The time has come. With your help we have achieved an amazing amount. We have sustained farmworkers during the Mugabe land invasions, we have built classrooms, helped to educate hundreds of children in many schools across the country, sustained farm orphans, old-age pensioners, supported John Laurie through his negotiations with the Mugabe Government over the future of agriculture in Zimbabwe and in particular focused on the education of 78 school children from 2006. Of those, eight have finally graduated from both university and college with degrees and diplomas and are now working hard to develop those skills and build their futures. Please see the final letter and the final newsletter on the home page on the right.

The Zimbabwe Agricultural Welfare Trust was established in July 2001 to provide support for the beleaguered agricultural community in Zimbabwe which has taken such a large amount of unnecessary physical and mental abuse from the self-styled ‘war veterans’ and the unconstitutional actions of their own Government.

The charity has since evolved so that the bulk of our funding goes to the support and education of former farm orphans. Over the last 16 years, we have been able to finance the education, to various different levels, of 78 children. Of these, 37 wrote their O levels (15 passed), and eight wrote their A levels and succeeded in being accepted to either University or College for further education. These eight are now all in their final year of study and all should be completed by April 2023.

We continue to support the former farmers who lost everything by assisting financially those involved in the process of negotiating and establishing a fair compensation for their losses. Where possible, we also help those retired farmers in accommodation who are struggling to cover their financial requirements. For further details, please click on the relevant links to learn more of the work we do.

The Charity Commission of England and Wales granted us full Charitable Status in March 2002. Archbishop Desmond Tutu was until his untimely death on 26 December 2021, our Patron. He took a keen interest in the progress of the Trust and it is with gratitude that we reflect on his life’s work and his contribution to ZAWT.

For full financial and regulatory information on the Trust (including full info on our special dispensation) please see the Charity Commission Website by Clicking Here

Our accounts fall under the authority of the Charities Commission of England and Wales,  and are available for scrutiny in the public domain (via the Charity Commission) or by request.