About Tariro – Hope for Youth in Zimbabwe
The Shona word Tariro means Hope in English. Tariro – Hope for Youth in Zimbabwe, is a UK charity running for three years, but it is growing extremely fast. Tariro focuses its work on teenage and young orphans.
How does Tariro help young people in Zimbabwe?
Tariro funds and run its own House for teenagers and young orphans in Harare, the capital. Tariro House was opened in August 2009. Carl Melville lived at the house during its setting up stage in 2009. Fr Nicolas Stebbing dedicated and blessed the House on August 29th. The House is now a home to 14 teenagers from different backgrounds. Some have been abused and have extremely sad and moving stories to tell. Others have been homeless or short of money to buy food and go to school. Tariro House not only provides a safe home but also vocational training in various projects, such as chickens and metal work, in order to give the young people the skills they need for the future.
Tariro Community Groups are situated around the country. Currently we have three groups – Penhalonga, Chipinge and Tongogara. They consist of young people who live with extended families, grand parents or relatives. We work with those in the community who really need a helping hand – those short of food, those in trouble or homeless. Our biggest group is at St Augustine’s, Penhalonga where two nuns oversee the running of the group helping with homework, singing and providing basic vocational projects such as sewing and knitting. For many of the orphans and young people, this is the first time they have ever been part of a youth group or family orientated environment. We have seen some amazing developments. The growth of these groups rapidly since 2009 also confirms a need in Zimbabwe.
Tariro also supports various Churches and leaders in their work with young people around Zimbabwe. Although the Church is often faced with persecution from the government, they try to care for their young and needy children.
Tariro assists over 70 young people in Zimbabwe, helping with everything from family life, vocational training, housing and shelter, food, clothing, school uniforms, homework and school work, health and so much more! Tariro works with individuals on a one to one basis. The children know us and we know them.
We are a new UK based charity that raises money to help needy young people in Zimbabwe. We do this by:- providing a house for homeless teenagers in Harare;
- supporting those who cannot afford to go school by paying their fees and meeting their basic needs.
- starting small income generating projects among those who have left school to give them a purpose in life - encouraging them to sing; we have made a wonderful CD – Nobody’s Child.
