Country: Zimbabwe
Tafara Amai Caro’s Home
Vision:
Creating a safe space and affording a decent life for orphans and vulnerable children in
Zimbabwe and around Africa.
Mission Statement:
To provide shelter, food, education, psycho-social support, and empowerment to orphans and
other vulnerable children.
Our Goals:
To establish and maintain a Children’s Home in order to provide basic needs, education, love
and care. To de-traumatize affected children placed in our care and prepare them to be
productive citizens.
The Address of the Home is 10112 New Stands Tafara, Harare, Zimbabwe
Our Contact Numbers are:
The Home was established on the 4th of June 1999.
Founder:
Premises
Currently we are using a House at number 10112 New Stands Tafara, Harare, Zimbabwe (owned by
the Founder and her husband a board member) to conduct our business but the place is limiting our
vision in several ways and it is our dream to move to more spacious places like in Water Falls,
Hatfield, Mandara or Borrowdale suburbs of Harare where there are bigger houses and bigger
stands to allow us to do our business freely and also to allow us to accomodate more kids. We also
have future plans to move to a bigger space which is outside Harare where we will be able to do
farming, various projects like poultry, and building our own school for the children if we find
financial assistance.
How are we conducting our business
Currently, most of the day-to-day work is being done by 2 general hands who wash, clean, and cook
for the kids, one driver who drives us around when we do outreach and family tracing for the
orphans using the chairman’s personal car since the Home currently does not own any vehicle, and
Amai Gwaze and Baba Gwaze have been the key personal in our day to day running of the Home. So
currently, we have 5 full-time staff members and a board of trustees which is made up of an additional 6
people to bring a total number of people to 11 who are actively involved in the running of the home
in various ways, from administration, operations and at strategic level.
We have been sourcing funds as the board of trustees and have been helping in our personal
capacities as the Lord blesses us and we have been of late struggling to meet all the required
finances to run the Home efficiently hence a need for your helping hand.
How we want you to help us.
We want you to help us financially, so we can meet our day to day running needs for the Home,
which include but not limited to food, clothes, medication, education fees and books for the kids,
fuel, motor vehicles for outreach, and family tracing may be to start with 3 double cab trucks so we
can access all terrain without complications, 2 Big houses in suburbs with big yards, beds, blankets
and sheets for the kids, Electricity bills, Data bills, Cell phone bills and salary bills for our staff
members.
What we would like
In the long run we would like to have our own Home which is spacious and could accommodate 500
children for a start and we can be build a school, a farm so we produce most of the food which will
be consumed at the Home. We would also need at least 2 bigger houses in to accommodate our
business from We would also require 3 Double cab vehicles for outreach and family tracing and 3
minibus to carry kids. We will need beds, blankets for the kids,3 heavy duty Stoves, 2 washing
machines, 3 steam irons, food items, City of Harare and Zesa bills, Cellphone bills, Fuel for day to day
running of the Home.
Costs for the daily running of the Home per Month in USD
Teas and Cleaning 100
Lunch 350
Dinner 350
Electricity 50
A cellphone (data and calls) 60
Traveling costs 150
Salaries 750
Toiletries 150
Printing and stationery 120
Medical bills 450
Total 2530
The materials we would need include but are not limited to
Food items
milk, sugar, tea leaves, bread, margarine, peanut butter, jam, tomatoes, onions, vegetables, beef,
chicken, pork, fish, beans, rice, mealie meal, spaghetti, macaroni, tomatoes source, salt, eggs,
kapenta, soups, etc
Cleaning items
Bathing and washing soap, lotion, vaseline, cobra, vim, toilet cleaners, sunlight liquid, brooms, mops,
rakes, hoes, hoovers, lawn mowers, hedge cutters, sanitary pads, air fresheners, window line, etc
Clothing items
Dresses, shirts, trousers, shorts, jerseys, jackets, blankets, sheets, shoes, stockings, hats, umbrellas,
rain coats, uniforms for various schools which are attended by the kids, toys, and playing balls for
different games.
Equipment Required
3 Heavy duty Stoves, 2 Washing machines, 3 Steam irons, 4 Laptops and 2 printers and cartridges, 5
Cellphones for staff, 2 sets of televisions and recorders and satellite dishes
Furniture
Double and single Beds, Wardrobes, cabinets, desks, chairs, sofas, carpets, mats
Vehicles
2 Omnibusses, 3 Double cab trucks, one pick up or 2 tonne lorry
Houses
2 big houses in low-density suburbs where there is bigger space
a plot outside Harare where we will do farming and possibly build a school for the Home
Workers we have
Currently, we have 5 workers on salaries and 6 voluntary whom if funds are availed we will consider
to pay as well.
Sources for projects
Currently our projects sources have been from Board of Trustees’ funds who would run various
businesses and finance the day-to-day running of the Home but going forward we need to start
poultry for the Home and pursue farming projects also starting from a nearby Macheke farm where
we are intending to plant some maize.
Other sources are well-wishers like yourselves who will commit to help with varying amounts
monthly or yearly depending on the Partner’s preference.
Do we want to be associate to your charity programmes?
We have no problem in becoming an associate to your charity and looking forward to a long term
relationship with you and we believe that together we can make this world a better place for many.
For any further clarifications and or questions do not hesitate to contact me the Chairperson of the
Board of Trustees on the cellphone number and or email address is given above