Animal Welfare
Animal health, husbandry education, veterinary outreach and community engagement.
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Six connected areas of work, one community
In a community on the edge of Hwange National Park, livelihoods, animal welfare, youth opportunity and coexistence are the same conversation. Our programmes are designed to reinforce one another.
Community Development
Sustainable livelihoods, entrepreneurship and community-led development.
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Youth & Children
Boys & Girls Clubs, mentorship, life skills and educational support.
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Skills & Training
Skills development, mentorship and opportunities for young people.
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Coexistence
Helping communities living alongside wildlife develop safer, sustainable solutions.
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Social Responsibility
Building stronger communities and encouraging environmental responsibility.
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How programmes connect
Why we do not run these in isolation
A household that loses livestock to a predator has less to invest in a child's schooling. A young person with a trade is less dependent on natural resource extraction. The links are direct.
Animal welfare ↔ livelihoods
Healthy livestock is household savings. Welfare work is economic work.
Coexistence ↔ animal welfare
Protecting livestock from predators reduces both household loss and retaliatory killing.
Youth ↔ skills
Clubs build confidence and life skills; training converts that into income.
Skills ↔ community development
Graduates start the enterprises that community groups then support and supply.
Environment ↔ everything
Water, soil and woodland determine what any of these programmes can achieve.
Community ↔ accountability
Community structures plan, deliver and review each programme with us.
Dete • Hwange • Matabeleland North • Zimbabwe
Where we work
Tikobane Trust is based in Dete, in Hwange district, Matabeleland North — immediately adjacent to Hwange National Park. That location shapes everything we do: our communities live with wildlife every day, not at a distance.
- DeteOur base, including 253 Soweto Township — programme office and community hub.
- Surrounding communitiesVillages, wards and farming households across the Dete area.
- Hwange National Park boundaryHouseholds living directly alongside wildlife.
- Matabeleland NorthWider district-level partnerships and coordination.
Dete, Hwange District, Matabeleland North, ZimbabweOpen larger map
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