Opening Speech
Honourable Minister and other officials here presented,
Your Excellences, dear colleagues, partners, guests, and friends,
Welcome to the Diplomatic Charity Bazaar 2026, welcome to this small piece of land on this Globe, but beautiful and colourful field full of nations, cultures, arts and craft, and of food diversity but gastronomy unity!
I am aware that all of you know very well what the DSA is – a voluntary organisation structured of spouses of Ambassadors and diplomats from the countries accredited to the host country here in Harare. Our core mission is to foster cultural exchange and goodwill between the diplomatic community and the people of Zimbabwe, to support welfare projects benefiting vulnerable groups, particularly women and children, and strengthen friendships between Zimbabwe and the international community.
For you here present, this Bazaar provides the chance to explore the world in one day without traveling, all while supporting important charitable causes. Very important is to announce that all proceeds from the Bazaar will go toward supporting various charitable projects across Zimbabwe, making a real impact on communities in need and bringing the tremendous changes in their life.
This year we have already successfully realized 4 projects, and parallel, were focused on helping our charity organization with donations and monthly supplies. Our main finished projects in 2026 were at the Sally Mugabe Hospital – “Quiet Room”, Takunda Deaf Art School, Norton School and Danai Home.
We are planning to continue with increased dynamic after the Bazaar and to finalize a several big projects already accepted and preliminary structured, but everything will depend on the amount of funds that we collect here at the Bazaar which will be added to our project budget for this fiscal year.
Now to look around the field – here are 26 Embassies from almost all continents – Africa, Asia, Europe, America, please visit their stand and look on the variety of country-specific specialties, including traditional foods and beverages, handicrafts, clothing, souvenirs, national costumes and folklore uniforms, sample and purchase items from across the globe without leaving Zimbabwe!
In addition, local Zimbabwean business companies, vendors, artists, craftsmen, and restaurant and cafeteria are ensuring that there is something for everyone to enjoy.
To organize such an incredible event like Bazaar is, DSA extend deepest gratitude to our main sponsors here presented at the field, 2 Platinum, ARIPO and St Tropez Hotel and 4 Gold, Hyatt Regency Harare the Meikles, Delta Corporation, Embassy of Russia and First Mutual Health. We also thanks to our 2 Silver sponsors – ZIMTRADE and Health Meal, 18 Bronze Sponsors as well as our Diamond partners – Old Georgians Sport Club, Diplomat Media Group, and Safeguard Security, for their invaluable support to this event.
This year, special attention within the Bazar` concept is given to show and celebrate national attire, traditional dance, and carnival and festival heritage, highlighting the rich cultural diversity of participating countries.
During the day, you will be witness of a full stage cultural program with performances by the famous and young artist who want to present themselves and support the charity work. Program will be, traditionally, leading and moderating by our famous and unreplaceable icon of Diplomatic Bazaar Mrs. Zaza the Zazalicious One, supported by one young and charmed co-MC Tinashe Simudzirayi. Please, visit also a kids’ corner and exercise the activities and games like the famous Kid`s passports are.
Do not miss to visit the DSA stall and buy Raffle tickets, there are really exciting prizes to win, such as Emirates flight tickets, Patrick Mavros jewellery, Sofas Company luxurious 3 seater sofa, St Tropez accommodation vouchers, Pakistani double knotted (handmade) rug and many other wonderful prizes up for grabs, coming from the Embassies and other sponsors/vendors representing the traditional art and craft, unique books and pictures, hotels accommodation, stays at top lodges in Zimbabwe or having a lunch or dinner at the amassing restaurants.
Dear guests, the KEY message we wish to send here at the Diplomatic Charity Bazaar 2026, with aim to promote a culture of respect, dignity, and charity is – TOGETHER WE GIVE, TOGETHER WE GROW! It is about our unity, solidarity, humanity, and tolerance. Also, another ONE message is of love, to each other, to our countries, families, to our world, one and unique!
From last year Moto – We are ONE, we are the WORLD, to this year Moto, we have already showed how the results can be successful when we are together, unified in our core missions and goals.
Regarding to the following Program, immediately after the opening ceremony, we will continue with a Flag Parade of Nations, and I am inviting now representatives from the participating Embassies to be prepared and display their national flags to symbolically mark the opening of the Bazaar.
Before we proceed with the Program, I have the extraordinary pleasure and great honour to introduce our special guest here, who came on behalf of the First Lady of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Ambassador of Gastronomy and Queen of Gastronomy in Africa, her Excellency dr Auxilia Mnangagwa – our dear and Honourable Minister of tourism and hospitality, Her Excellency Barbra Rwodzi!
She is one of the leading ministers in our host country, paying enormous efforts and energy to deal with all global challenges and natural risk and focusing to promote Zimbabwean beauty, natural and historical sites and landmark, as well as hospitality, amassing traditional gastronomy and culture of food and taste.
Our event with Honourable minister presented here will be additionally recognized as the real testimony of friendship, cultural exchange and an example how together we could create one nice picture of unity and solidarity between international community and host country.
Honourable minister, welcome to the DSA Bazaar, floor is yours!
Closing Speech
Dear Bazaar hosts and guests, partners and friends,
Unfortunately, we are very close to the end of our event. I hope you have enjoyed the program, visited all the stands, and found something that interested you. I hope you have succeeded to visit this our amassing world in a half of single day, to discover what is the secrecy and uniqueness of our wonderful countries, and that you are now more familiar with our cultures, traditions, natural beauties, and cuisines.
I wish this day you to keep in your memories exactly till the next chance to meet again. I apologize if we missed something or forgot to show you — we will double it and do match better next time.
Our Bazaar is now more than tradition — despite we hold it every year at the same time and at the same place, each year it grows bigger, more vibrant, more attractive, and more exciting. Do you know why? Because we are together and we did it together! “Together we Give, Together we Grow”! Now you can see exactly why we launched that Moto as our ID card! Congratulations to all of you, to your teams, to all people around this field and behind the scenes! Please one round of applause!
I am especially happy if you took home some reward from our Raffle and perhaps tried some of the challenging dishes around at the stands and tables, offered by our Embassies and host vendors today. You already knew that all proceeds from the everything we’ve organized today, go toward our charity projects — to help our dear fellow citizens in Zimbabwe and to brighten their everyday lives.
Thank you to all our DSA members, to the Embassies and Sponsors, partners, artists, and performers, to all the wonderful people and companies who worked hard for a month and days to set up this entire space and make our most important event easier to host. A big thank-you also goes to all the volunteers who helped at every corner and peace of soil, and to our gracious host country — together we have shown again that we can organize such a better event than last year, let`s say openly an unforgettable event.
So, see you next year! But, before that, now we prepared for you one surprise, one test to see are you tyred and how deep is your memory! Please come here closer and enjoy the rest of our spectacle.
Long live our Bazaar, our unity and exceptionality, our world — all in one place.
Thank you!
