Part of the series "Early Childhood Development: Practice and Reflections," this report details the Kushanda Project, an early childhood education program in Zimbabwe. The Kushanda Project is a 16-person organization that has helped parents in rural Zimbabwe communities to understand the value of early childhood education and development. Since 1985, the Project has provided training to early childhood education and care center (ECEC) teachers and has worked to establish preschools. Beginning with a small preschool established with support from the Bernard van Leer Foundation on an agricultural cooperative, 9 years later the Project encompasses 150 ECEC centers, caring for 5,000 children in two areas of rural Zimbabwe in Chinyika and Marondera. This report highlights the viewpoints of people involved in the Project--teachers, staff, and parents--using their own words to tell the Project's story. The chapters follow: (1) "The Kushanda Project"; (2) "Early Childhood Education in a New Nation"; (3) "Small Beginnings"; (4) "The Marondera Programme"; (5) "The Chinyika Programme"; (6) "Adult and Health Education"; (7) "The Federation of Kushanda Pre-schools: The Seeds of a Movement for Community Control and Ownership"; and (8) "Conclusion: Carrying the Torch." (BGC)