The Dzikwa Trust Fund was established as a legal entity and began its activities in Zimbabwe, in September 2002. We decided to establish the Trust Fund as we needed an official channel through which we could receive donations and make investments or longer-term contracts in Zimbabwe. A copy of our charter is available to our sponsors, on request. 

In the Zimbabwean language of Shona, the word “Dzikwa” means being on a firm ground/having a strong foundation. Seppo came up with name originally as a shortened version of the name of the area in which the Fund carries out its activities: “Dzivaresekwa”, it was only afterwards that Steve Chifunyise explained what the word “dzikwa” means in Shona.

The Dzikwa Trust is currently made up of the following members:

• Stephen Joel Chifunyise (playwright and former Permanent Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Education; Mr Chifunyise is responsible for the children's cultural and sports activities), Chairman of the Dzikwa Trust Fund
• Yedzai Ruwadzano Dune (teacher; contact person since 1993; Mrs Dune attends to the primary school additional tutoring), Vice Chairperson of the Trust
• Elisabeth Dick-Malunga (business woman from Harare; Mrs Dick-Malunga is our local fundraiser) 
• Seppo Ainamo (founder and coordinator of the project; Mr Ainamo oversees the field work in Dzivaresekwa and maintains contact with sponsors in Finland, Germany, England, Scotland and Norway)
• Oili Wuolle (retired capital adequacy specialist from the Finnish Financial Supervision Authority, Mrs Wuolle is promoter and fundraiser; she also coordinates the collection of resources and maintains communication with the sponsors as well as other bodies interested in the Trust Funds activities)
• Priscilla Takawira (teacher and Dzikwa Trust's assistant director; Mrs Takawira is special coordinator for the children in the boarding school and to the secondary school children's additional tutorials), Secretary

In 2006 the Dzikwa Trust Fund held five board meetings. Seppo attended all of them and Oili was present at two of them.  Petronella Moyo has worked as field worker for the Trust and Assan Mponda has taken care of the Dzikwa rust Funds books.

The Dzikwa Trust has been the direct recipient of some donations materials and resources required for its activities.  Canon, Finland has donated both digital and traditional cameras, which have both proved very useful. The Finnish diplomatic mission in Maputo, Mozambique has donated two computers for the Dzikwa Trust's use.

Camelsa Chartered Accountants (Zimbabwe) is responsible for auditing the Dzikwa Trust's accounts.