Harare. Most of the funds for the upkeep of the Home of Hope children’s home come from self-motivated individuals, such as well-wishers, church members on an interdenominational basis, and other donors, with the United Methodist Church (UMC) in Zimbabwe leading the way. Also, a very small grant is provided by the Government of Zimbabwe UNDER The Department of Social Development (DSD). Currently, Home of Hope children’s home has 27 children,14 girls and 13 boys. The Home is structured in a dormitory form but in the process of transforming into a family cluster setup.

Heather Chimhoga Orphan Care’s (HCOC) services ensure that children remain in school, and have access to nutritional support, health, and psychosocial services. HCOC runs a child-friendly clinic and school-based feeding program, offers scholarships to vulnerable children and provides psychosocial and livelihoods support in the rural district of Murehwa.

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Harvest Family Village is a children’s institution registered under section 31 of the Children’s Act (Chapter 5:06), registration number SW/10/143. This home, located in the Montgomery area under the Umguza district in Matabeleland North, sits on a 21.5-acre plot which is under intensive development. We currently have three children’s homes, with a fourth one under construction. Our vision is to construct 12 children’s homes that accommodate up to 10 children per home.

Our mission is to rescue and restore children by establishing families, instilling hope, and preparing them for the future. We receive children in need of safety from the Department of Social Services, mainly from Umguza District under Matabeleland North province.

With the three homes, our current capacity is 30 children, and we are at full capacity. We have 18 girls and 12 boys. Five children are in ECD, fourteen in primary school and eleven in secondary school.

The Weslyan Methodist Synod established the Harare Children’s Home in 1918, after the 1918 flu epidemic and post-World War 1 depression had left 11 children homeless. A committee was formed, comprising 15 Ministers and laymen. Reverend Glyndr Davies chaired it. In January 1921 the first general meeting was held, and the first constitution was also adopted.

The Home was originally located in a building on Victoria Street (now Mbuya Nehanda Street). When the needs of the Home outgrew its location, it was moved to a building on Jameson Avenue
(now Samora Machel Avenue). Once again, the needs of the Home outgrew its location and in 1956 the Home moved to its present location at 2 Daventry Road, Eastlea, in Harare.

The Home’s present capacity is 110 children. Each House is made up of a family of 17 to 22 children, cared for by a House Matron and an assistant. Currently, the staff establishment of 29 employees enables the home to care for 81 children.

Having provided the children’s physical needs: bathing, eating, sleeping, and clothing, the mental needs of the children did not seem to have been addressed. Some of these children are at such a young, formative age that both their mental and physical needs are of equal importance. Mental needs refer to the individual attention and mental stimulation, especially where babies and toddlers are concerned.

The same concept applies to the older children. Individual attention, letting the children know that what they say and do is important, that someone is there watching them – is of crucial importance. Hence, it is of utmost importance that the Home engages the services of a resident psychologist. To complete the puzzle, the Home has acquired household equipment such as stoves, refrigerators and other kitchen utensils and has started a pilot project whereby it is introducing smaller units for the children to create as much of a family atmosphere as possible. This restructuring has been completed at Muriel House and is beginning in the other Houses.

These units will enable the House Matrons and workers at the Home to give individual attention to the children thereby making the situation at the Home much closer to that of a real family. This will enable each child to identify with a family from the first time he/she is admitted to the Home. The dining hall and laundry services however remain centralised within the Home for now.

THE HANTAM COMMUNITY EDUCATION TRUST is a comprehensive educational and development project situated east of Colesberg in the Great Karoo. Begun as a play school in a disused farm building 25 years ago, it has grown into an early learning center, primary school and intermediate school, housed in a complex built on land donated by a local farmer. The Trust utilises advanced educational methods, including innovative new approaches to achieving basic numeracy and literacy, and helps its learners to complete further education and training. It also manages community health and youth development programmes.

The HCET employs a six steps to sustainable development method.

1. STEP ONE: An early start – Young children benefit from an effective parenting programme, followed by intensive early learning in a dedicated ECD centre.

2. STEP TWO: Quality schooling – Learners are taught by highly trained teachers using specialised teaching methods, aimed at achieving high levels of literacy and numeracy.

3. STEP THREE: Further education – Successful learners are given bursaries for further education and training, and receive continued guidance and support.

4. STEP FOUR: Youth development – Young people who do not continue their formal education benefit from a focused youth development programme.

5. STEP FIVE: A healthy community – Learners and their families receive home visits from health workers, and benefit from a community health clinic and pharmacy.

6. STEP SIX: Community participation – Parents and other community members support the Trust, and are actively involved in its governance.