In order to increase sustainability and help the environment, CLI utilizes renewable energy sources, running our health care centers, vocational training schools, and children’s homes/shelters with water jackpumps, wind turbines, and solar panels.

With no access to power grids in the rural areas, these energy sources provide a stable source of electricity and water with minimal long-term operational costs.

Initial set up of the complex is expensive, but its long-term benefits far outweigh the price tag. In times of drought, our renewable energy complex in Chingele, Zimbabwe has kept our orchards and gardens alive and productive through gravity-fed irrigation systems.

These orchards and gardens have provided fruits and vegetables to thousands of Zimbabweans during famine and in times of plenty (which have not existed in Zimbabwe for many years) the surplus produce brings in extra income for the local community by its sale in nearby markets.