Mashambanzou Care Trust is an independent, non-discriminatory, non-profit organization  which i dedicated to empowering people  with the skills and knowledge to deal effectively with the Aids pandemic through education and support.

The work began at Mashambanzoue in 1991, with the help of funding from a Noreigan aid organization. It included the creation of self-help projects, counselling, feeding chemes, AIDS awareness programmes and physical care.

Sister Noreen Nolan (1935-1999) recongized that the pain and poverty in the lives of women with HIV/AIDS was greater than the pain of having the virus. In order to deal with this, she shifted th efocus from education and counselling to more self-help projects such as growing vegetables, sewing, and piece work  - schemes that would generate money to contribute towards their survival.

Since the beginning of the project, Mashambanzou has grown enormously and another new project - the orphan outreach programme was initiated in 1995 to meet the needs of a growing number of children orphaned through Aids. Today there ia daycare centre for 100 orphans and training programmes to empower women with Aids, or widowed by the virus.

Noreen died of breast cancer last year. Her legacy lives on. If you can help Mashambanzou by donations, gifts or other support, please, make contact by clicking here. Much remains to be done.

You can contact us at:

Mashambanzou Care Trust
40 Sandown Road
Waterfalls
Harare,  Zimbabwe
Tel/Fax: 263-4-610 079