One home for every Zimbabwean living, studying, or working nine thousand kilometres from home.
The challenge
The Zimbabwean diaspora in Korea is scattered, Seoul to Jeju, students and workers and families, most of them strangers to each other. There was no neutral place to find out what was happening, read community news, or simply find each other. News travelled by word of mouth and group chats that no newcomer could join. Arriving meant starting from zero, alone.
What we built
- Events. A calendar of community events, with RSVP and one-tap calendar export so dates land where people already keep them.
- News and editorial. A feed for community news and longer pieces: one place that stays current.
- Survival guides. Practical guides for arriving in Korea, so the first weeks are less of a cold start.
- Member directory. Names to faces: the people who run things on the ground, findable.
- Admin console. Role-based access, CSV export, bulk email, and a raffle and draw engine: everything the organisers need to run the thing themselves.
Built and donated
We built it with Statotech Systems and the two of us donated it together. No cost · No subscription · Just community. The Hub is accountable to no organisation and no government. It belongs to the people who use it, and that is the whole point.
Nine thousand kilometres is a long way to go by yourself, and a much shorter one when you go together.Why we built it