Center for Total Transformation (CTT) is a nonprofit organization – 501 (c) (3) – working with underserved communities in Zimbabwe . It was created to reduce poverty through the strengthening of existing social and economic survival strategies and establishing new ones where necessary.
CTT is faith-based and finds both its identity and relevance in building upon the precepts of spiritual, social and economic transformation consistent with biblical values. CTT runs on a multi-purpose centre concept.
This concept sees the physical centre of CTT as a nerve centre for education, community development and transformation where people from all walks of life converge with the hope of developing themselves through learning, skills training, networking, idea sharing and fellowship.
CTT was founded in 1998 by Joy Chidavaenzi who has a passion for seeing radical transformation and sustainable development in disadvantaged communities. CTT started its developmental efforts in Chiweshe Communal lands, Mazowe District in rural Zimbabwe, where it took over a war-torn training centre that was desolate and in ruins. But true to its nature of transformation, CTT turned it into a haven and educational hotspot for the community. A multi-purpose centre was established with the sole purpose of inspiring lives and transforming surrounding communities. CTT runs projects that include sustainable agriculture and food security, environmental management, water and sanitation, children’s welfare and youth development. More than 10 000 families have benefited from CTT’s programs. In all its work CTT strives to align spiritual and mindset transformation with the word of God. This has seen many people giving their lives to Christ through prayer and bible study sessions.
CTT uses a holistic approach to community development, grounded in the principles of inclusion, empowerment, capacity building, social justice and self-determination. This collaborative approach cultivates the social, economic, political, cultural, spiritual and environmental conditions that lead to transformational change at both individual and community levels.
