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Community Projects
Conservation Capture wants to help communities in the whole Mbire South District, starting with Masoka and Angwa in Ward 11. Learn about our upcoming projects in these villages set to begin in 2024, and you can make a difference by donating to these deserving communities.
Accessible & Clean Water
Currently less than 10% of local villages within Mbire South have access to clean water. Few hand boreholes or "bush-pumps" have been installed in the past but deteriorated quickly from the pressure of the demand for water within these communities.
We plan to tackle this crisis and provide accessible, clean water to more than 75% of villagers by 2024. Help us achieve our goal by reading more on this project and getting involved.
Agroecology & Food Security
The main causes for shortage of food is from crop damage, problem animals and climate change.
Annual flooding on the Angwa River has prevented communities from growing their crops by eliminating access to the river and creating siltation to the soil. Conservation Capture plans to address and solve this crises by introducing an agroecology approach to sustainable farming for small-scale farmers within these communities and across Zimbabwe.
Transportation
Only 3% of the entire community within Mbire South offer transportation services.
Due to these areas being very remote, the conditions of the roads are less than ideal - especially for that of 2WD vehicles like buses and cars. The only true forms of public transport are donkey driven scotch-karts, a few motorbikes, bicycles or by-foot. This means members of the community, whether by emergency or not, will travel many kilometers to get to healthcare or shopping centres and children travel daily long distances to school and back.
Clinic Rehabilitation
There is only one clinic established within Masoka where only two alternating nurses attend to basic illnesses & injuries. At this current stage, the clinic building is in ruin with walls and ceilings falling apart. There is no advanced medical equipment and medicine and other supplies are scarce. A doctor visits once a month (if that) to attend to more serious injuries.
A 5000L tank was donated to the clinic some time ago but never installed, leaving the clinic without any water or sterilization at all aside from a few hand-sanitising stands.
School Rehabilitation
Within Ward 11, there is only one Primary School and one Secondary School. These schools lack equipment, safe facilities and faculty. Many school drop-outs occur from parents not having the funds for school fees and the unmanageable daily on-foot commute to and from school for children. During the 3-year COVID pandemic, children of these communities did not receive any education whatsoever due to the schools being closed for quarantine.
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Masoka Primary School
Some children from Angwa travel 15-20km everyday by foot to the Masoka schools for their learning
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Masoka Secondary School
A total of seven subjects are taught from the level of Form 1 to Form 4 (O'Levels). Children must leave to Mushumbi Pools to continue their education for Form 5 and Form 6 (A'Levels) as there is not enough faculty or facility to continue at Masoka.
Home Construction
All households within these rural areas are simplistic either being mud huts or basic brick structures. Each hut may have up to 8 people residing in there at one time. There is no furniture in these huts and so the members sleep on the floor or reed mats with little protection from the cold or harsh heat.
There are no water facilities or electricity and so fire is used for cooking and river water for washing and drinking.
Introducing Renewable Energy
In remote areas such as this, the absence of electricity supply poses significant challenges for local communities. This lack of power hampers their daily operations, impacting everything from household activities to economic endeavors. Recognizing the importance of reliable electricity, our initiative aims to bring positive change by spearheading the construction of an electricity infrastructure in these villages. This endeavor seeks to empower the communities, fostering improved living conditions and creating opportunities for enhanced productivity. Through our commitment to building electricity infrastructure, we strive to catalyze positive transformations, providing these remote areas with the essential resources needed for better functionality and progress.
