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Environment
From hotel kitchen to youth farm
Food waste from Victoria Falls hotels is collected and taken to Sizinda, where young people turn it into compost and organic produce. Here is how the loop works.
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Environment
From compost to crop
At Sizinda, young people grow organic produce in drip-irrigated plots, next to the compost bays where Victoria Falls food waste ends up.
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Education
Every child starts school ready
At Sizinda, our early childhood project aims to get 70 children into class and keep them there, with health checks, trained teachers and a bright place to learn.
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Healthcare
Camps that look after the whole child
Our quarterly psychosocial camps give children and young people affected by HIV space to talk, play and be heard, with students and professionals from around the world.
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Social Services
Football, trophies and a place to belong
Volunteers and local coaches have managed Victoria Falls football teams, some for eight months or more, and teams have won trophies.
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Environment
1,461 homes, 461 toilets
In Chidobe Ward, a household survey showed most families had no toilet. That baseline became a community plan to end open defecation.
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Volunteers
A house full of volunteers
Volunteers live together at the volunteer house in Victoria Falls, eat together and work alongside local staff. Their fees fund the programmes.
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