Takura Trust is a registered development trust working in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Through six programmes — AI for Development, Harvest of Hope, SafeChild, NURA, Africa Experiences and Sustainable Livelihoods — we fight poverty with technology, skills, livelihoods and child protection.
Poverty is rarely one problem. A family with no internet is cut off from jobs and information. A young person in recovery needs a livelihood, not only treatment. A child at risk needs protection systems and a community that knows how to use them. A harvester needs a fair market. So we work through six programmes that reinforce one another.
AI for Development brings connectivity and accelerated skills to poor communities so that they can reach online opportunities and jobs — and reduces the risks of being left offline. Harvest of Hope runs farm-based rehabilitation. SafeChild uses technology to keep children safe. NURA builds fair value chains from amarula and baobab. Africa Experiences brings tourism home and builds profitable business networks. Sustainable Livelihoods grows tank-based fish farming.
Each programme is delivered through concrete projects in Zimbabwe and Mozambique — every one with a budget, a start and end date, indicators, and a verification matrix that shows how each result will be checked.
Every programme has at least four projects — two in Zimbabwe and two in Mozambique — planned for 2027 with published budgets and indicators.
Supports poor communities with connectivity and accelerated digital, AI, robotics and manufacturing skills that lead to online opportunities and jobs — while reducing the risks that come with having no connectivity at all: exclusion from information, services, markets and safety.
Farm-based rehabilitation that combines clinical and psychosocial care with agricultural training, so every graduate leaves with both recovery and a livelihood.
Uses technology, trained community structures and multi-agency cooperation so that every child protection report reaches every agency that needs it — Police, Social Welfare, Schools, Health and NGOs.
Organises the annual, ongoing harvest of Amarula (marula) and baobab fruit with the communities who live beside the trees — fair prices, digital receipts and 10% of net profit returned to harvesting communities.
Builds community-owned tourism and profitable business networks — homestays, guides, crafts, food and eTourism storefronts — so that tourism income stays in the communities that host the visitors.
Establishes tank-based fish farming with households, youth and women, from training and tanks to feed, markets and cold chain — a reliable source of protein and income that does not depend on rain or land size.
Four principles run through all our work — not as slogans, but as structural commitments built into how our programmes operate.
Every project has indicators and a deliverables verification matrix. We do not rely on self-reported impact figures — registers, ledgers, inspection certificates and independent checks produce the evidence.
Our child-safety work is designed to connect existing police, health, school and social-welfare services, not replace them. We add infrastructure and skills; we do not duplicate effort.
We do not launch everything at once. Each programme is phased so that early results guide the next stage, and lessons from one country inform the other.
Where source data is incomplete or outcomes are illustrative, we say so. Donors deserve to know what is confirmed and what is a projection.
Our executive team brings together expertise in project management, finance, community development, communications, and programme delivery across Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
The Board of Trustees provides strategic direction, legal accountability, and cross-programme governance oversight. Trustees bring expertise in law, finance, health, education, and community development.
Takura Trust operates a matrix governance structure with dual-country oversight — ensuring that both Zimbabwe and Mozambique operations have dedicated accountability structures, not just head-office oversight from a distance.
Strategic direction, legal accountability, and cross-programme coherence across both countries. Reviews consolidated M&E data quarterly.
Zimbabwe and Mozambique sub-committees providing local accountability, government liaison, and community voice in governance decisions.
Each programme is led by a dedicated Programme Manager supported by Field Officers, Community Facilitators, and specialist staff.
Sustainability & Impact Committee reviews system-generated monitoring data from all programmes quarterly, ensuring independent oversight.
Financial oversight including budget approval, donor reporting, audit oversight, and governance of income-generating activities.
Village Development Committees, Traditional Leaders, and Women's Groups embedded into programme delivery across both countries.
Every programme is explicitly aligned to the SDGs, AU Agenda 2063, and both countries' national development strategies.
Takura Trust is a development organisation working in Zimbabwe and Mozambique on connectivity, digital skills, rehabilitation farms, natural-product harvesting, community tourism, child safety and tank-based fish farming, delivered with named partners.
Takura Trust runs programmes in Zimbabwe and Mozambique, including a rehabilitation farm in Binga, Zimbabwe and a planned rehabilitation farm in Sofala, Mozambique.
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Partners can sponsor training, training kits, a fish-farming business or facility development. Use the Contact page to say which project interests you.
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