Because education without service is incomplete
TGS Care is the charitable organization of TGS College. It exists because we believe that an institution of genuine quality cannot be indifferent to the world outside its gates.
We are not a corporate social responsibility department. We are not a once-a-year fundraiser. TGS Care is a permanent, operational commitment to the communities, knowledge systems, and ecological heritage that our nation cannot afford to lose.
Preserving what the world must not forget
Through the Living Archive of Southern African Thought, TGS Care partners with the National Archives of Zimbabwe, the National Library, and rural communities to locate, record, and preserve the oral histories, indigenous knowledge systems, and philosophical traditions of our region.
This is not an academic exercise. These are the voices of community elders, trade union organisers, women’s resistance networks, and land custodians who hold an unwritten philosophy of justice. TGS Care ensures that philosophy is never lost. The intellectual property of this archive is held in trust for the communities of origin, always.
Caring for the land, not just the classroom
TGS Care has adopted a threatened ecological zone in Zimbabwe. Working directly alongside local communities, we deploy student and faculty research to prototype regenerative farming techniques, off-grid water and energy systems, and climate-adaptive livelihoods.
This is the TGS Centre for Arid Resilience and Biodiversity. It is not an ecology club. It is a permanent research and community development presence, rooted in the conviction that caring for the land is an act of neighbour-love.
Opening the doors of formation
Through the TGS Patronage Fund, TGS Care makes it possible for students of exceptional promise to access a TGS College education regardless of their financial circumstances.
There are no scholarships framed as fee reductions here. Every award is a named Patronage, granted with honor and tied to a tradition of benefaction. A student receiving support from TGS Care is not a discounted student. They are a recognized student, invested in by an institution that believes in their potential.
Building dignified work, one enterprise at a time
Zimbabwe’s youth unemployment crisis will not be solved by one institution. But TGS Care is committed to making a measurable dent in it.
Through our Dignity of Work programme, we incubate youth-founded micro-enterprises with micro-patronage grants, mentorship from TGS alumni, and pro-bono legal and accounting support from TGS students and faculty. Every year, we publish the State of Dignified Work Report, presented to Parliament and national media, tracking not just employment numbers but the quality, sustainability, and dignity of work across all sectors.
Serving the public life of our city
TGS Care also runs a year-round public programme of events: film screenings, policy debates, book launches, and concerts in the Areopagus. Most are free of charge and open to all of Harare.
We open the Hall of Craft to the public on national days of significance. We host conversations the nation needs to have, in a space designed to hold them with rigour and care.
TGS Care is not separate from TGS College. It is the natural expression of everything the College believes: that love of neighbour is not an optional extra but the whole point.
If you want to study at an institution that takes that seriously, we would love to hear from you.