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Why give?

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    Empower Women: Your donation directly supports female artisans in rural Zimbabwe through fair, sustainable and targetted income.

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    Fund Clean Water: Help build wells that provide clean water access to entire communities and prevent life threatening interactions with wild animals

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    100% Impact: All proceeds go back to the women, children and villages we support—no middlemen, just real change where it’s needed most.

 FAQs

  • The primary purpose the Tsitsi Foundation is to operate as a not-for-profit charitable organisation, with the following objects:

    • To provide access to clean and sustainable water sources for remote and underserved village communities in Zimbabwe.

    • To empower women in Zimbabwe through economic opportunity by purchasing traditional handicrafts directly from them and selling those items in Australia.

    • To ensure that proceeds from the sale of handicrafts and fundraising activities are returned to the women artisans and invested in water infrastructure and community wellbeing.

    • To educate and engage the Australian public on the impact of clean water access and women’s empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa.

  • All of it! When you buy a basket every single cent goes to the women who make baskets. We buy the baskets directly from the artisans featured at the Australian retail price, ensuring they get an ethical price. This comparatively high price means the women are able to generate far greater income than usual. Tsitsi doesn’t mark prices up in our shop and doesn’t take any fees. We don’t pay our directors, or staff and take no expenses from the foundation.

  • We are aiming to raise $10,000 USD. This will cover the cost of assessing, engineering and building a water well. We will also ensure the well is maintained so the villagers have a constant and predictable water source.

    Many of the women who make our baskets also have to collect water for their families, typically this can be a two kilometre walk.

    Furthermore these water sources are scarce and wild animals often use the same waterholes as humans. That means the women can frequently come into contact with elephants, lions and hipps when accessing water.

    Our wells provide a safe method for humans to collect water without encountering deadly animals or disease.

    For these large scale well projects we work with the Jafuta Foundation, a charity based in Victoria Falls with excellent local connections.

  • No, Tsitsi is entirely operated for free and out of the kindess of our directors heart’s. Inspired by the people of Zimbabwe the charity’s sole aim is to help women build community. Run women for women, Tsitsi will help those in need directly.

  • Tsitsi, means compassion in the shona language. This is the most commonly spoken tribal dialect in Zimbabwe. Tsitsi is pronounced tsee tsee.