Equip Mozambique

We moved to a new building in April that became a vibrant community hub in our new neighborhood. The old building was extremely hot all the time, and the new one maintains a much more reasonable temperature which is a far more inviting environment for our workers, students, and visitors. The new building made it possible to expand the library's reach to thousands of new readers. We ran a fundraiser at the end of 2023 for $7,000 that will make it possible to acquire more books, set up computers and other educational technology, and improve the reading space.

The Juris law and rights education campaign exploded with growth under its new leader, and the team traveled to many locations to hold informative events. Hundreds of people were empowered with knowledge on how to avoid injustice and exploitation, fight corruption, and ensure justice for themselves and their families. And many on the team got to fly in a helicopter for the first time. The FAMS digital agriculture system made it possible to register over 50,000 farmers in efficient collectives to enable vital data gathering to improve crop outputs, streamline the entire value chain, and ensure equitable pay for the laborers.

We graduated 19 students from the sewing school in February and held an intensive 2-month course that graduated 14 more women in July. Several generous donations made it possible to rehabilitate a building behind the office to become the new sewing school location.

Beginning Equip Zimbabwe, empowering Zimbabwean leaders to be the change their country needs.