Welcome
Welcome Theresa Burks as ZAP’s new Executive Director!
Almost 13 years after creating and directing ZAP, Dick Adams is retiring and leaving this unique little organization in the thoroughly competent hands of Theresa Burks, the new Executive Director. Please read more about Theresa on our ZAP’s People Page.
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ZAP’s Mission.
ZAP celebrates the artistry and accomplishments of women from rural Weya in eastern Zimbabwe. Through education, sale of their art in the U.S., and special projects, ZAP helps women become economically self-sufficient. Women of Weya are subsistence farmers, mothers, and householders as well as artists. Most women live on their own, providing for families. Some are widowed, others are single heads of households, since throughout Zimbabwe men leave the rural areas to seek work in cities.
Women’s income from agriculture is unpredictable and limited. Sales of their art helps women afford food, clothing, school fees, medicines, transport, seeds and fertilizer. Since the market for Weya art in Zimbabwe is extremely limited, sales in the U.S. are critical. ZAP pays much more than any other buyer, delivering cash at the time of purchase. Equally important, ZAP provides health care to all of the artists, including care to artists who are HIV positive.
Videos of ZAP on the Website!
Hear Dick Adams, ZAP’s Founder, and Heather MacKenzie, Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator, speak a little bit about ZAP in two new short films courtesy of Mercury Productions. You can also watch our short and compelling documentary, With These Ten Fingers, where the artists of Weya speak about their lives and their art in their own words. Please view all films here.
Visit our online gallery to view and purchase Weya artwork!
Our gallery features a rotating selection of art. Please come back again to see what we have added! Click here to visit our gallery.