News

Stories and updates from the field

Work in progress across the Diocese of Gweru, told through the programmes and the people carrying them.

Bringing water closer to home

A water point is not finished when the water arrives. It is finished when the community around it knows how to look after it.The walk that shapes a dayIn much of the Diocese of Gweru, the distance between a household and safe water sets the shape of the whole day. It...

Moulding bricks, building futures

Young people are not waiting for opportunity to arrive. They are building the things their communities need, and being paid to do it.A skill with a market attachedBrick moulding is deliberate: it teaches a trade, and it produces something every growing community...

Gardens that hold through a dry year

A dry season used to decide the year. Increasingly, it decides less.Growing through the gapCommunity gardens supported by Caritas Gweru are designed for the months when rain-fed fields produce nothing. Solarised irrigation keeps beds in production, and the vegetables...