Obambulo is developing three site-specific interventions across Matabeleland, each designed to bring care, dignity, and possibility into institutional environments.
Responding to contexts of isolation and limited resources, each project aims to support emotional wellbeing, strengthen human connection, and reimagine what institutional space can make possible.
The work is shaped by the needs of the people and institutions we serve, and by a commitment to careful, locally grounded forms of support.
Responding to contexts of isolation and limited resources, each project aims to support emotional wellbeing, strengthen human connection, and reimagine what institutional space can make possible.
The work is shaped by the needs of the people and institutions we serve, and by a commitment to careful, locally grounded forms of support.
Ethandweni Orphanage
20° 37' 31" S · 28° 28' 04" E
An elevated observatory and play structure set beneath the clear skies of Matopos, inviting children to look outward, upward, and beyond.
For the Women of Mlondolozi Prison
20.0669° S, 28.3970° E
Drawn from the guidance and grace of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Divine Motherhood in Bulawayo.
Ingutsheni Psychiatric Hospital
20° 10' 58" S · 28° 34' 36" E ·
A walk-through sculptural xylophone composed of vertically mounted anodised aluminium bars of varying heights (1.2–2.8m) and tuned to a pentatonic scale.
These projects are realised directly through material support — construction, labour, and local coordination on site. All contributions are administered through the charity’s governance framework.
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