KHAYELIHLE CHILDREN’S VILLAGE

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Khayelihle Children’s Village (KCV) is located in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, and cares for orphaned and abandoned children.

The mission of KCV is to provide the physical, educational, medical, social and spiritual needs of children that have been orphaned or abandoned.  This is done through residential and community care.

Khayelihle, pronounced K-eye-uh-lee-shlay, comes from the IsiNdebele language and is translated a “ beautiful” or “good” home.

Khayelihle Children’s Village is located about twelve miles outside of Bulawayo’s city center. Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe. KCV has five houses and other farm buildings situated on a 270-acre farm.

The houses are home to more than 80 orphaned or abandoned children, their caregivers and farm workers. The children are orphaned primarily because of the AIDS pandemic.

The farm provides food for the children from the dairy herd, beef cattle, sheep, chickens, a
vegetable garden and field crops.

The three to five-year-old children attend a pre-school located on the farm and the older children are transported to area schools.

Secondary Students in their school uniforms.

In addition to the residential care, KCV assists children through the Community Orphan Care Programme that cares for just over 100 children who reside in the city of Bulawayo.

You can email the Khayelihle Children’s Village at: kcv@ecoweb.co.zw