Update from Fountain of Hope Foundation

Goat Revolving Project

Fountain of Hope Foundation extends sincere appreciation to Bright Hope World for your unwavering commitment to improving livelihoods in the Matabeleland South and North provinces of Zimbabwe. These regions, often plagued by drought and persistent food insecurity, have found new hope through the Goat Revolving Project.

Your partnership is making it possible for families to strengthen their household income and—most importantly—enable young people to remain in school, a true investment in the future.

2023-2025 Impact Highlights

Families Benefitted
A total of 28 families across Sibona, Mtshazo, and Gwakwe communities have benefitted from the Goat Revolving Project in the past two seasons.

Goat Performance & Community Impact
The goats are thriving, adapting well to the region’s climate. Many have already begun reproducing, offering additional livestock resources to families.

This project is not only providing sustenance—it is restoring dignity and stability to homes in one of Zimbabwe’s most drought-prone regions.

Plan for 2025-26 Season

Target Community: Majiji
We propose that 14 families from the Majiji community be included in the next phase of the project. Majiji, like its neighbouring communities, suffers from chronic drought and economic vulnerability.

Extending the Goat Revolving Project to Majiji will ensure that more families have access to sustainable income and food security.

Borehole and Community Garden Update

Fountain of Hope Foundation wishes to express profound gratitude to Bright Hope World for your unwavering love and generosity toward communities and schools in some of the driest regions of Zimbabwe. Through your support, we’ve been able to drill boreholes and establish nutrition gardens that are transforming both hearts and harvests. Your partnership is helping communities not just survive—but begin to thrive.

Purpose Behind the Boreholes

The regions we serve frequently suffer from extreme water scarcity, making clean drinking water a luxury rather than a basic right. The boreholes you’ve helped fund have become lifelines in these communities.

Core Objectives:
• Increase access to clean and safe drinking water, especially in drought-prone areas.
• Improve health and hygiene, reducing waterborne diseases.
• Empower communities to use water productively through year-round agriculture, reducing dependency and hunger.

Nutrition Gardens: Restoring Food Security

Though the soil in many areas is heavily degraded due to decades of overuse, the availability of water from boreholes is allowing communities to cultivate hope—literally.
• Out of 7 boreholes, 5 now support thriving gardens.
• These gardens allow families to grow food throughout the year, even in dry seasons.
• Some families have started selling excess produce, enabling them to pay school fees and meet basic needs. 

2025-26 Plan

As we look ahead, Fountain of Hope Foundation is excited to deepen the impact of this initiative through:
Additional Training
• Equip community members with skills to process, package, and preserve garden produce (e.g., drying vegetables, making herbal teas, or simple food products)
• Create additional income streams and reduce post-harvest losses

Community-Based Agriculture Training
• Establish a training hub at one of the gardens
•  Run practical workshops focusing on sustainable agriculture and garden management
• Prioritize women and youth as key participants to promote inclusive growth and empowerment

Comments

What began as an act of compassion has blossomed into a community movement. These boreholes and gardens are no longer just tools—they are symbols of transformation. They offer nourishment, opportunity, dignity, and the shared joy of working the land together.

Thank you, Bright Hope World, for digging deeper—not just into soil, but into the lives of those who have long yearned for a brighter future.

Transformation Centres

Zimbabwe continues to grapple with the harsh realities of economic instability, HIV/AIDS, high unemployment, and recurrent droughts. As a result, many young people—particularly in rural and impoverished areas—are left without parental care or meaningful support. Grandparents who themselves require assistance, single unemployed mothers, and struggling guardians are often unable to provide even the most basic needs. Children drop out of school, not because they lack potential, but because they lack opportunity.

In response, Fountain of Hope Foundation has established Transformation Centres—safe havens where vulnerable children and school dropouts are given another chance:
- A chance to learn.
- A chance to eat.
- A chance to dream again.

Current Transformation Centres and Impact (2024-25)

The following centres are actively transforming lives today:
Mthombothemba Transformation Centre - 160 children
Mtshazo Transformation Centre - 34 children
Makamure Primary School Centre - 195 children

Children at these centres receive daily meals and access to our informal education program.

Those who had dropped out of school are now learning alongside their peers, igniting confidence and restoring dignity.

The centres have become lifelines—not only for the children, but for entire families and communities who see a brighter future through education. 

Plans for 2025-26

Fountain of Hope proposes the opening of two new Transformation Centres:

Majiji Community (Matabeleland North)
Target: 80 children
- High illiteracy due to widespread school dropouts and parental absence.
- Many children live with elderly guardians or no guardian at all.

Madzivire Village (Chivi, Masvingo Province)
 Target: 40 children
- Extremely limited access to formal education; nearby schools are too far for children to walk.
- Poverty and isolation have created deep educational divides.

These proposed centres will follow the proven model:
- Provide daily nutrition
- Offer informal, nurturing education
- Foster community-based care and discipleship 

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To Bright Hope World: your faithful support is restoring futures that once seemed unreachable. Transformation Centres are not just buildings—they are lighthouses in the storm, illuminating a path to hope, dignity, and purpose.

Thank you, from all of us—especially the children whose lives you continue to transform.

Blessings,

Gideon & Jennifer
Fountain of Hope Foundation