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Who We Are

Convening Change for Women in Sport

WSDT is a legally registered non-profit trust in Zimbabwe, established in 2016 to empower women, girls, and persons with disabilities through inclusive, equitable and sustainable sport programmes.

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Reg. MA317/2016Non-Profit TrustZimbabweEst. 2016

Our Story

Born from a Shared Conviction

In 2016, a group of women came together and reflected deeply on the status of women, girls, and persons with disabilities in Zimbabwe. They saw the barriers, the silenced voices, and the untapped potential — and felt a profound need to amplify these challenges through advocacy.

That conviction gave birth to the Women and Sport Development Trust — an organisation aimed at facilitating collective, sustainable, inclusive and equitable solutions that improve lives, harnessing the diverse skills and expertise of its people and partners.

Today, WSDT acts as a convenor and catalyst — building collaborative networks, running workshops, facilitating meetings, and providing mentorship and training that empowers women and girls whilst promoting safety in and through sport.

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Provinces reached across Zimbabwe

Our Purpose

Mission, Vision & Expected Outcome

Three interconnected commitments that guide everything WSDT does.

Vision

To see women and girls thriving and empowered through safer, healthier and supportive environments to promote inclusive, equitable and sustainable sport development outcomes.

Mission

To facilitate inclusive, equitable and supportive culture that empowers women and girls in all aspects of life in and beyond sport for the advancement and promotion of gender equality, human rights, and social inclusion.

Impact Statement

To strengthen quality service delivery through safer, supportive and enabling environments ensuring meaningful participation, enhanced voices and leadership for the empowerment of women and girls in their diversity.

What Drives Us

Our Values

These principles shape every programme, partnership and decision we make.

Collaboration

Fostering collective action between stakeholders and synergies across levels and sectors.

Inclusivity

Embracing diversity in knowledge, ideology, culture, experiences, religion, ethnicity, physical abilities and gender.

Integrity

Upholding professionalism and ethical principles such as honesty, transparency and mutual respect.

Innovation

Generating integrated evidence-based approaches grounded on learning to sustain and scale impact.

Excellence

Maintaining excellent and rigorous quality standards for all our work through cost-effective, scalable approaches.

Empowerment

Strengthening agency, voice and leadership of women and girls through safer, healthier environments.

How We Work

Our Guiding Principles

Recognising equity and inclusion as key principles that define our organisational values, WSDT harnesses diverse expertise and teamwork to deliver empowering opportunities through collaborative, innovative and sustainable solutions.

Equity

Safeguarding

Empowerment

Transformative

Human Rights

Our Journey

2016

Foundation

A group of women came together to reflect on the status of women, girls, and persons with disabilities in Zimbabwe — and WSDT was born.

2017

First Programmes

Launched initial sport-for-development workshops and mentorship sessions, establishing collaborative networks across provinces.

2019

Expanding Reach

Extended programming to multiple provinces, deepening partnerships with national sport bodies and community organisations.

2021

Disability Inclusion

Formalised inclusive programming for persons with disabilities, embedding safeguarding policies across all activities.

2024

Growing Impact

Reached thousands of women and girls across Zimbabwe through sport, mentorship, advocacy and strategic partnerships.

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Be Part of the WSDT Story. Every Voice Matters.

Whether you support through donations, volunteering, or strategic partnership — you become part of a movement transforming the lives of women and girls across Zimbabwe.

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