Our Services
Through our members’ pledges and individual donations, we have been able to currently give
assistance to and sustain an average of 35 (boys & girls) children in the Kwekwe district
communities with educational assistance, basic food and counselling services including
psychosocial support since the organisation’s registration in 2007. The children are referred
to us through the department of social development and undergo an internal vetting process
before being accepted under our program. We care for children in their natural habitat, as
they live in their homes. We aim to significantly contribute to the UN Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) of promoting good education, zero hunger, no poverty, good
health and well-being, gender equality and climate action. We are also contributing to social
protection for all in the National Development Goals (NDS1).
Welfare
We provide welfare services to vulnerable children through the following services:
Educational Assistance
We assist vulnerable children, mostly orphaned in primary and secondary schools, as well as
tertiary institutions with educational support, which includes payment of school fees, basic
food, transport, books, uniforms, stationery as well as payment of rent and buying laptops for
tertiary students and other educational materials.
Children who we have cared for have now become self-sustaining members of society and
some are now in a position to assist others, having achieved to become a Pharmacist,
Information Technology Specialist, Production Engineer etc.
Nutrition and health
We give monthly food packs to the children, comprising; sugar beans, washing soap, cooking
oil and mealie meal, as well as sanitary pads for girls.
Counselling
Each child under our assistance is assigned a volunteer nurse, comprising of qualified
registered nurses, who mentor and counsel the children and bring to the Light of Life
Christian Group (LLCG) executive’s attention, the child’s requirements.
Child Protection
We value and follow child protection rights as recommended by the United Nations
Convention on Rights of Children (UNCRC), African Charter on The Welfare and Rights of
Children (ACWRC) and Zimbabwe Constitution any other relevant documents on child
protection. All Light of Life Christian Group (LLCG) employees and contractors sign a child
protection pledge upon engagement.
Farming and Projects
As part of our income generation projects to support our mission, we are engaged in the
following farming projects:
1) Horticulture – tomatoes, beetroot, cabbages, broccoli, cauliflower, onions, rape, kale,
spinach, butternut, carrots, water melons etc. Green houses – seedlings nursery and tomatoes
greenhouse.
2) Bee keeping – Gaika plot and Basildon farm
3) Beef project – Basildon farm
4) Poutry project – Gaika plot
5) Goat keeping – Basildon farm
We periodically hold fundraising events and plan to engage in other income generating
projects in future, including soap making, in order to further support our mission.
Construction and Maintenance
To support our mission of supporting vulnerable children, we are engaged in the following
construction and maintenance activities.
1) Dining hall/Kitchen construction
2) Staff quarters housing refurbishment
3) Dorms (× 2 dorms under construction)
4) Convent construction
5) Gaika plot ablution facility construction
We plan to build a nursery school, primary school, a secondary school, a university, clinic
and other institutional support structures at our farm and plot, both located in the Kwekwe
district, to provide quality education and instill Christian values in learners.
We maintain and repair existing infrastructure and equipment, in order to preserve their value
to the organisation.
Community support
We have donated cabbages and tomatoes to local hospitals, prison and orphanages in the
Kwekwe district communities and collaborated with government institutions in line with the
National Development Stategy (NDS1), aiming to provide social protection for all.
Organisational Governance
• Our finances are audited annually by reputable audit firms and we produce audited
financial statements.
• We hold an annual general meeting (AGM) where we engage and discuss with
members, Light of Life Christian Group’s past performance and also map the way
forward. We hold elections of the organisation’s board or executive at the AGM every
two years, with a maximum term of two terms i.e. 4 years.
• We have policies and standard operating procedures (SOP) that ensure financial
controls, as well as operational efficiency and effectiveness.
