Zambuko House

Zambuko House in Hatfield near Harare, Zimbabwe, hosts "street children", up to 22 boys at a time, offering them a home-like atmosphere and then reintegrating them into the community at some level. It was opened in 1995 by Jesuit Brother Canisius Chishiri who had begun working with street children in 1993 and continued his work with them until 2005, when the laywoman Emilia James took over. Through Caritas Italy the house received a borehole for readier access to water for drinking and for the crops.
Zambuko is expanding its program to accept girls, and will have a tailoring program for them.
Besides, Zambuko provides emergency services for children still on the streets, with facilities for bathing and washing clothes, along with food handouts, medical help, and mentoring. Zambuko does what it can to assist materially and financially relatives who receive these children back into their care.

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