Our Mission

Through the generous contributions of our donors and supporters, Sethule is proud to be able to impact the lives of more and more Children every year.

Our Achievements

2024 So Far...‍
  • The Emarika pre-school increased its enrolment this year to a total of 47 learners.
  • The pre-school was renovated and the two classrooms for ECD A and B are fully functional, creating a more conducive environment for the learners.
  • Arobot was installed at the play area to assist the learners learn about roadsigns and traffic lights.
  • The Sethule Hope centre was repainted this year.
  • 3 of our A’level students who enrolled in 2022 wrote their final examinations and did exceptionally well and have all enrolled at university. One is doing a Bachelor's degree in Law, another in Accounting and the other in Medicine.
  • 3 students who wrote their final O’level examinations in 2023 did well and went on to enrol for A’level at a local boarding school.
  • The ATTIC camp was moved from St James High School to Matopo High School and maintained the new 12teams.
  • The classroom block at Hope secondary was officially opened in March 2024 by the LAS group of students and the District Schools Inspector representative.
  • The organisation is currently constructing a science laboratory and teachers restrooms at Hope Secondary school in Umguza.
  • A new livelihoods project was introduced this year, the project seeks to support families and communities in Umguza district to start small scale livelihood projects like nutrition gardens to help curb the effects of food insecurity.The project has managed to donated and installed a 10000l water storage tank(Jojo tank) for a community garden in Umguza ward 9 to help with water preservation. It has also assisted a community in Umguza ward 10 to start their own community garden, the project has donated and installed a fence measuring13rolls by 30metres by 1.2metres.
2023‍
  • The scholarship fund program enrolled more students bringing the total to 55students
  • A total of 20 students are in boarding school
  • One student who finished their O’level in 2022 did very well and was enrolled at a local boarding school to begin their A’level.
  • Two of our students at boarding school qualified to compete at National level in athletics.
  • The rest shade at Hope play centre was renovated this year.
  • The Mental health program partnered with a mental health consultancy called WOTA (Win Over Trauma and Addiction).
  • Sethule successfully hosted a mass Child safeguarding workshop with more than 50 teachers and stakeholders in April this year.
  • The annual ATTIC camp was successfully hosted and increased teams from 10 to 12 teams.
  • The organisation completed the construction of a 2 classroom block at Hope secondary in Umguza District
2022‍
  • Our Play centre in Umguza ward 1 had been temporarily closed in adherence to theCOVID 19 restrictions. Its doors were reopened for the children in the surrounding communities in May, the play area was renovated and the classroom was repainted.
  • 3 of our boarding school students who had written their final O’level examination did very well and were enrolled for A’level at local boarding schools.
  • University students increased to 6.
  • The Food distribution program continues to distribute food hampers to 20 vulnerable families
  • Our annual youth camp ATTIC, after being put on hold for 2years as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic was successfully hosted this year under the theme ATTIC REVIVAL.
  • The Wages camp was successfully hosted.
  • The Birth Certificate project partnered with the Registry office for the massive mobile registration. Through the partnership, the project manage to assist 625children register for birth certificates. It also managed to train 13 CommunityCare Workers (CCWs) who would continue to raise awareness on the importance of the document and the required paperwork for registration.
2021
  • Introduction of child safeguarding program in schools with teachers.
  • Introduction of a project ‘New to me’; people donate clothes and they are distributed to people in need of those in rural communities.
  • Introduction of a Mental health program in secondary schools. The program is an awareness campaign that targets children in rural schools, its aimis are to dissolve stigmas that surround the issue of mental health in rural communities and it emphasises the importance of maintaining a healthy mental state and acknowledging when one is feeling stressed or depressed. The program uses a catchy phrase “S’hlala S’thokozile” which translates to ‘We are always happy’.
  • While coping with the COVID 19 restrictions the scholarship department introduced online lessons for the scholarship students to revise their school work with a tutor in preparation for final examination for the writing classes.
  • The number of  boarding school students  increased to 17 students.
  • The number of University students increased from 2 to 5 students.
  • There was a significant increase in the number of people who benefited from the food distribution program, with 270 families receiving food hampers in the month of January and 20 families each month from February to December.
  • With the COVID 19 restrictions beginning to ease, the Birth Certificate project resumed its operations and managed to assist 255 children to register and acquire birth certificates by the end of the year.
2020
  • Launched COVID-19 support project
  • Relaunched birth certificate project
  • Painting and tiling of the new classroom in Nyamandlovu, the teachers cottage and repainting of the old classroom was completed
  • More beneficiaries sent to boarding schools.
2019
  • Introduction of a new Young Adults vacation camp. WAGES
  • Moving of ATTIC Summer Camp Venue to St. James Girls High from Matobo villages and addition of teams from 6 to 10 teams (50 to 100 competitors)
  • Acute drop in Child Sexual Abuse cases. The Reject, Expose All Child Trauma (REACT) programme challenged children to expose a lot of sexual abuse related cases that saw most perpetrators being brought to justice.
  • Official Registration of Emarika as a Private School: Sethule successfully registered as a private school with the ministry of Primary and Secondary Education.
