Nearly 67% of Zimbabwe’s population lives in rural areas, close to 11 million people, including 9.3 million who have lost their healthcare lifeline as international funding has collapsed. Families walk 10–50 km (6–30 miles) to the nearest clinic, and when they arrive, 37% of facilities have inadequate medicine stocks. As one community leader put it, “it’s not a medicine problem, it’s a distance problem.” Reach was created to close that distance, by putting essential medicine back within reach of the communities that need it most.
Reach is a modular, solar-powered pharmacy franchise built for rural Zimbabwe.
The model is already proven: 80+ clinics and pharmacies have been deployed in South Africa under the same framework, and our Victoria Falls pharmacy already serves 65–75 customers a day, more than double what is needed to break even. Fully licensed and locally led, Reach is the first model in Zimbabwe to combine human medicine, women’s health, and veterinary care in a single, community-owned pharmacy.
We are launching the pilot Reach pharmacy near Victoria Falls, designed to be self-sustaining within its first year. By Year 5, REACH envisions a network of 15 pharmacies reaching 75,000–150,000 rural Zimbabweans, and a replicable model ready to extend into Zambia, Malawi, and anywhere access is broken.
Help close the distance between rural families and the medicine they need.