Give Hope. Build Futures.
For more than 20 years, Zimkids has given children in Pumula North and the areas on the edge of Bulawayo a real shot — school fees, tutoring, vocational training, medical care, daily meals, and a place that feels like home. We don't do this the way the NGO handbook says to. We do it the way the kids themselves have shown us it should be done.
5,000+
orphans supported since 2005
300+
children currently in our care
21
years in Pumula North
Our Story
In 2005, an American sculptor ran a toymaking competition for orphans in Bulawayo. What started as a one-time event became Zimkids — now a home, a school, and a community for hundreds of children in Pumula North.
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School fees, supplies, and support so every child can learn.
Water Access
Clean, reliable water for the Center and the community around it.
Feeding Program
Consistent, nutritious meals every single day.
Greenhouse & Livelihoods
Sustainable farming that feeds the Center and builds skills.
Where Your Help Goes
Water Access
Clean water isn't a given in Pumula North. When the taps run dry, it's the children and families around the Center who go without.
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Education
We're supporting hundreds of children with school fees, stationery, textbooks, and uniforms — the basic things that stand between a child and a classroom.
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Feeding Program
Our feeding program started with the children, and it hasn't stayed there. Hunger doesn't check who's an orphan and who isn't.
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Greenhouse & Livelihoods
Our garden and greenhouse already help feed the Center. We want to grow it further — more beds, more capacity, more of our own food on our own land.
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Textbooks, uniforms, sanitary pads, a spare afternoon — it all lands the same place: in a child's hands.