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 Since
1990 Gloster Global has been a supporting partner of the Danhiko
Project in Zimbabwe.
Danhiko is a Shona word that is translated
as steps, or ladder. It symbolizes the offer of a helping
hand and a means of climbing
up to achieve one’s aspirations despite obstacles.
Conceived as such a means, the Danhiko Project was born in
Harare in 1981, in the wake of Zimbabwe’s war of liberation.
 Founded as an educational and vocational
center for war-wounded, orphaned, and disabled children, the
Danhiko Project has
created a place for the disabled and able-bodied alike to
work and
learn together. Equipping all with the tangible skills and
practical knowledge, as well as an academic education, Danhiko
helps sustain itself producing original goods, including
award-winning textiles and furniture, and has a small-electronic
and computer
repair facility. Danhiko has also been privileged to serve
as host to the Pan-African Disabled Games.
In 1999 Gloster
Global was pleased to join the chair of Danhiko’s
board of trustees in Geneva, Switzerland to receive an International
Gold Star Award for Quality and Excellence on behalf of the
Danhiko textile division.
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