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Harvest Family Village Children’s Home
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.
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