FriendsForMatibi

OUR VISION

Friends for Matibi envisions a thriving, inclusive, and sustainable community in Matibi where all individuals have access to essential resources, opportunities, and a supportive network. We are dedicated to fostering unity, empowerment, and holistic development, creating a brighter future for Matibi and its people.

OUR APPROACH

We are the only inch wide community development charity that is offering mile deep holistic support through a self-learning innovation center so that people can create their own independent and self-sustaining life, tackle together the most pressing problems of the community and make the community thrive.

WHO WE ARE

We are a Zimbabwean trust responsible for strategy and operation and a Swiss donor association supporting the community in Ward 3 Mwenezi, Matibi, Zimbabwe. We are focussing on holistic support for the community at Matibi through a catalyzing self-learning and self-help center called Nook.

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Projects

These projects are funded and are already running

Project Nook Hostel.

Project Overview thanks to the longstanding support of the Leopold Bachmann Foundation, we have successfully established a functional self learning center called "NOOK" in Ward 3 Mwenezi. A ward is a political ........

Matibi Nook Hub Permaculture Project

Welcome to the transformative Matibi Nook Hub Permaculture initiative, a pioneering project spearheaded by FFM (Friends For Matibi). This comprehensive undertaking is rooted in our commitment to holistic community development, seeking...

Nook – Center for Vocational Training

Update March 11, 2024 Costs for the Nook in 2024: 276,428 USD - including Nook Hostel construction, permaculture project, solar butchery project, new climate-friendly roof on the Nook, second vehicle - here is the...

Organic Gardening – two new gardens per year

Update 11 March 2024 Matibi Hospital Staff Garden is ready. Update 12 May 2023 New water tanks are on the way Update, 2 September 2022 Four new boreholes for two existing gardens...

News

January 10, 2025

Christmas Report 2024

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January 10, 2025

What a year! The team on site has never been able to implement so many projects! Our structures are growing and supporting us - and at the same time we are having more and more impact on the people …