Pillar · Our Work
Education.
Schools, the Trauma Care Course at ZTS, and the long-running educational partnerships that ground our work in Zimbabwe.
The work happens through relationships, not transactions.
Three chapters, still unfolding.
The earliest chapter — rural school classrooms near the original Baptist Seminary — is part of the past we honor on Our Story. The current chapter is Zimbabwe Theological Seminary and the Trauma Care Course it hosts. The next chapter — Vana Vedu — is below.
Education has always been the through-line. From the Zororo Primary School project that ignited a formal partnership in 1995, to the rural school buildings in Burure and Gokwe South, to today's investment in seminary-level theological and trauma-care formation, this is the work we know best.
Education was the first door JourneyPartners walked through in Zimbabwe. It is still where we feel most at home.
The Trauma Care Course at ZTS addresses something rural Zimbabwe rarely has language for: mental health. In a country where waterborne disease, food insecurity, and economic crisis have compounded for two decades, training pastors, teachers, and community leaders to recognise and respond to trauma is its own kind of education. The course continues to evolve under ZTS leadership.
Spotlight · On the horizon
Vana Vedu — Our Children
A hopeful partnership in motion. Phase 1 of a community-based remedial and play centre in Chitungwiza has been funded; the road ahead needs more partners.
Vana Vedu (Shona for "Our Children") is a community-based remedial and play centre for orphans and vulnerable children in the Chitungwiza neighbourhoods of St Mary's and Zengeza. Grades 1–7. Children identified as "at risk" by their teachers. Phase 1 has been funded by JourneyPartners. Phase 2 needs more.
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