Supporting children and families
The foundation helps with essentials including food, clothing and school fees for children who can attend school. Its registered work also includes families in need in the UK.
Maureen Terera Foundation
Breaking Barriers, Building Brighter Futures.
Supporting children and young people with disabilities and their families through practical help, learning and community action. It takes a community to build an inclusive society.
About the foundation
Rooted in family. Built for community.
Harriet Terera founded the foundation in memory of her late mother, Maureen. Her own experience growing up with two parents with disabilities shaped her commitment to children and families facing barriers to care and opportunity.
Our belief is simple: lasting inclusion takes families, carers, therapists, educators and communities working together. Harriet wants mothers of children with disabilities to have practical guidance alongside help with essentials such as food, clothing and school fees.
View our charity registration ↗Our work
Practical support, with a wider ambition.
The foundation aims to empower mothers and carers with practical knowledge about supporting children with disabilities, while helping families meet essential needs. Its approach brings together families, professionals and communities to make care and education more accessible.
Knowledge for everyday care
Working with professionals, the foundation aims to help mothers and carers learn practical ways to support children at home. A physiotherapist-led session on exercises is one example; Harriet hopes to develop more workshops.
Growing local support
The foundation supports practical projects that can help centres care for children. Examples include chickens and feed for a centre’s poultry project and seedlings for a nutrition garden.
Get involved
There is a place for you in this work.
Whether you have time, expertise, resources or a connection that could help, we would welcome a conversation.
Volunteer
Tell us about the skills and time you could offer.
Partner
Explore how your organisation can work with the foundation.
Share
Help more people hear about the foundation and its work.
Donate
Your support can help open doors.
The foundation supports children with disabilities and families in need in Zimbabwe and the UK. Gifts can support practical needs identified with families and centres. The foundation’s work brings practical help, learning and community support together.
Giving to the foundation
How to donate
Please contact the foundation through its official Facebook page for the current, approved way to make a donation. You can also ask about giving supplies or supporting a particular need.
Ask how to donate ↗Registered charity in England and Wales: 1215679. We will add a direct online donation link once the foundation confirms its preferred payment provider.
Updates
Follow our journey.
The foundation shares its activities and community stories on Facebook. Recent examples include a physiotherapist-led learning session for mothers, support for a centre’s poultry project, and planting seedlings in a nutrition garden. Visit the page for the latest updates.
See updates on Facebook ↗Let’s talk.
For support, partnerships and volunteering, reach out through our Facebook page.