Gardening Initiative at Catholic Mission in Zimbabwe Facilitating Pastoral Activities

Fr. Tshuma shares the success story of the months-old gardening initiative that had community members’ participation, specifically in “digging the trench for laying pipes to draw water into the mission premise, as well as in getting “manure to fertilize the land”, the report indicates. 

“The proceeds from vegetable sales are used to buy fuel for the Priest to visit outstations, do minor repairs, buy food, and pay the mission helper,” he is quoted as saying about the garden project that started off with two beds that have since been expanded.

Tusimpe Pastoral Centre and local restaurants are among the regular customers of the Zimbabwean Catholic Mission garden project.

In the report about the gardening initiative, some “flowers and exotic trees” have planted in the garden “to revegetate the area”.

Apart from the vegetable initiative, St. Mark’s Nagangala Catholic Mission has also ventured into other projects, including poultry with broiler chicken, and the rearing of goats and pigs.

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The report cites Fr. Tshuma encouraging members of Catholic Missions and Parishes of Hwange Diocese to initiate projects that can facilitate the pastoral ministry of the members of the Clergy, adding that communities in the peripheries have potential for productivity.

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