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.
See Our Work
9+
Provinces reached across Zimbabwe
Our Purpose
Mission, Vision & Expected Outcome
Three interconnected commitments that guide everything WSDT does.
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. We take pride in our seasoned expertise and collaborative networks to promote positive pathways for sustainable sport for development outcomes.
Vision
To see women and girls thriving and empowered through safer, healthier and supportive environments to promote inclusive, equitable and sustainable sport development outcomes.
Expected Outcome
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 to realise their aspirations and right to play, leisure, recreation, information and life skills.
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 — transforming marginalised communities in and through sport.
Our Journey
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.
First Programmes
Launched initial sport-for-development workshops and mentorship sessions, establishing collaborative networks across provinces.
Expanding Reach
Extended programming to multiple provinces, deepening partnerships with national sport bodies and community organisations.
Disability Inclusion
Formalised inclusive programming for persons with disabilities, embedding safeguarding policies across all activities.
Growing Impact
Reached thousands of women and girls across Zimbabwe through sport, mentorship, advocacy and strategic partnerships.
Join the Movement
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.