Programs

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Lao Tze, Chinese philosopher

Instead of charity handouts that build dependence, Zimele’s approach is to instill self-reliance in African communities. This means teaching skills and providing resources and tools to enable individuals to improve their own lives in a sustainable manner. Not only is this method more effective at transforming lives, but this method restores a person’s dignity which can impact multiple generations.

Zimele primarily targets women who are heads of households and have the ability to impact multiple generations of children. Zimele strives to teach a value system that respects life and to change mindsets as this is the key to battling the huge challenge posed by the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Zimele strives to make each community self-sufficient by building them to the point where they can sustain themselves. Taking on one community at a time the hope is to one day change the entire face Africa and not just South Africa.