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13 August 2021 Celebrating Young Changemakers: Meet Darlington Chaparadza

I founded COMMUNITY ZONE ORGANIZATION, in 2017, which is a youth led initiative that focuses more on helping young people that have lost hope towards achieving their own dreams through youth oriented activities such debating, public speaking entrepreneurship training, motivational talks, charity work, sports and arts. As an organisation, I have managed to reach out to a number of young people in my society physically and virtually. Currently, we are paying tuition fees for at least 12 young pe...

28 June 2021 Chinese Embassy-strengthening the fight against Covid-19 in SOS Children's Villages

The Chinese Embassy, through their Managing Director Mrs. Feng, donated 6 000 masks, 100 bottles of hand sanitizers, 30 bottles of disinfectant and 10 temperature measuring guns to help SOSCVZ fight Covid-19 in our villages. “We are humbled by the work SOS is committed to and we as the Chinese Embassy would like to make our contribution and help ensure that vulnerable children under your care have PPEs for their protection and safety” highlighted Mrs. Feng. Mr. Chitiyo rece...

14 June 2021 SOS Children's Village Zimbabwe's (Waterfalls Location) plea for water relief Water is an essential ingredient for a healthy human life but children at Waterfalls SOS Children’s Village are facing water challenges. Children are worst affected because they are more vulnerable to diseases and also they often bear the burden of fetching water for their families. Access to clean water changes everything so let us step up to our collective responsibility to care for vulnerable children and solve the water crisis.Water is a basic right! #WaterIsEssential #waterisahumanrig...

3 June 2021 Honourable Minister Prof. Mavhima's Visit to SOS Children's Village-Bindura

On Thursday 3 June 2021, the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Honourable Professor Paul Mavhima toured SOS Children’s Villages Bindura location. The Minister visited 3 out of the 15 houses which accommodates a number of children aged between 1-18 years. The Minister interacted with SOS mothers and children under care at SOS Children’s Villages Zimbabwe-SOSCVZ Bindura village. He had breakfast in one of the village houses. Some of children shared their aspiration...

2 June 2021 SOS Children's Villages Zimbabwe National Director's Call to Action Do your little bit of good where you are; it s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world, Desmond Tutu. Here, our National Director is appealing to you to step up and do your bit in taking care of vulnerable children. Let us us come together and take collective responsibility to care for vulnerable children.

1 June 2021 SOS Children's Villages Zimbabwe bridging the digital divide!

More than a year into the Covid-19 pandemic and our children s education is greatly affected. As SOS Children s Villages Zimbabwe (SOS CVZ) we still commit to supporting children to continue with their education despite all odds and also investing in their future. SOS CVZ realised that the sudden move to online learning perpertuated by the pandemic would mean that most children from vulnerable backgrounds are left behind. Hence, SOS CVZ donated computers to learners at all 3 SOS Children s Villa...

9 May 2021 Celebrating Mother's Day: The Story of SOS Mother, uMama Sylvia Busisiwe Mlalazi

Sylvia is a loving mother of 9 children, including 2 toddlers and 4 youths at SOS Children’s Villages Zimbabwe (SOSCVZ) Bulawayo village. She believes that she has blessed hands that everything she touches turns out to be fruitful. She says that she is used to being a mother and that her job is a calling from God. “This job was a calling! I was staying in Harare with my 3 biological children. I was in a train travelling to Bulawayo and we passed through SOS children’s village...

11 April 2021 SOSCVZ 2021 Chairman's Award

The SOSCVZ Board and Management in its endeavor to recognize the hard work of educators from all its Herman Gmeiner educational facilities held the Chairman’s Award on 10 April 2021. The special awards recognized all Herman Gmeiner Primary Schools for their 2020 grade 7 examinations’ exceptional performance, with HGPS Waterfalls being awarded the overall best performer for 2020, with an overall pass rate of 98%. In his remarks at the occasion the SOSCVZ Board Chairman, Reverend Man...

1 June 2020 SOS Children's Villages Reponse to the Drought Emergency

SOS Children s Villages Zimbabwe (SOSCVZ) is responding to the drought emergency by supporting 3 900 households in Shamva, Chitungwiza and Seke Districts with various interventions (Food relief, livilihoods support, WASH, COVID-19 awareness as well as improved access to water. The SOSCVZ interventions are being supported by the generous financial contribution of the Dutch Relief Agency, SOS Norway, SOS UK and SOS Germany, with implementation being carried out in collaboration with key Governmen...

15 September 2015 Mom, grandma foster mom

Mrs. Chawatama is a 56 year old mother and grandmother from Specimen, Glen Norah A. According to her, she is a “natural foster caregiver” as she has always looked after children from her relatives. Currently Mrs. Chawatama lives with three biological grandchildren and other grandchildren from the extended family. She opens up to SOS Children’s Villages about family, and fostering. Why do you foster? Fostering has been my passion for a very long time. I have looked after c...

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