About Us

The Southern Alliance for Indigenous Resources (SAFIRE) is a local non-governmental organization established in 1994. SAFIRE began as a humanitarian effort in Zimbabawe’s Tongogara Refugee Camp. Recognising the link between environmental degradation and  poverty. SAFIRE shifted its focus to sustainable natural resource management. Today it is a leading NGO empowering marginalised rural and peri-urbancommunities in Zimbabwe’s low veld region to restore ecosystems, build resilient livelihoods and combat climate change. 

Registered under the PVO Act (PVO 5/96), we focus on empowering communities through Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM). Our mission is to strengthen community institutions in areas like forest management, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable agriculture, enabling them to cope and adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and achieve food and income security.