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  • Our Community welcomes you to the 2013 Zimele Gala

    taking place at the Elan in Lodi, NJ.
    Please join us in experiencing South Africa standing on its own.

    Friday, May 10th, 2013 from 7PM to 11PM
    111 U.S. 46 Lodi, NJ 07644

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  • Support Zimele

    Be part of a team that empowers individuals, cultivates self-reliance to communities, restores human dignity and is a long term solution for HIV/AIDs.

    Stand on your own two feet.

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  • Experience the fun of craft making with Zimele Studio

    Zimele Studio is an amazing opportunity to create one of a kind crafts in the traditions of the ladies in South Africa. Explore the process of creating jewelry by hand. Learn techniques using a range of tools. Design and fabricate your own jewelry or objects of art. Beginners learn the basics, intermediate and advanced students expand their skills. We will launch our first class by making a 3 strand bracelet with Job's tears and seed beads.

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  • Zimele is a unique non-profit organization

    which seeks not only to meet the daily needs of South Africans in the Kwazulu Natal region today, but also to build the physical, financial, and emotional infrastructure of their lives to improve the entire region.

    Learn about our programs

    Give a man a fish you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime.
    - Lao Tze, Chinese philosopher

Make a difference, get involved!

Your help, no matter the shape or form, is valuable in helping us enrich the lives of the women of Zimele. Here’s a few ways you can take action in changing the world.


Here at Zimele, we like to celebrate the success stories that have become characteristic of the women who are a part of these communities in South Africa. Here we would like to highlight some of the achievements of the Zimele women who have become positive influences and inspirations to those around them. Doris Ncobo joined a Zimele Self-Help Group in...
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