LEAD President Establishes The Linda Tsungirirai Masarira Foundation For Dignity Restoration, Saving Lives and Inspiring Hope
By Desire Tshuma
Harare – As the nation grapples with growing healthcare inequalities, rising drug abuse, and menstrual poverty, the Linda Tsungirirai Masarira Foundation has emerged as a bold and compassionate force for change.
The Foundation was founded by Linda Tsungirirai Masarira, a seasoned human rights activist, labour justice advocate, and Pan-African thought leader. The foundation is grounded in the ethos of dignity, accessibility, and empowerment. It represents the heart of her lifelong commitment to community development and social justice beyond politics.
“As a Foundation we seek to restore dignity and offer practical hope through targeted philanthropic interventions in three urgent areas,” Masarira said.
The three urgent areas cover cancer care through Oncology Centres, Drug Rehabilitation and Recovery and Menstrual Dignity for women and girls.
The Foundation is spearheading efforts to establish specialized oncology centres across Zimbabwe to make cancer screening, diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care accessible especially for low-income patients who are often left behind.
With Zimbabwe facing a silent epidemic of drug and substance abuse, the Foundation is building rehabilitation centres to offer clinical treatment, mental health support, and re-integration services. The approach is holistic, recognizing addiction as a health and societal crisis, not a moral failing.
“Menstrual Dignity for women and girls is one of the long-neglected issue of period poverty. The Foundation distributes sanitary wear to underprivileged girls and women and pushes for menstrual health education and policy reform. We aim to end the shame, missed school days, and infections linked to lack of access,” Masarira said.
The Foundation’s logo features two figures embraced under a radiant sun, wrapped in a shield bearing symbols of medicine, awareness, and life embodies protection, healing, and unity. The gold cursive script of the name reflects both elegance and a resolute belief in the worth of every human life.
Masarira is no stranger to national advocacy. Known for her unapologetic voice for justice, she brings a lived commitment to every cause she champions. Her foundation is a continuation of her grassroots activism, bridging systemic change with community impact.
The Foundation is currently mobilizing resources, building partnerships, and identifying sites for its first oncology and rehabilitation centres. It is also expanding its Menstrual Dignity Campaign into schools and rural clinics nationwide.
“True leadership is not just in occupying office. It’s in restoring the dignity of those who have been abandoned by systems and silenced by inequality,” said Masarira.
“As Zimbabwe moves forward, the Linda Tsungirirai Masarira Foundation stands as a powerful reminder that meaningful change begins with service, love, and healing,” she said.
