Land rights & school plan.
Before a single classroom could be built, the land had to be secured. Working with local authorities and community leaders, the Sahwira Fund helped establish the legal land rights that gave the Maulana School a permanent, protected home.
A master site plan was developed alongside the community, laying out where classrooms, water access, the clinic, and the garden would eventually stand. That plan has guided every construction phase since.
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Year Approved
Epworth, Zimbabwe
Location
Building the classrooms.
When the Sahwira Fund began, children learned outdoors, sitting on the ground while teachers wrote on flat granite boulders. Over two decades, donors made it possible to build ten permanent classrooms that now serve more than 600 orphaned children.
Each classroom was built with local materials and labor, keeping costs in the community and building skills at the same time. The children of our builder and many of our staff now attend the school.
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Ongoing
Drilling the wells.
Access to clean water is the foundation of health and dignity. The Sahwira Fund financed the drilling of three wells that now supply safe drinking water to the entire school campus, supporting students, teachers, and the school garden.
Each well was sited with input from community members and equipped for long-term maintenance by local technicians.
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Wells drilled
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Tanks installed
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Solar Pump
Installed
First aid clinic.
Many of the children at the Maulana School have no access to even basic medical care. The Sahwira Fund supports a first aid clinic on campus that provides essential health services: treating wounds, managing infections, and connecting children to further care when needed.
The clinic is staffed by trained community health workers and stocked through ongoing donations, ensuring children have someone to turn to every school day.
2025
Year Opened
Staff & Children
SERVED
School garden.
Begun in 2025, the school garden grows fresh food that supplements meals for the children and teaches practical agricultural skills. More than nutrition, it is a program built around self-sufficiency, giving the school a renewable source of produce that reduces dependence on outside donations for food.
Students participate in planting, tending, and harvesting, gaining knowledge and confidence they can take into their own futures.
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Started
Food & Learning
Focus
Launched in 2022, Cows for Kids is a cattle-ranching program designed to give the school a sustainable, locally managed source of future income. Cattle are a cornerstone of economic life in rural Zimbabwe. This program invests in that knowledge and builds on it.
As the herd grows, so does its ability to generate ongoing revenue for the school, reducing long-term reliance on external funding and building real, lasting economic resilience for the community.
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Established
Self-Sustaining Income
Goal
Campus renewal.
Two decades of sun, rain, and daily use take a toll on even the best-built classrooms. This campus-wide upkeep and beautification project is touching up every building: replacing broken window panes, patching pitted stucco, and repainting all of the classrooms inside and out.
More than maintenance, this is a statement of pride. A bright, well-kept campus tells every child who walks through the gate that their school and their future are worth caring for.
2026
Started
Beauty & Longevity
Goal
