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‘Planting the Rain’: An innovative approach towards building sustainable futures
October 7, 2021
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Written by Charmaine Chitate for CARE/ USAID Takunda - Resilience Food Security Activity (RFSA)
In April 2021, USAID Takunda began engaging with communities through a visioning process guiding them on developing action plans that any organization can use. Wendumba village in Ward 11, Mutare rural, was a part of the…
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Everjoy and Moreblessing: Diamonds Worth Polishing
September 21, 2021
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Written by Charmaine Chitate for CARE/ USAID Takunda - Resilience Food Security Activity (RFSA)
EVERJOY MASASE (19) thought she would be preparing for her ordinary level examinations this November but, a simple half-truth from a neighbour changed the course of the life she knew. “My father used to tell me…
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Whispering Silence VR
August 1, 2021
‘Whispering Silence’ is a digital storytelling project which will document the lives of people who still champion traditional customs. Anchoring itself on profiling traditional dancers, vocalists, healers and, leaders, the project will feature storytellers from two known hubs of traditional customs, Manicaland and Masvingo provinces. These will be complemented by…
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Josephine Mupambwa
December 29, 2020
Josephine Mupambwa was the star athlete at her school. Tiny, active, and book smart, she drew the attention of one of her teachers. “He saw how petite I was and it excited him,” she says.Raised in the Budgja community of Mutoko, she was the youngest of three siblings. Josephine’s mother…
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Dorcas Shava
December 29, 2020
Dorcas was born in Chiweshe to the Mufuka-Makandyera family. She is one of twelve daughters (only) born to her parents and one of six who are still living. Her family moved to Mabvuku where she was then raised and met her husband with whom she has four children.
Marrying into…
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Courteney Mantiziba
December 29, 2020
A mother of 2 girls, Courteney (33) came from a broken home, and in marrying her husband, Tapiwa, she vowed to create a stable home for her daughters.Growing up in Dzivarasekwa with her own two sisters, Courteney remembers how she and her sisters would run onto the streets when it…
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Whispering Silence Credits
December 14, 2020
Creative Contibutors
Charmaine ChitateLucky Sithole - Regina PazvakavambwaWesley NgwerumeTatenda RimauZibusiso NyathiThabo Tembo-JijitaGilda Chikodzore
Community Liaisons
A special thank you to the following conversation facilitators who made it possible for us to meet our contributors:
Tatenda Makanda & The Friendlies John Matibiri & Mufakose Youth Development Matthew Shava & The Shava…
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Meet Your Fellow A-List Woman in Film: Charmaine Chitate (Zimbabwe)
September 20, 2020
Published by LADIMA on September 28, 2020
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LADIMA FOUNDATION EXCLUSIVE:
Zimbabwean multimedia creative (film & TV production, virtual reality production, editing, photography, videography, graphic design) and communications consultant Charmaine Chitate began her artistic career as a member of Children’s Performing Arts Workshop (CHIPAWO).
Based in Harare, Chitate was assistant editor…
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Trust Mutekwa
August 14, 2020
Trust was born into a family of twelve children, and, as the fifth child, he enjoyed bullfighting with his siblings and friends from nearby villages. As their mothers met to make clay pots with their daughters, the sons would create clay bulls. “The nicer your bull was, the more other…
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MaNtombi Idah Charunda
August 14, 2020
Mantombi never thought she would live to have a family of her own. Her mother was the lesser of her father’s two wives because she could not give her husband living sons. “My father hated us. My paternal grandmother hated us. We were that we are useless because we are…