Beyond Limits: The 2025 Integrated NCD Camp Report
Participants in blue and facilitators in red We successfully hosted a powerful integrated camp for young people living with Type 1 Diabetes, Sickle Cell Disease, and Rheumatic Heart Disease at Mkoba Teachers College, Gweru, from the 26th to the 30th of August 2025. The camp was organized by the Midlands Diabetes Interest Group, in collaboration with SolidarMed, and in partnership with the Lili Grace Foundation, Panorama Global/T1D Community Fund, Size Investments, Harare Institute of Public Health (HIPH), Profmed, Diamond Pharmacy, Lions Club Gweru, Gweru Children’s Specialist Hospital, and Gweru City Council. What made this camp unique was not only the diversity of conditions represented but also the holistic and interactive approach taken. Every session was designed to encourage questions, dialogue, and real-time learning, ensuring that the content was not just theoretical but directly relevant to the participants’ daily lives. Highlights from the Sessions 1st Session We opened with ...