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Mandara Primary School Block
Project Cost: $19 008
Duration: 45 days
Project Cost: $19 008
Duration: 45 days
There is an Africa proverb, "One man cannot surround an anthill". The problems facing Africa require people to come together.
Citizens Initiative is just a transparent pipeline that connects those who need help to those with the resources to help. We use the power of crowdfunding to rally resources. We also partner local communities to be part of the process and to take ownership of the initiatives.
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Past Projects
$106,602.00
closed
Cyclone Idai Emergency Relief
When Cyclone Idai hit Eastern Zimbabwe on March 14, 2019, people rallied to support. The Zimbabwe Cyclone Relief Fund Campaign was set up on GoFundMe to help the affected communities in Manicaland and Masvingo provinces.
The campaign received funds from individual donors across the world through a GoFundMe and Zimbabwe's Ecocash. The effort became known as Citizens Initiative mainly because money was raised from more than 3000 individuals
$45124
closed
Zimbabwe Covid-19 Healthcare Support Fund
When the first case of covid-19 was reported in Zimbabwe on March 23 2020, the country panicked. Countries across the world were shutting down. Nurses and doctors were unsure what the disease entailed. The healthcare system was already reeling under pressure of dilapidation and neglect. There were no PPEs and government did not seem to have a plan.
Citizens Initiative went into action, sourcing PPEs for Council and Rural Clinics. 
$23000
closed
Citizwean Mobile Clinics
In November 2019, doctors and key health personnel went on strike in Zimbabwe. There was limited service at government hospitals. The government responded by firing 77 doctors who mainly served the poor. People with chronic ailments especially the elderly were severely affected with reported spikes in deaths.
Citizens Initiative mobilized resources for mobile clinics catering to elderly patients and kids below 12 years of age Support our
Current & Future Projects
Citizens Funded Secondary School In Binga, Zimbabwe
Binga is one of the least developed district in Zimbabwe. There are 123 primary schools in the district supporting 30 000 students. Of the 123 schools, half of them are satellite schools . There are only 18 Secondary Schools which are supposed to take up all the students graduating from the 82 primary schools
$5211 of $200000.00 raised
Citizwean Mobile Clinic – Zimbabwe (2022)
Access to primary healthcare and disease prevention in rural Zimbabwean communities is inadequate, which contributes to poor health outcomes, increased incidence of disease and a higher mortality rate for these […]
$4326 of $200000.00 raised
Mt Hampden Children Home
When the story of the Children at Gogo Nhiwatiwa’s home in Mt Hampden, Zimbabwe was aired on ZBC, a number of people reached out to Citizens Initiative with the intention […]
5000 of 25 000 raised
Our Impact
Citizwean Mobile Clinics
$23000
Money Raised
4100
People Impacted
In November 2019, doctors and key health personnel went on strike in Zimbabwe. There was limited service at government hospitals. The government responded by firing 77 doctors who mainly served the poor. People with chronic ailments especially the elderly were severely affected with reported spikes in deaths.
Citizens Initiative mobilized resources for mobile clinics catering to elderly patients and kids below 12 years of age