Zimbabwe

Faith and Business Unite at the Christian Business Development Summit

November 30, 2023

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

November 3, 2023

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: Chris & Katie in Zimbabwe

October 26, 2023

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

August 18, 2023

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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I Want More: Behind the Scenes with MATTER

August 4, 2023

Have you ever thought about your life and said to yourself, “I want more”? Maybe you’re looking for more purpose. Or more adventure. Or maybe you want to make more of an impact in the world. At MATTER, we can relate. We want more too. For us, we want more communities improved. More lives changed.

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Revolutionizing Remote Healthcare in Binga

July 28, 2023

Young and old they came; most traveled on foot, those too weak to walk were carried in rickety handmade carts. For many, the journey had been long and treacherous. Leaving their homes before sunrise, they risked the dangers of the African bush and deadly encounters with its fiercest predators. Nothing was going to stop these

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

June 30, 2023

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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Celebrating the Power of Partnership for the People of Zimbabwe

March 10, 2023

What happens when a group of like-minded people come together to share their passion, experiences, hopes and dreams? Magic. That’s the best way to describe what happened last Thursday evening at MATTER when over a hundred people gathered at MATTER’s headquarters in St. Louis Park to celebrate the impact and power of partnership for the

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New Oxygen Plant Saves Lives At Victoria Falls Hospital

December 11, 2020

“I have to tell you, for a doctor, it was nightmarish stuff. I lost patients because we’d run out of oxygen. It used to give me nightmares; it was deeply traumatic for all involved.” MATTER’s Medical Director for Projects in Zimbabwe, Dr. Mike Jeans, recently shared his harrowing experience as a doctor in Zimbabwe’s Victoria

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Medical Equipment & Supplies Deliver Hope To Zimbabwe

September 18, 2020

On a beautiful summer day in 2018, a container load of medical equipment and supplies from MATTER was being unloaded at Victoria Falls Hospital in Zimbabwe. Winnie, one of the hospital’s nurses, stood watching from a distance hardly believing what she was seeing. “I feel like we go to war every day. We get people in accidents that need x-rays, pregnant

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