Jedidiah Trust

Jedidiah Trust We are a nonprofit organisation on a mission to build stronger, more compassionate communities - one life, one family, one neighbourhood at a time.

A new week does not always need a big plan. Sometimes, it starts with one small decision to care, to show up, to encour...
24/08/2026

A new week does not always need a big plan. Sometimes, it starts with one small decision to care, to show up, to encourage someone or to make a difference where you can. For us at Jedidiah Trust Zimbabwe, every child deserves the opportunity to learn, grow and believe in a better tomorrow.

What is one small thing you can do this week that could make someone else’s day a little better? 👇🏾

Hundreds of blue uniforms. One united voice. Today at Chiedza Primary School, Norton, we stood before an entire school a...
19/08/2026

Hundreds of blue uniforms. One united voice. Today at Chiedza Primary School, Norton, we stood before an entire school and said it loud enough for every corridor, every classroom, every home to hear: GBV has no place here. Not at my school. Not anywhere.
These children are not just learners but they are guardians of their own safety and today they became messengers of change. They listened. They sat under the trees in the sun. They are taking the message home with them. Because protecting a child is not a one-day campaign. It is a promise a whole community makes and keeps.
To every teacher, every parent, every officer who stood with us today, thank you for choosing our children's safety over silence.
💙 Restoring hope, rebuilding futures, one family at a time.

Today, the streets of Norton had a voice. 📢Not the voice of addiction. Not the voice of silence. But the voice of a comm...
18/08/2026

Today, the streets of Norton had a voice. 📢

Not the voice of addiction. Not the voice of silence. But the voice of a community that said: enough. Our children danced. 💃🕺 Our officers stood beside them. 🫡 Our leaders spoke truth into open ears. 🎤 Because behind every statistic on drug and substance abuse is a child who deserves better. A family holding on by a thread. A future still worth fighting for. We didn't come to lecture. We came to listen, to dance, to remind Norton's young people that they are seen and that there is hope beyond the bottle, beyond the pill, beyond the pressure. Substance abuse doesn't just steal a moment. It steals dreams, futures, families. But today, we planted something stronger than addiction: community.
To every young person watching, you are not alone. To every parent worried in silence, reach out, we're here.

Together, we rise above. Together, we choose life.
💙 Restoring hope, rebuilding futures, one family at a time.

🌸 LET'S TALK: A Circle of Hope at Chikurubi Female Prison 🌸Our Jedidiah Trust Zimbabwe team sat down with the women of C...
12/08/2026

🌸 LET'S TALK: A Circle of Hope at Chikurubi Female Prison 🌸

Our Jedidiah Trust Zimbabwe team sat down with the women of Chikurubi Female Prison not as strangers looking in but as family gathering close. Under the shade of the veranda, in a circle of trust, we listened, we shared and we reminded one another that no woman here is invisible. This is what "Let's Talk" is all about: giving mothers behind these walls a safe space to speak about the children they carry in their hearts every single day. Because a sentence should never mean silence and it should never mean being forgotten. We saw resilience. We saw sisterhood. We saw hope refusing to be locked away.
To every mother in that circle today: your children are seen. Your voice matters. And Jedidiah Trust Zimbabwe will keep showing up — Empowering Lives, Building Broken Dreams. 💙

🎉 Family Day Magic! Nothing beats the sound of children laughing and feet dancing in the grass! Our Family Day outing br...
05/08/2026

🎉 Family Day Magic!
Nothing beats the sound of children laughing and feet dancing in the grass! Our Family Day outing brought together caregivers, children and our incredible team for an afternoon of pure joy, dancing, games and moments that reminded us exactly why we do this work.
For children whose parents are incarcerated, days like this matter more than words can say. They get to just be kids dancing without a care, surrounded by people who see them, celebrate them and remind them they are never invisible.
Thank you to every caregiver, volunteer and team member who showed up and danced like nobody was watching. This is what community looks like. 💃🕺
Making Invisible Children Seen. 💛

Tuesday Truth. 💔Children of incarcerated parents are often called "the forgotten victims" of the justice system. No crim...
04/08/2026

Tuesday Truth. 💔
Children of incarcerated parents are often called "the forgotten victims" of the justice system. No crime. No sentence. Yet they carry the weight anyway, the stigma, the silence and the unanswered questions. At Jedidiah Trust we exist to change that narrative. One child. One caregiver. One community at a time.They are not forgotten. They are seen. 👁️💛
Tag someone who believes every child deserves to be seen. 👇

Meet Trish Nyamidzi our child representative proudly serving as Minister of state for provincial affairs and devolution ...
03/08/2026

Meet Trish Nyamidzi our child representative proudly serving as Minister of state for provincial affairs and devolution and Senator for Chegutu in the junior parliament. Trish represents everything we stand for at Jedidiah Trust: a child given the platform to be seen, heard and to lead. Watching her step into civic leadership is a powerful reminder that when children are given a seat at the table, they do not just participate but they shine. We are incredibly proud to walk alongside her on this journey. The future of advocacy in Zimbabwe is in capable hands.

💔 She was six when she last held her mother's hand.Not because her mother didn't love her. Not because she was forgotten...
29/07/2026

💔 She was six when she last held her mother's hand.
Not because her mother didn't love her. Not because she was forgotten. But because a prison wall stood between them and for children of incarcerated parents, that wall doesn't just separate bodies. It separates childhoods. She still asks her grandmother, "When is Mummy coming home?" Some days, there's no answer that doesn't break a little. This is the story behind so many of the children we walk alongside at Jedidiah Trust. Children who did nothing wrong yet carry a silence too heavy for their small shoulders. Children who are punished by circumstance not by choice.

We see them. We sit with them. We remind them through every caregiver dialogue, every school package, every visit that they are not defined by their parent's sentence.
Because every child deserves to be seen. 🧡

"A mother's embrace knows no walls. 💕Behind these prison walls are women who are still mothers first who are holding, co...
24/07/2026

"A mother's embrace knows no walls. 💕

Behind these prison walls are women who are still mothers first who are holding, comforting and loving their children the same way any mother would. This Friday, we are reminded that dignity does not end where confinement begins. At Jedidiah Trust, we walk with these mothers and their children because every child deserves to be seen even the ones born into circumstances they didn't choose.

Happy Friday. 🌸

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"Showing up matters. Even on the ordinary visits. 💛 "
21/07/2026

"Showing up matters. Even on the ordinary visits. 💛 "

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Shonhiwa Drive
Norton
00263

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Monday 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00
Thursday 09:00 - 17:00
Friday 09:00 - 17:00
Saturday 09:00 - 17:00

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