Sparking Resilience, Empowerment, Activism, and Development (SparkREAD)
St Barbara House 529W+W26, 115 Leopold Takawira St,
Harare
Zimbabwe
Contact person: Mrs. Angeline Makore
+263 77 961 0841
sparkreadtrustzimbabwe@gmail.com
https://sparkreadcharity.org/
https://www.facebook.com/sparkreadtrustZimbabwe/
Topics
- Educational policy/project
- Social policy/disabled persons
- Women's policy
About us
Sparking Resilience, Empowerment, Activism, and Development (SparkREAD) is a registered grassroots, youth- and women-led nonprofit organization operating nationally in Zimbabwe, particularly in marginalized areas. Angeline Makore founded this organization in 2016, motivated by personal experiences with harmful religious and cultural practices, as well as the numerous challenges faced by youth in her community.
Our mandate is to liberate young people and communities from cycles of poverty by providing enhanced education, employment opportunities through access to vocational trainings, youth friendly health services, and equitable communities free from social ills.
We employ a variety of methods for message delivery, including educational entertainment, research, sports for development, advocacy campaigns, and personalized training to engage our target audiences sustainably and meaningfully. Girls and women are central to our programming, and our values emphasize addressing their challenges while ensuring that boys are not overlooked.
Our Vision
We envision a society where young people, particularly girls and women, thrive to their fullest potential and are empowered economically, socially, and psychologically.
What we do
• Gender-Based Violence Response: We focus on providing holistic care to survivors and victims of gender-based violence by offering comprehensive support, including temporary shelter, legal assistance, counseling, and psychosocial support. We operate a toll-free hotline under this initiative, along with community sensitization campaigns against gender-based violence (GBV).
• Child Sexual Exploitation: Approximately 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 5 boys experience sexual abuse before the age of 18, with 90% of abusers known to the victim. Our work centers around advocacy against child exploitation through evidence-based action research aimed at driving policy and behavioral change across Zimbabwe and beyond.
• Livelihoods & Climate Solutions: Breaking the cycles of poverty requires a pivotal approach that places women and girls at the forefront of their own empowerment. We equip young women with relevant skills for income generation, linking them to markets and providing access to non-refundable loans. Furthermore, recognizing that women are disproportionately affected by climate change, we facilitate discussions and develop solutions to address the climate crisis.
• Comprehensive Sexuality Education: Marginalized and underprivileged schools, colleges, and communities often lack access to sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) information, which negatively impacts young people’s sexual health. We bridge this gap by providing informational booklets, as well as engaging art and drama activities for adolescents. Additionally, we advocate for youthfriendly SRHR services. The Community Girls Club is a project actively run under this initiative, integrating educational activities with our outreach efforts.
• Girls in STEM Educational Program: We mentor exceptionally talented girls from extremely underprivileged backgrounds, providing assistance to help them pursue education in STEM-related subjects. Our goal is to reduce the disparities in STEM careers, which have historically been dominated by men. We achieve this by covering tuition fees, offering work simulations, organizing study camps, and facilitating debates.
Angeline Makore is the Founder and Coordinator of Sparking Resilience, Empowerment, Activism, and Development (SparkREAD).
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