My committee and I paid Mambo Marange a courtesy visit this morning. We were well received, received some words of wisdom and had a good time with Mambo Gandidzanwa Marange.

My committee and I paid Mambo Marange a visit this morning. We had a brief meeting thereafter, and resolved to resume work on the hall on Monday 11 September with a target to complete the walls up to roof level by mid October.

We now have all the bricks needed, and pit sand is readily avai....

NOTES OF A VILLAGE MEETING HELD ON 7 JANUARY 2017

 The meeting was opened with a prayer from one of the ladies. The bible reading was Joshua 1:9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord you....

We discussed the Bill of Materials at our Village meeting yesterday. The focus was on the materials needed to complete work up to the foundation concrete slab.

It was noted that we already have enough bricks in an oven the community....

We had a good year end review meeting and 2016 planning meeting at the village on Saturday the 17th of October. On review of the 2015 plans, we noted that :

1. On the option of using Solar power, the quotations received were unaf....

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We had our first meeting of the year 2 Saturdays ago. Key points from the meeting were :

1.   The two scholarships were awarded to Tinotenda Zinyau in grade 5 and Kudakwashe Mudungwe in ....

We had a good end of year meeting with the village yesterday. We agreed on the following projects for next year :

1.  To upgrade the link road from Kurehwandada Bus Stop to Matongo Shops - work t....

JUNE 2014 We had a vision that the third tree planting day should focus on fruit trees. Now, these are decidedly more expensive than the gum trees, going for an average of between $5 and $10 dollars at the nurseries. As a community, we felt we could not ask Nyaradzo to sponsor us for the fruit tr....

I received a call from the DA's office a couple of weeks ago and was informed that my name had now been formally registered with the Government as a Village Head. I was advised that this now entitles me to the monthly Government allowance for a Village Head of $25 per....

6 MAY 2013

Approximately 80 families / individuals have taken funeral policies with Nyaradzo, the main sponsors to our Tree Planting project. The number is currently increasing each month. I see this as a ....

Spent the day in Mwatipedza Village on 5 May. Had a good update meeting with the village, inspected the three communal gum woodlots and two family gum woodlots, watched a soccer match between Mwatipedza Village and Matanda Village, and was shown the site for the new church in the village. Also ha....

4 February 2013

There were no speeches and protocols this time around. Everyone came prepared for the business on hand of planting 3000 gum seedlings. The community had already prepared the three sites, an....

19 January 2013 TREE PLANTING DAY

There is no electricity going to the homesteads in our village. Everyone relies on firewood for most of their domestic power needs. While the cutting down of trees in undesignated areas is a punishabl....