Midlands Diabetes Interest Group

11/11/2025

Globally, 7 in 10 adults (412 million people) living with are of working age. For millions of employees, diabetes is a daily reality – but in the workplace, it can often become a source of stress, stigma, and fear.

💪Ahead of (14 November), let's do more for diabetes at work.

Join International Diabetes Federation's campaign here 👉 https://pulse.ly/sro5o2qiba

11/11/2025

03/11/2025

Last Friday, Gweru city , the Ministry of Health and Child Care , and partners (including the Midlands Diabetes Interest Group!) supported Breast Cancer Awareness Month.🩷

​From an electric Zumba session and a powerful town march, to inspiring words from a survivor, the day embodied the theme: "Every Story is Unique, Every Journey Matters."

​Our team was proud to offer free blood sugar checks! ✅ Let's keep prioritizing early detection and health.

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17/10/2025

As approaches, let's remember this year's crucial theme: "Diabetes and Well-being," with a special focus on the Workplace.

This focus is a powerful call to action for employers, employees, and the global community to improve diabetes knowledge and create supportive work environments for people living with the condition.

Embracing this initiative, the Midlands Diabetes Interest Group has spent the past few weeks conducting and participating in workplace wellness events. Our team has proudly visited sites including Midlands State University, Bata Shoe Company, TelOne, Size Investments, and Gweru Provincial Hospital, among others.

📣As we continue counting down to WDD 2025, let's all commit to our motto: "Know more and do more for diabetes at work."

Global Diabetes Walk

02/10/2025

Midlands Diabetes Interest Group is participating in a wellness event at Gweru Provincial Hospital running under the theme "Fostering staff wellness" The program has also coincided with 🩷

✅Get screened early
✅Know your risk factors and prevention

18/09/2025

Today, our team is at Mkoba PolyClinic in Gweru, where they are conducting free blood sugar checks. Other services being provided include free doctor's consultations, eye testing and screening, dental checks, prostate cancer screening, HIV testing, family planning, blood pressure checks, nutrition and general health care. The Mkoba community turned out in its numbers to receive these free services.

02/09/2025

We are still buzzing with excitement from our Camp in Gweru! This three-day event was a huge success, packed with activities from zumba and ball games to quad biking and in-depth educational sessions. The kids learned so much and had a blast getting clarification on all their burning questions.

​We want to give a massive thank you to everyone who made this camp a reality. Your support means the world to us and, more importantly, to the children and families we serve.

​ A special thanks to our incredible sponsors and partners for their extraordinary generosity: SolidarMed Zimbabwe, Ministry of Health and Child Care, City of Gweru, International Diabetes Federation, Zimbabwe Diabetes Association, Panorama Global, Lili Grace Foundation, Gweru Specialist Children's Hospital, First Mutual Health, Friendship Bench - Zimbabwe, Lions Clubs International and Penplus partnership. Your support created a safe, educational, and fun environment for all our campers.

​ We also deeply appreciate the contributions from Harare Institute of Public Health, Size Inv Ta the Villag, Beam link, Booties Pharmacies, Diamond Pharmacy and Proffmed. Your donations were crucial to the camp's smooth operation and directly impacted the children's lives. We are immensely grateful to MkobaTeachers' College for providing us with a warm shelter and for their hospitable staff. Thank you to Padanga, you made our outing day beautiful and fun.

To our facilitators Tinotenda Dzikiti , Dr Mugari, Dr Chisema, Mirirai Chigova, Mercy Makono, we are ertenally grateful. Not forgetting Calvin CM Madula, you gave the kids hope and the strength to pick themselves up and move forward.

​Thank you for your collective effort and for helping us empower these kids with confidence and a strong sense of community. We couldn't have done it without you, and we can't wait to partner with you again soon.

06/08/2025

It's that time of the year where the children from all over Zimbabwe who are living with diabetes meet for their camp. We are hosting the Type 1 diabetes children's camp in Gweru at the Mkoba Teachers College from the 26th to the 30th.

As usual, we intend to give them the best service possible and supply them with as much information and resources as possible. For this camp to be a success, we are calling on everyone who is willing to partner with us and donate any amount of money or any other resource that these children use in their daily lives.

We will appreciate even foodstuffs to those who can send them to Gweru, t shirts, stationery, insulin, testing strips, you think of it, we'll appreciate it.

Help a child, bring a smile to someone, improve their chances for success and excellence.

Our contact info is in the last picture.

Thank you to all that have open hands and big hearts.

19/07/2025

This week, NANGO Zimbabwe hosted a two-day exhibition event, and the MidDIG team attended. Various organizations showcased their important work in the province, and MidDIG, as always, offered blood sugar and blood pressure checks. Over 100 people showed up at our gazebo for screenings, indicating an overwhelming turnout. The event presented immense networking opportunities, which was a key takeaway. Our team engaged most of the organizations there, establishing possible areas for collaboration and partnership. Overall, the event was a success and ended on a high note with live band entertainment.