Harare, Zimbabwe · Since 2015
Free medical and dental care for communities across Zimbabwe.
African Community Health Trust (ACHT) is a Zimbabwean non-profit, primary health-promoting trust. We were formed in July 2015 and registered on 1 October 2015. We provide free health services to underserved and vulnerable people in rural areas, care homes, schools, prisons and refugee camps, and we respond to disasters, pandemics and other public health emergencies.
Our workforce is entirely voluntary. Most of our founders come from dentistry, so most of our volunteers are dental practitioners, alongside medical doctors, dental therapists, nurses, dental technicians, social workers, accountants, lawyers, marketers, actuaries and pastors. We are guided by professionalism, integrity and transparency, and by one aim: to restore health and put a smile on the face of every underprivileged person in Zimbabwe.
Registered non-profit trust, Zimbabwe · Reg. No. MI 0001223
MBBS, MPH, MSc, DTher
Founder and Director of Medical Services
Founded ACHT in 2015 and leads its medical and dental outreach services.
2015 to 2026
24,500
people reached through our outreaches since 2015 (estimated)
49
Health outreaches
60
Volunteer practitioners
6,331
Dental examinations
3,171+
Dental extractions
650
Medical consultations
1,238
Blood pressure checks
100
Blood glucose tests
47
Health education sessions
1,500
Toothbrushes donated
120+
Professionals we have worked with
About 100 patients are treated at each outreach, and around 400 more are reached through family, friends, workmates and social media: roughly 500 people per session.
Most outreaches are funded by the communities and organisations that invite us; we bring the medical and dental services. Donations have mostly come as materials, equipment, transport and meals, including two large shipments of dental supplies in 2018 and 2019.
Figures to 2022 from our 2022 Donor Progress Report; later outreaches added from our team reports. Medical figures have not been updated since 2022.
Volunteer clinicians run free medical and dental outreach days, offering check-ups, examinations and extractions, and referring patients to specialists where needed.
Our members visit schools and communities to teach good oral hygiene, because most dental disease can be prevented and prevention is better than cure.
We work with village heads, councillors, schools, care homes, churches and partners such as Impact Africa, the Elizabeth Chanakira Cancer Trust, Deaf Zimbabwe Trust, Citimed Chitungwiza and Colgate, our partner in oral health, to reach more people.
27 June 2026
At Impact Africa's community outreach at St Paul's Anglican Parish, our dental team saw 122 patients, most of them children aged 7 to 15. More than 100 had extractions and others were referred to specialists. Just seven ACHT clinicians, led by Fungai Mauto, served a huge crowd from morning to evening.
September 2025
More than 65 residents of Epworth received free dental care from our team, along with simple advice for healthy teeth: brush every day, see a dentist every six months, eat well and keep active.
5 October 2024
With Impact Africa, a 17-clinician team provided pro-bono care to the Dema and Ziko communities in Chitungwiza, seeing 154 patients, performing 103 extractions and referring patients to specialists where needed.
March 2024
Fungai Mauto led a school outreach at ZRP Tomlinson Primary School, while members across the country, including Prosper Uchena in Chiredzi and Vee Musonza in Chikomba, brought oral health education and treatment to primary schools.
7 July 2023
Together with the Elizabeth Chanakira Cancer Trust, our volunteers travelled to Maungwa Secondary School in Gutu, providing 108 dental examinations and 58 extractions free of charge.
October 2022
We held another successful outreach programme at Deaf Zimbabwe Trust, and thank its leadership for the remarkable work they do.
16 July 2022
Funded by a cash gift from an individual donor, our team travelled to Pote Secondary School in Domboshava, 27 km north of Harare. We carried out 43 dental consultations and 32 extractions, made 11 referrals, and gave oral health education to 61 people, all for US$312.50.
16 May 2022
Citimed Chitungwiza invited us to join their open day, where ACHT volunteers served the Chitungwiza community.
26 October 2019
In partnership with Inspire Women and Children, we offered free dental care at Pelandaba Skills Centre in Bulawayo, with 100 appointments for people who could not afford treatment. Project manager Gift Muteletwa mobilised resources from local and diaspora well-wishers, and Centurion Ambulance Services stood by for emergencies and helped record patients' vital signs. Our team: Dr K. Makozho, Dr A. Moyo, Dr Sibanda, Ms Ntokozo, Mr Nyoni, Mr Makovere and Ms Phiri, with our super assistant Marble Kamala keeping every clinician supplied with clean, sterilised instruments.
July 2019
In our third year partnering with St Luke's Greendale Anglican Church in Harare, more than 1,000 people filled the church grounds for free medical, dental, eye and legal services. The need was so great that the outreach was held twice that year, and our volunteers performed more than 200 extractions. Thanks to the Anglican Church, Pastor Peter and Dr Nyarai Sarah; to Wastinnova for an efficient autoclave; to Dr Makanhiwa and Sandra Shereni for instruments; to Dr Z. Maroveke, Dr Washaya and Dr Michael Temera for their support; and to our new chairperson, Mr Sean Heath Tshuma, for his coordination.
25 August 2018
With Forgotten Souls Relief Development Trust, which cares for widows, orphans and families in need, we held an outreach at Newcastle Junior Primary School near Whitehouse, Harare. Everyone who came was offered medical and dental check-ups and treatment, and Optinova provided free eye examinations. Thanks to Mr Munemo, Dr Tapiwa Makanhiwa, Mr Siziba and the medical team, Mrs Sanyika of Optinova, and our exceptional volunteers.
30 March 2017
Students at Herbert Chitepo Primary School proudly showed off their new Colgate oral care kits, donated by Colgate, our partner in oral health, during our school visit.
2016
At the Kites for Peace event, our stand offered free oral examinations, oral health education and oral health promotion to families who came to fly kites, with our volunteer clinicians examining patients right there on a portable dental chair.
7 November 2015
Our first dental and medical outreach at Madamombe Clinic in Chivhu. A dream became a reality, and the start of ACHT's mission to freely serve underprivileged communities in Zimbabwe and across Africa.
Every outreach we run is free for the people we serve. Your support pays for dental and medical supplies, transport for volunteer clinicians, and health education materials for schools.
Make a financial gift to fund our next community outreach through our GoFundMe page. About $300 funds a whole outreach day for around 100 patients.
Gloves, masks, toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental instruments and medicines all help us treat more patients.
Registered health practitioners and allied professionals can join our outreach teams across Zimbabwe.
Organisations, clinics, schools and businesses can host or sponsor an outreach in their community.
Our work is done entirely by volunteers. Health practitioners and allied professionals are especially welcome, but there is a role for everyone: registration, logistics, transport, photography and more.