Campaign Story

Chambuta children’s Home is a government founded Home located in Chilonga, Chiredzi North district of Masvingo Province. The Home was a former refugee camp established in 1988 to shelter Mozambican refugees displaced by civil war in that country. When they returned to their country, the Government converted it into a children’s Home. The Home was established as a suitable place to provide shelter to children living and working on the streets of the various towns in the country. As part of imparting skills, the home has a running vocational training scheme which provides skills to children from the Home and from the community. Currently the home is housing 60 children, 40 in Primary and 20 in Secondary School.

Objectives

• To promote child welfare through

• Providing shelter for children who live and work in the streets.

• Ensuring that children receive parental care, love, and guidance.

• Providing necessities such as food and clothes.

• Grooming children into responsible, independent and life skills-equipped adults.

Imparting life skills through the vocational scheme.

• Facilitating children’s education and ensuring that they remain healthy.