  • Growth in programmes: Attendance has improved and engagement as well. In 2019 Sethule was delivering programmes to 13 Schools (6 primary schools, 5 secondary schools and 2 pre-schools). The organisation was also able to work with community members of villages in Matobo and Umguza.
  • Relationships with other NGOs and official bodies were established at various Workshops and Meetings throughout 2019
2018
  • The organisation managed to expand its programs to other provinces (Bulawayo and more districts in Umguza)
  • The trust partnered with other organisations, Active Youth Zimbabwe (AYZ) and One Hope.
  • The organisation joined two Associations, National Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (NANGO) and Zimbabwe Aids Network (ZAN).
  • Completion of rest shade in Hope Fountain and the ECD classroom in Mbuyazwe
  • Ride for Education project was introduced.
  • Drop in sexual abuse cases after introducing an Anti-sexual  program in Umguza district.
  • Successful installation of borehole solar system at Nkwizhu Tsholotsho. benefiting 72 families with access to safe and clean water.
  • Development of a community garden at Nkwizhu Tsholotsho
  • Number of children attending boarding school increased by 6.
  • Introduction of keeping it Green Project as a way to motivate  communities towards safe environmental practices.
  • Receiving a donation in form of a Mini-busvehicle from Leysin American School.
  • Annual youth camp, ATTIC managed to introduced two new teams that jelled well and increased the competition standards.  
2017
  • Donations towards Cyclone Idai victims at Umguza and Matobo districts.
  • Another beneficiary was sent to a boarding school, increasing the number of boarding school students to 3.
  • 5 sexual abuse cases reported and the perpetrators were brought to justice.
  • A new play centre was constructed at Emarika Preschool. Sethule orphans trust got memorandum to work in 19 wards in Umguza.
2016
  • Attic celebrated 10 years.
  • Construction of an Early Childhood Development (ECD) classroom at Mbuyazwe primary.
  • Our second achiever was sent to a boarding school.
  • Installation of a fence at Sethule Hope Centre.
2015
  • A completely new Pre-school at Hope Fountain has been constructed
  • A huge Africa map was painted at the Whitewater Secondary School.
  • The Science Laboratory at Whitewater Secondary School was repainted and refurbished.
  • The Emarika pre-school was painted and the floor and walls tiled.
  • The first play centre was established at Phakathi rural pre-school.
  • Through REACT, a reduction by 55% of case of sexual abuse was recorded in the communities served.
  • Through D2BD, a 70% reduction in student reports of general anti-social behaviour was tabulated.
  • VID recorded over 200 graduates of the Computer Training programme.
2014
  • Two Sethule orphans completed a 2-year cookery course and found employment.
  • Three primary school classrooms were renovated.
  • A pre-school play centre, and new toilets were constructed.
  • New pre-school tables were provided.
  • A Senior School office was installed, and water and electricity supplies connected.
2013
  • With help from the Leysin American School (LAS), Switzerland, Whitewater secondary school was entirely refurbished and electricity installed.
  • The second Society of Paediatric Medicine of Hull York Medical School,UK, Christmas Shoebox Appeal provided special gifts for Sethule orphans.
  • A visiting GP provided free medical consultations in rural areas.
2012
  • Through the impact of the REACT and DBTD programmes at rural schools, teenage pregnancy in the rural communities served dropped from 11 to zero.
  • One of the Sethule orphans competed in International Athletics tournaments.
  • Two classes at the Pagathi rural school were entirely renovated with the help of English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, London, UK.
  • In cooperation with the Society of Paediatric Medicine of Hull YorkMedical School, UK, a Christmas Shoebox Appeal for the orphans of Sethule Trust was launched. Info SoPM Shoebox Newsletter
  • A total of 3800 school children in both rural and city schools to date had taken part in the REACT (Reject, Expose, All, Child, Trauma) programme run by Sethule Trust.
2011
  • One of the Sethule orphans graduated as a Pre-school Teacher Trainer.
  • The Voices in Development (VID) programme was set up to promote skills training and vocational development in rural schools. Computer Driving Licence training was set up for teachers and school children in all rural areas served.
2010
  • A dormitory, Ko Andrew, to house orphans coming for bereavement counselling programmes, and other workshops was completed in June.
  • Solar-driven computers were made available to primary school children in rural schools.
2009
  • Despite various problems encountered during the drilling of the borehole there was finally provision of enough water for the Emarika pre-school and for those homes close by.
  • A maize grinding machine was installed and a building constructed to house it. This enabled local people to have their maize crop ground for their staple diet and generated an income for orphan care.
  • A system of individual ‘donor parents’ was set up to support specific orphans in need.
  • The REACT (Reject, Expose, All, Child, Trauma) and D2BD (Dare to be different) programmes were commenced in schools.
2008
  • A 70-metre deep borehole was sunk to provide water for the local community.
  • A second Sethule orphan student graduated in December from the University of South Africa with a marketing degree.
2007
  • A second pre-school, Salika, was built and opened in Halale, where currently 52 children are enrolled.
  • Sethule’s first ever orphan university student, graduated in December.
  • The gardening project was developed to be large enough to feed Emarika pre-school; to date it provides food for all the orphans.
2006
  • Emarika pre-school for orphans and local children was built and opened at Natisa with an enrolment of 28 children, which has since increased to 40.
  • The annual ATTIC vacation youth camp for 60 students was inaugurated inAugust. This has now become a much-awaited highlight of the calendar for local youth. 

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