Kufunda Village is a place of learning and exploration where we aim to find new ways and recover old ways of living, in harmony with each other and in harmony with our environment. We work with rural communities around Zimbabwe to develop the skills and practices we need to become self-sustaining and self-nourishing.

The principles underlying our work are deeply participatory and we invest in the long term, working towards real systemic change. At Kufunda we believe that we are pioneering a new approach not only to community development but also to community living - based on a new worldview and a different understanding of how life works. This means growing in our sense of connection with Nature and with one another and learning to live in ways, which naturally cultivate our capacity to be human.

Kajiwa Development Coordinating Association (KDCA) is a non profit and non-governmental organization established in 1989. It’s a membership organization operating in six wards, namely Kawere, Mbudzi A, Mbudzi B, Chimoyo C, Mawanga and Myamukapa in Mutoko district.

Fambidzanai Permaculture centre is a training center that was established in 1988. It is a registered Trading Trust private limited (No 87/18) that is governed by a board of trustees. The Zimbabwe Institute of Permaculture (Z.I.P.), a registered Social Welfare Organisation (No WO 12/92) is responsible for the assets of Fambidzanai. Physically Fambidzanai is located 20 km from the Harare city centre along Lomagundi road.

The centre has fostered the creation of four other development institutions namely The Natural Farming network (NFN), the Schools and Colleges Permaculture (SCOPE), African Farmer Organic Research and Training (AfFOREST), and Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM). Since its inception, the centre has paved the path for food security through sustainable Land use Management. Our development intervention is characterized by skills training; demonstrations, participatory rural appraisal, and creating marketing opportunities for organic produce.

CADS's Vision and Mission

Vision: To be a Vibrant Farmer Organisation in terms of ability to address key socio-economic and organizational capacity challenges that impair smallholder productivity and sustainable livelihoods.

Mission: To facilitate institutional strengthening, technology development, marketing and distribution of agricultural products. To integrate HIV and AIDS and gender in sustainable agriculture and to work in collaboration with other relevant service providers to support Community Based Organisations formed and run by smallholder farmers.