ABOUT US

CASL is a non-profit community based youth organisation which is into climate-smart agriculture development and natural resources management in Mvurwi, Mazowe Rural District, north west of Zimbabwe. It was formed in 2009 as a community youth initiative and was formally registered as a trust according to Zimbabwean law in 2014, registration number MA0001347/2014.

We take a leading role in sustainable agricultural entrepreneurship development and capacity building as well as sustainable environment management mainly targeting youths and women in marginalised areas. Our thematic areas are Entrepreneurship and Micro-enterprise development, Sustainable agriculture, Environment management, Research and Advocacy.

We aim to eradicate hunger, poverty and sustain the rural smallholder agriculture sector through climate-smart community participatory initiatives with environment protection as a key component in all our programming.

Tsitsi Wutawunashe

National Coordinator - UNDP-GEFSGP Zimbabwe

tsitsi.wutawunashe@undp.org

We are glad and satisfied with our working relationship with CASL Trust. We have funded two of their projects and we are happy with the results and impact. Through our Grants Plus programme we have been giving them capacity development and mentorship services to manage their projects sustainably. We hope our relationship will continue like that, developing communities together.

TESTIMONIALS

What our donors and partners have to say.

Vincent Murengwa

Chairperson - Mvurwi Town Council

mvtown@gmail.com

After seeing their passion for developing the community through various voluntary activities we see saw it fit to give our full support to this youth organisation. We gave them an 8 hectare piece of land where they are now operating from. We are glad that they have been co-opted in several community committees as a youth representative.

Clever Mhakayakora

Project Officer - Action Aid Zimbabwe

clever.mhakayakora@actionaid.org

We worked with CASL during the implementation of the Mvurwi Small Towns WASH project that was funded by Australian Aid through UNICEF. We are glad that they served deligently as a youth representative in the Project Steering Committee. They should continue with that zeal for community development.