Ontario 5th Anniversary Ride

September 12, 2026

In September 2026, the Ride for Gutu Mission Hospital is celebrating its 5^th anniversary.

We are excited to invite you to support life-saving medical care and training at Gutu Mission Hospital.

As before our focus is to raise funds for building capacity in emergency maternal and infant healthcare in Gutu District, Zimbabwe.

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The ride will take place on Saturday, September 12, 2025, with multiple route options in Halton, Ontario. Cyclists will have the option to choose between a 50km or 100km ride, and if we have enough interest, we will add a challenging fast paced 160km route. Whatever route you choose, we promise a rewarding experience and a great day making new friends and riding your bike.

2026 Ride Goal

The fifth edition of the Ride for Gutu Mission Hospital fundraiser will support a surgical camp that aims to improve women’s health through gynecological surgeries. These will make it safer for women to carry pregnancies to term and avoid complications in labour and delivery. The camp transfers valuable medical skills from senior consultants to district level healthcare teams.

We will also offer training to staff on how to detect and manage life-threatening emergencies, include how to diagnose complicated pregnancies.

One of the critical factors that risk maternal, and new-born well-being is delayed access to competent surgical intervention, especially in emergencies. Experts in Zimbabwe have shown us that for about US$200 per patient, we can perform major surgeries at Gutu Mission Hospital to serve patients and train local doctors.

The 2026 goal is $60,000.00 to improve emergency surgical obstetric and anesthesia capacity through staff training and a surgical camp.

FUNDRAISING GOAL $60,000 - we have reached:
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Thanks to funds raised in 2025:

40 major surgical procedures. These surgeries are normally done at provincial and national level hospitals. By bringing experts to the district hospital, we served patients closer to their homes saving travel costs and enabling patients to have family support pre and post operatively. Each operation was an opportunity for the local medical team to work with specialists and thus gain valuable new skills.
120 dental procedures: we had the privilege of having two visiting dentists at Gutu who served the local community through an EMAS funded dental camp.

Your participation and generosity go a long way in supporting maternal and infant healthcare in Gutu and equipping healthcare professionals with the tools they need to provide life-saving care.

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Learn about last years Ontario Ride (Sept 6, 2025)

Gutu Mission Hospital

The risk of dying from pregnancy-related factors in Zimbabwe is far worse than in Canada.

Gutu hospital staff is hard working and has adapted well to working under difficult conditions and chronic shortages. It aspires to excellence, attaining good standards of cleanliness and patient care but is restricted by budgetary constraints, unserviceable and unreliable equipment, and aging infrastructure. Gutu Mission Hospital (GMH):

Is the district referral centre for 250,000 people in rural Zimbabwe

Serves as the first stop for medical emergencies from 30 smaller satellite clinics

Conducts 1/3 of all the in-hospital deliveries in the Gutu District.

Is the only hospital in Gutu District with a capacity for caesarean deliveries.

Trains nurses at a school of nursing and clinical departments.

EMAS Canada has been invited by the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe (RCZ) and Gutu Development Association to assist in the upgrading of Gutu Mission Hospital and training its medical staff. Maternity is the busiest department at GMH and is our primary focus.

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