WHOM WE ARE..

Simpchik is a family owned enterprise headed by Patson Gasura as the Managing Director. Patson has an agricultural qualification that is Bsc Agricultural Economics from the University of Zimbabwe. He is a social entrepreneur at heart with interest in developing community based enterprises that benefit members of the community. He co-owns the business together with his wife Pauline Tendai Gasura who has got a Bsc in Accountancy from the University of Zimbabwe. Both Pauline & Patson are also owners of an established business in South Africa, Topline Research Solutions. (www.topliners.co.za)

MISSION

Promote employment creation in rural areas, Encourage food security at household level, Export growth.

VISION

To be the go to centre for all seeking to run businesses in rural areas sustainably

CORE BUSINESS

Simpchik’s interests is in agricultural value chains with special focus on poultry, horticulture, cattle, pigs and rabbits.

HOW WE DO OUR BUSINESS..

Simpchik employs community labor, unemployed youths, educated youths and we train them into becoming agricultural value chain experts. Simpchik works in partnership with educational institutions like universities taking students for attachment for practical training as labor. We also employ women and the elderly citizens who are employed for part-time work like dressing chickens and the packaging part as well thus fulfilling Patson Gasura’s desire to put the community at heart as a top priority.

OUR STAFF IS DIVIDED INTO 3 BROAD TERMS

1. FULL-TIME STAFF: We have got 6 employees that are employed on permanent basis and the receive remuneration from Simpchik’s income generating projects.
2. PART-TIME STAFF: These are students from agricultural colleges who seeks to gain practical training since we are also a training institution.
3. COMMUNITY: Labor from men and women from the community. We buy them chicks and we give them after training so that they rear the chicks and when they are ready for the market, we then pay them. Once again achieving Patson’s desire to empower local communities through these income generating sustaining projects.
4. OTHER STAKEHOLDERS: Government, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Private Sectors

OUR TARGET

• EXPORT MARKET: We also want to export our produce to countries like South Africa, Mozambique, Swaziland, Namibia, Bostwana, Abu Dhabi among others thus generating foreign currency for our country Zimbabwe. Our produce is 100% organic/natural hence the demand is extremely high.
• RETAILERS: These include, schools, universities, supermarkets, hospitals, butcheries among others.
• HOUSEHOLDS: These include, individuals’ consumers in the country for instance consumers in Chitungwiza, Kambuzuma, Borrowdale among others.