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Our work

Youth empowerment

Skills, enterprise and a place at the table for young people.

Livelihood opportunities, leadership, skills development, inclusion, participation and civic engagement with young people across the Diocese of Gweru.

The Caritas Gweru team works hand in hand with local youth, in partnership with local leaders, parishes, communities and government in intervention and implementation, ensuring sustainability and local ownership.

What this covers

  • Vocational and enterprise skills training
  • Youth-led income generating projects
  • Leadership and civic participation
  • Inclusion in community decision making
Bricks moulded by a youth enterprise group
Young people at work moulding bricks

How it is delivered

In partnership, on the ground

Caritas Gweru delivers this pillar with government departments, communities, local leaders, parishes and other stakeholders. Communities identify the need, local structures are trained to carry the work, and ownership stays where it belongs.

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Our other pillars

Water, hygiene, sanitation and care for the environment

Safe water within reach, and community structures equipped to keep it flowing.

Climate change

Disaster risk reduction, conservation farming and solarised gardens that hold through a dry year.

Livelihoods, food security and nutrition

Skills, inputs and gardens that move families from dependency to self-reliance.

Women empowerment, gender, child protection and safeguarding

Inclusion, protection and economic empowerment for women, children and people with disabilities.

Emergencies

Response, resilience and recovery when disaster disrupts community life.

Support our work

Support this work

Gifts to Caritas Gweru are put to work in the programme areas where the need is greatest, alongside the communities we serve.