Community group gathered at Hwange Safari Lodge

Hwange district, Zimbabwe

Stronger women. Stronger communities.

Phakama brings women together across Hwange district through community meetings, clean-up campaigns and a shared commitment to wellbeing.

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Who We Are

Empowering women
through community action.

Phakama Women's Organization is a community-based group supporting women's wellbeing in Hwange district, Zimbabwe. We bring women together to connect, participate and care for the communities they call home.

From annual meetings across the district to clean-up campaigns and awareness activities, our work puts community at the centre. Breast cancer awareness remains an important part of our broader commitment to women's wellbeing.

Connect

Annual meetings across Hwange district

Care

Clean-up campaigns and shared spaces

Learn

Women’s wellbeing and awareness

Participate

Community action, together

Our Approach

Connect. Support. Empower.

01

Connect

We bring women together through annual meetings across Hwange district, making space for community connection and participation.

02

Support

We create safe spaces where women can ask questions, find resources, and connect with community support.

03

Empower

We invite women to play an active role in community life through clean-up campaigns, awareness activities and shared responsibility.

What We Do

Connection. Wellbeing. Community.

Women Coming Together
Connection

Women Coming Together

Annual meetings across Hwange district bring women together around community life, shared concerns and wellbeing.

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Women's Wellness
Health

Women's Wellness

Workshops on reproductive health, mental wellness, nutrition, and preventive care for every stage of life.

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Community Programs
Outreach

Community Programs

Clean-up campaigns and local participation put care for our communities into action.

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Our Programs

Reaching women where they are.

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Annual Community Meetings

Community

Annual Community Meetings

Clean-up Campaigns

Community care

Clean-up Campaigns

Breast Cancer Awareness Campaigns

Awareness

Breast Cancer Awareness Campaigns

Women's Wellness Workshops

Education

Women's Wellness Workshops

Community Health Outreach

Outreach

Community Health Outreach

Our Community Stories

Small actions. Shared purpose.

Annual meetings, cleaner shared spaces and conversations about wellbeing in Hwange, and Matabeleland North.

01 / Connection & participation

Across Hwange, a place for women to come together

Phakama’s annual meetings across Hwange district bring women together around a shared purpose: supporting one another and strengthening community life.

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02 / Community care

Caring for the places we share

Through clean-up campaigns, Phakama brings women’s wellbeing into the shared spaces where community life happens.

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03 / Awareness & wellbeing

Keeping the conversation about women’s wellbeing open

Phakama’s awareness campaigns keep women’s wellbeing in the community conversation, with breast cancer awareness remaining an important part of the work.

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Phakama community outreach

Get Involved

Together we can
make a difference.

Volunteer, partner with us, or invite Phakama to your community.