CURE Zimbabwe strives to serve the children who are needlessly suffering from treatable disabilities. With our intense focus on treating children, getting them walking for the first time or allowing them to use their hands again, we work to ensure that we are addressing other needs to make them comfortable and cared for throughout their treatment journey.

Most children arriving at the hospital have already experienced a great deal of hardship in their lives; discrimination, rejection and abuse is all too common for those with disabilities in Africa. These children deserve to have access to the healthcare they so desperately need, to be included and a chance to play.

As well as offering joy and amusement, play is an essential parameter of normal psychosomatic development of children. Play is so important that it is recognised by law as a fundamental human right. Furthermore, there have been many studies that show how play can be used as a form of therapy for children undergoing treatment at a hospital.

CURE Zimbabwe is going to build an accessible playground for children with motor disabilities, so all children receiving treatment there can use it to play!

The playground will allow children of all ability levels, including those using wheelchairs, to play for years to come.

It will provide a fun and inclusive playtime for children, who are going through daunting treatment, helping reduce anxiety and stress. The playground will also provide a physiotherapeutic effect for those learning to use their arms, hands, legs or feet again, strengthening their muscles and improving mobility. Thus, we aim to care for these children's needs physically and emotionally during their time at CURE Zimbabwe.

This summer we are asking you to help us raise £10,000 towards a new motor disability inclusive playground at CURE Zimbabwe. What is more, we will be DOUBLING, the first £4,000 of donations. So get in there quick, to double your donation and double the fun!

CURE Zimbabwe plans to provide 600 life-changing surgeries this year*. A safe, inclusive and fun playground will help aid the physical and emotional healing process for these patients. Please join us, and give the gift of joy to these children.

Thank you for your continued support, helping CURE provide world class surgery and compassionate support to children with disabilities in Zimbabwe!

*Financial Year 2023: 1st July 2022 - 30th June 2023

Click here to watch CURE Zimbabwe's one year anniversary video!

In 2021, CURE built an inclusive playground at the CURE Children's Hospital of Niger which has transformed playtime for the children receiving treatment there! You can see photos of the children enjoying the playground in the gallery. This is the type of joy we want to bring to CURE Zimbabwe!