Women & Girls’ Empowerment
Rafiki get the go-ahead from DFID and the Jo Cox Memorial Fund
Rafiki Girls have always been incredible at what they do and now this project will be funded with UK aid from the UK government. Utilising funds from the Jo Cox Memorial we’re delighted that between 2019-2022 we will be supporting…
ZET Blog: Child Marriage and the Girls Summit
Please note, this articularly originally appeared on the DFID website, and was written by Lakshmi Sundaram, the director of Girls Not Brides. Working on a taboo subject can be isolating and demoralising and, as evidenced by the experience of some Girls…
ZET Blog: UNICEF Zimbabwe Education Plans
Zimbabwe’s education system, once arguably the best on the continent, has been deteriorating over the past 10 years and has been seriously affected by the declining financial assistance to the sector. In the absence of significant national government financing, which…
ZET Blog: A History of Rafiki Girls Centre
Rafiki means friend in Swahili, and that’s exactly what Rafiki Girls Centre is. A friend to disadvantaged girls, offering empowerment and opportunity through education and training. Throughout Zimabwe’s history, the girlchild has been the most vulnerable – under pressure to…
ZET Blog: Marriage in Zimbabwe
Trinity Project staff in Bulawayo work tirelessly to provide vulnerable women and children across Matabeleland with the legal documents they need to access socioeconomic rights and services – including education, healthcare and welfare which are their basic human rights. As…
ZET Blog: We’re in the news!
Earlier this year, Yorkshire Times, an exciting local online newspaper, did a feature on ZET. You can read it on their website in its full glory (http://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/#From-A-to-Z–how-a-Leeds-charity-is-educating-the-women-of-Zimbabwe) or catch it below: It’s a time of upheaval and change for the…
