Zimbabwe

Christian Business Development Summit

Faith and Business Unite at the Christian Business Development Summit

Under a scorching African sun, in the shadow of thundering Victoria Falls, more than 60 businesspeople from around the world gathered at the Shamwari Center in the beautiful town of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, for the second annual Christian Business Development Summit (formerly Business as Mission Summit). This multi-day conference in October focused on incorporating faith …

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Business As Mission Summit – Impacting Lives, Fulfilling Dreams

The second annual Business As Mission (BAM) Summit was held this week at the Shamwari Center in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. More than 60 people from across the globe participated in the multi-day event. The conference focused on incorporating faith-based principles and values into commerce to build businesses that serve as beacons of hope to their …

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stories from the field

Stories from the Field: Chris & Katie in Zimbabwe

Several of our MATTER team are currently on the ground in Zimbabwe, meeting with our partners and visiting our many projects and initiatives. Among them are Chris Newhouse, Executive Director of Sustainability, and Katie Johnson, Director of Global Health Initiatives. Collaborating together in their respective roles, Chris and Katie work hard to ensure the success …

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Kris Hall's You Matter Story

Kris Hall’s You Matter Story: Boxing, Faith, and a Dream Uniting Two Continents

If anyone tells you miracles don’t happen today, point them to the Victoria Falls Boxing Academy and Children’s Home in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Here, a series of unlikely events brought people together from around the world to follow a dream of helping abandoned children. Today, that dream is becoming reality thanks in large part to …

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Collective Community: The Global Collaboration Brewing at Loretta’s Coffee

Loretta and TK are what we call a “power couple”, a husband-and-wife entrepreneurial team from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Their young business, Loretta’s Coffee, is only five years old but is already dominating the coffee shop market in a town full of tourists who demand a good cup of joe to enjoy while they see the …

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A Dream Realized: The Story Behind Binga’s New Maternal and Pediatric Hospital

There was quite a flurry of excitement earlier this month at the Jeannie Burns Buckner Maternal and Pediatric Hospital in remote Binga, Zimbabwe, when the First Lady, Dr. Auxillia Mnangagwa, flew in to tour the hospital and formally open the facility which has been operational since last summer. On hand to greet the First Lady …

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Nurses Helping Nurses in Binga

“A few months ago, I was at a MATTER event where they were highlighting some of the projects in Zimbabwe, one of which was the Jeannie Burns Buckner Maternity and Pediatric Hospital in Binga. As someone who works in healthcare and a mother myself, this initiative really moved me. Hearing that the primary caregivers, the …

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