Patel Foundation Trust · Zimbabwe · Est. 2016

Building sustainable change. Empowering communities. Creating opportunity.

We invest in people, strengthen communities and create pathways for future generations through health, education, skills and ICT, and community development.

Support our work See our medical camps
730eye screenings for staff & families
~60education bursaries
166dental extractions in Chivi
2016Year established
65GZU medical students trained
259Spectacles prescribed
20Teachers in Redcliff ICT train-the-trainer

About us

A catalyst for meaningful social impact

Established in 2016, Patel Foundation Trust (Zimbabwe) was founded on the belief that lasting progress comes from investing in people, strengthening communities, and creating pathways for future generations.

We partner with communities, institutions, development organisations and stakeholders to identify critical challenges and implement practical solutions that generate measurable outcomes.

Sustainable impact is created when communities are empowered with the tools, resources, knowledge, and opportunities needed to thrive.

Our Purpose

To create lasting social value through strategic initiatives that advance education, healthcare, community development, economic empowerment, and sustainable growth.

Our Vision

To build stronger and more resilient communities where every individual has access to opportunities that enable them to achieve their full potential.

Our Mission

Patel Foundation is committed to driving positive change by:

  • Investing in community development initiatives
  • Supporting education and skills advancement
  • Improving access to health and social welfare programmes
  • Encouraging entrepreneurship and economic inclusion
  • Developing partnerships that create sustainable impact

Our approach

Deep roots. Lasting growth.

Meaningful change needs more than short-term interventions. Our values are the roots, and our programmes grow from them. Tap a root to explore it.

Community development Education & skills Health & social welfare Entrepreneurship Partnerships
Patel Foundation tree with roots

Impact

Delivering programmes that create measurable and lasting outcomes.

Where we work

Our impact areas

Eye clinic screening in Redcliff

Health initiatives

  • Eye clinic: 730 screenings and 259 spectacles for employees and their families in Redcliff.
  • Dental camps: 166 extractions, 17 fillings and 60 referrals at Chivi District Hospital.
  • Stop the Bleed: trauma training and equipment for GZU, nursing schools and Masvingo General Hospital.
  • Medical oxygen: supplied to hospitals during national shortages.
Students supported by the Patel Foundation

Education

  • Bursaries: around 60 bursaries from primary school through university for orphaned and disadvantaged children.
  • Chisumbanje school, Chiredzi: classrooms built and furnished, a borehole drilled, and electrification under way.
  • Scholarship partnership: national reach through the Cephas Msipa Scholarship Trust.
Young people learning with laptops

Skills & ICT

  • SkillsMaker 2025: real-world exposure for students, nurses and medics.
  • Women in ICT: annual attachments with Harare Institute of Technology and in Redcliff.
  • Code Clubs & Experience AI: a pilot across three regions of Zimbabwe with the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
Children at a classroom window

Community & children

  • Armani Children's Home, Kenya: dormitories, a borehole, hot water, scholarships, food and clothing.
  • Resilient communities: youth capacity building in Redcliff and with Dzikwa Trust in Norton.
  • Sustainable energy: electrical and energy skills training.

Stories & projects

Change you can see

Browse the programmes we have delivered and the ones being mobilised now. Select any card for the full story.

Health & social welfareEducation & skillsCommunity developmentEntrepreneurshipPartnerships

SkillsMaker & Building Resilient Communities

Recent projects

Our youth capacity building programme brings ICT, AI, marketing and energy skills to students and teachers, alongside our health outreach.

  1. 2025
    Completed

    SkillsMaker Program launches

    Stop the Bleed exposure for students, nurses and medics, plus annual attachments for young women in ICT.

  2. Apr 2025
    Completed

    Dental outreach & Stop the Bleed, Masvingo

    166 extractions at Chivi District Hospital, and 65 GZU medical students trained.

  3. Jun 2025
    Completed

    Eye clinic for staff & families, Redcliff

    730 screenings and 259 spectacles prescribed in five days.

  4. May 2026
    Secured

    Raspberry Pi Foundation letter of intent

    Support for a pilot to set up Code Clubs and deliver Experience AI across three regions, with the Ministries of Energy, Education and ICT.

  5. Jul 2026
    Programme start

    July Community Challenge

    Young people use ICT and AI to solve problems facing communities across Africa.

  6. Q3 2026
    In progress

    Apply ICT in Marketing · Sustainable Energy & Electrical Training

    Hands-on courses with students in digital marketing and in energy and electrical skills.

  7. H2 2026
    Mobilisation

    Redcliff ICT Program · Dzikwa Trust partnership

    20 teachers trained as trainers in Redcliff, then primary and secondary students. A new youth programme with Dzikwa Trust in Norton, Harare.

Community development

Beyond Zimbabwe

Armani Children's Home, Kenya

We support Alfred and his orphanage team to give every child a safe home, a good education and a brighter future.

Smiling boy
  • Supporting the school's running costs
  • Dormitories for boys and girls
  • Borehole water installation
  • Hot water and showers for teachers
  • Education for girls and boys
  • Furniture and curtains for the dormitories
  • Scholarships for higher education
  • Growing food for the community
  • Food packages
  • Clothing packages
  • Annual Christmas party for the children
Partnerships

Working together

Partners & collaborators

  • Steelmakers ZimbabweCorporate partner
  • Great Zimbabwe UniversityAcademic partner
  • Masvingo General HospitalHealth partner
  • Chivi District HospitalHealth partner
  • American College of SurgeonsTraining & certification
  • Rotary ClubCommunity partner
  • Stop the BleedTraining programme
  • Raspberry Pi FoundationEducation partner
  • Harare Institute of TechnologyAcademic partner
  • Dzikwa TrustCommunity partner
  • Cephas Msipa Scholarship TrustScholarship partner
  • Armani Children's HomeKenya

Our foundation story

From a vision to give back to a platform for opportunity

Patel Foundation Trust was formally established in Zimbabwe in 2016 with a commitment to contribute positively to society through structured and purpose-driven initiatives.

What began as a vision to give back has grown into a platform for creating opportunity, strengthening communities and supporting initiatives that make a real difference.

Today, the Foundation continues to pursue initiatives that transform lives and create lasting social impact.

Join us in creating impact

Together, we can create change that lasts.

Positive change happens when people, communities and organisations work together. We welcome partners, supporters and stakeholders who share our commitment to a more inclusive and sustainable future.

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