Chido Govera

Chido Govera (born in 1986) is a farmer, campaigner, and educator based in Zimbabwe. The founder of The Future of Hope Foundation, she has promoted mushroom cultivation as a sustainable source of food and income in impoverished regions of the world.

Quotes

• "People don't see what they have, they're busy looking at what they don't have and worrying about how they can get there, and yet when they start by appreciating what they have, then their lives will be different and their goal in life will not be to project what they don't have and to use it to define themselves when they can learn to define themselves by what they have."
  • [1] (December 3, 2012).
• "I learned to redefine myself regardless of what happened to me when I was a kid, I've been able to reclaim myself. This is something that's required for every individual. We are not what happened to us."
  • [2] "Chido Govera: transforming lives in rural Africa by growing mushrooms", The Guardian (August 16, 2014)

• "The reason why I go into communities, select groups of young orphans, empower those and bring them back into the communities to inspire change there is because we need to change the way change is viewed. People say politicians or the grownups or the successful ones are going to change things in the country, but I think everyone has a part to contribute."
  • "Chido Govera: transforming lives in rural Africa by growing mushrooms", The Guardian (August 16, 2014)
• "I strongly believe that, regardless of what is happening in politics – not just in Zimbabwe but in many different parts of the world – if we want to change things, we will need to go to the grassroots and teach them to stand up for themselves, because if we can empower them beyond being a victim of a political situation, then we are making change happen."
  • Chido Govera: transforming lives in rural Africa by growing mushrooms [3] (August 16, 2014)

Quotes about her

• Orphaned at the age of seven, Chido Govera escaped a life of poverty and abuse in rural Zimbabwe. Now she's an activist, travelling the world to help others change their lives
  • "Chido Govera: transforming lives in rural Africa by growing mushrooms", The Guardian (August 16, 2014)
  • Chido has built a broad network of both official and community partners in Zimbabwe.
  • https://labiomista.be/en/chido-govera-biography
  • She engaged and trained over 5000 households in 10 different regions on integrated food systems.
  • https://labiomista.be/en/chido-govera-biography

External links

• Chido Govera – The Future of Hope (video, 39:58 min)
• Chido Govera – This is my story (audio, 18:56 min)
• Food waste pioneers, BBC broadcast (video, 30 min)
• National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Chido Govera Profile (video, 5:21 min)