By Tafadzwa Chikawa; reprinted with permission; first published
for United Methodist Church, Church and Society
(Church and Society Note:
Church and Society welcomes guest writer Tafadzwa Chikawa, recent
graduate of Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe and Church and Society Intern
working from Zimbabwe. Tafadzwa has agreed to write a series of articles on
social justice concerns in Mutare, Zimbabwe.)
King David United Methodist Youth take action visiting Gwese
Circuit and extending support and community help.
Growing up in Mutare, Zimbabwe, I came to understand poverty
not as a distant concept but as an everyday struggle experienced by people I
knew and served. As a youth leader in the United Methodist Church’s King David
Circuit, I was raised in a community that emphasized faith in action. Through
this foundation, I was shaped by our church’s consistent outreach work,
particularly to Gwese Circuit, a rural United Methodist congregation in Mutare
Rural District.