Our impact
Reach is easy to report. We are more interested in whether a change held — whether the group still meets, the animal was treated earlier, the graduate is still trading.
Impact statistics
15+
Communities reached
Wards and villages in and around Dete.
500+
Young people supported
Through clubs, mentorship and training.
1,000+
Animal welfare cases
Treated or supported through outreach.
25+
Community projects
Community-led initiatives delivered.
50+
Volunteers & partners
People and organisations working with us.
Figures pending verification. The numbers above are illustrative placeholders from the redesign brief. Verified figures supplied by Tikobane Trust will replace them before publication — we do not publish statistics we cannot substantiate.
What we measure
Each of these is defined with community structures at the start of a project, not chosen afterwards to flatter the result.
We measure success by what continues after our formal involvement ends — savings groups still meeting, gardens still producing, enterprises still trading.
Outreach reach matters, but so does whether households seek treatment earlier the following season. We track both.
Attendance, retention and progression through clubs, training and mentorship, disaggregated by gender.
Recorded incidents and reported losses in households where protective measures were introduced.
How we measure
We are a small organisation. Our monitoring is proportionate, community-owned and designed to be usable rather than impressive.
Our narrative and financial reporting is published alongside our governance documents. Where a report is not yet available, we say so rather than leaving a gap.
Success stories
Community Stories
Mentorship does not end when a training course does. Here is how pairing young people with committed mentors changed what happened after the certificate.
Read more: How our youth mentorship programme is changing lives in Dete
Project Updates
On the boundary of Hwange National Park, a lost animal is a lost year of savings. Strengthening enclosures is one of the most direct interventions we make.
Read more: Protecting livestock from human-wildlife conflict
Project Updates
Veterinary care is often too far away to reach in time. Our outreach days bring treatment, training and follow-up into the community itself.
Read more: Community animal health outreach programmeEvery programme above depends on funding, volunteers and partnerships. A regular monthly gift is the most useful kind of support we receive.
