Stories and Recent News
A Household Garden Puts Portia’s Family on a Path out of Poverty
Portia and her husband have four children. They are hardworking and resourceful, but with no opportunities for formal employment, they survive on what they can grow and what her husband can earn when he is [...]
One Day’s Wages will DOUBLE your Donation!
Bopoma Villages has been offered a fantastic opportunity to partner with One Day’s Wages to bring critically needed help to children and families in rural Zimbabwe. The Opportunity: $17,740 USD grant from One Day's [...]
Hope and a Future for Ronika
Ronika and her cousin, Nokutenda, are very excited to both be back in school. For them, it means belonging, being like other kids, and participating in the everyday rhythm of village life. But staying in [...]
How does Bopoma Villages keep clean water flowing?
Women and girls in Africa lose an astounding 40 billion productive hours every year walking for water—water that frequently makes their families sick. Bopoma Villages drills wells that provide communities with clean water, and give [...]
“Bopoma Villages has returned my smiles…”
"Bopoma Villages has returned my smiles back again which I never imagined. I am fit and smiling again with my little grandson at school." - Mrs. Marufu
Better Health: A Path out of Poverty
"I was confused about solving these sanitation problems in my home. Now I have the answers and my children are happy to be in school without any problems to their health." - Mrs. Derembwe
“Water filters…have taken us from a disaster”
Mrs. Chagwiza is one of our wonderful volunteers from Matiza village. She is a role model in her community and is dedicated to seeing every family in her village healthy and strong.
Loveness: An Overcomer
When food was scarce, Loveness and her boys sometimes had to resort to searching for edible plants and fruits in the forest. But now Loveness has a renewed sense of hope and power over her circumstances.
Celebrating World Water Day with Mrs. Charumbira
Kusvada used to obtain water from a stream contaminated by sewage from the local hospital. Health problems were common - but not any more!
A Family for Sydney
We are committed to finding a family for every child.
A Simple Solution to a Deadly Problem
Mrs. Zvidzai is protecting her family from deadly health problems by building a rocket stove and taking her cooking outside.
Much More than a Piece of Paper
Birth certificates provide families living in extreme poverty with access to vital services and opportunities.
Stopping disease before it starts
Gogo Magavhu is a widow who faces overwhelming challenges caring for her own family as well as her 3-year-old granddaughter.
Rocket Stoves Take Off in Zaka!
Most women in rural Zimbabwe cook indoors over an open fire—with dangerous consequences. Smoke from open fires causes serious heart and lung diseases as well as chronic eye conditions and even blindness. It’s been estimated [...]
Climate-Smart Strategy Multiplies Crop Yields
Small-scale farmers in rural Zimbabwe rely on rainwater but inadequate rains in recent years have devastated agriculture, causing widespread food shortages. What little rain falls, quickly evaporates or runs off the dry compacted earth, barely [...]
A Venture Capitalist’s Perspective
"I often feel that the non-profit industry does not manage its money well. Sometimes only a few cents of every dollar actually leads to measurable impact. But for me, Bopoma Villages is a grand exception."
Tara’s New Garden
Tara* smiles as she proudly shows us the bundle of kale she grew in her keyhole garden. "We used to have trouble finding vegetables to eat. I have 4 orphans under my care and [...]
New Partnership with One Day’s Wages
Extreme poverty is dangerous and deadly. It attacks families and communities on many fronts simultaneously, plunging them into the downward cycle of malnutrition, disease, inability to work, and hopelessness. To create lasting change, solutions [...]
A Brighter Future for Elizabeth’s Family
Elizabeth* is the sole parent of 3 young children. As a subsistence farmer, she works long hours in her garden every day to grow food for her family and some to sell at the side [...]
Mercy Goes Back to School
Rather than face the embarrassment of showing up for school without proper clothing or a notebook in which to write, for months, Mercy* pretended to go to school, but instead spent her day hiding [...]
Stories
A Household Garden Puts Portia’s Family on a Path out of Poverty
Portia and her husband have four children. They are hardworking and resourceful, but with no opportunities for formal employment, they survive on what they can grow and what her husband can earn when he is [...]
One Day’s Wages will DOUBLE your Donation!
Bopoma Villages has been offered a fantastic opportunity to partner with One Day’s Wages to bring critically needed help to children and families in rural Zimbabwe. The Opportunity: $17,740 USD grant from One Day's [...]
Hope and a Future for Ronika
Ronika and her cousin, Nokutenda, are very excited to both be back in school. For them, it means belonging, being like other kids, and participating in the everyday rhythm of village life. But staying in [...]
How does Bopoma Villages keep clean water flowing?
Women and girls in Africa lose an astounding 40 billion productive hours every year walking for water—water that frequently makes their families sick. Bopoma Villages drills wells that provide communities with clean water, and give [...]
“Bopoma Villages has returned my smiles…”
"Bopoma Villages has returned my smiles back again which I never imagined. I am fit and smiling again with my little grandson at school." - Mrs. Marufu
Better Health: A Path out of Poverty
"I was confused about solving these sanitation problems in my home. Now I have the answers and my children are happy to be in school without any problems to their health." - Mrs. Derembwe