Silveira House
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| leader_name = Gibson Munyoro
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Silveira House is a Jesuit centre for religious training and education located in Chishawasha, on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe.{{cite book|author1=Janice Jiggins|author2=Niels G. Röling|title=The Role of Extension in People's Participation in Rural Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jx5FAAAAYAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Human Resources, Institutions, and Agrarian Reform Division, FAO}} Founded in 1964, it is named after Gonçalo da Silveira, the first Jesuit priest to come to Zimbabwe in the 16th century.
History
Silveira was founded in 1964 by John Dove,{{cite book|author=Peter Godwin|title=The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IAAw54ZQ_X8C&pg=PT56|date=23 March 2011|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=978-0-316-12331-0|pages=56–}}{{cite book|author=S. I. G. Mudenge|title=Christian Education at the Mutapa Court: A Portuguese Strategy to Influence Events in the Empire of Munhumutapa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ls4KAQAAIAAJ|date=1 January 1986|publisher=Zimbabwe Publishing House|isbn=978-0-949932-69-3}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.herald.co.zw/silveira-house-founder-dies|title=Silveira House founder dies {{!}} The Herald|website=www.herald.co.zw|language=en-US|access-date=19 October 2017}} who remained at Silveira House until 1984.
In the late 1960s and 1970s, Silveira House became a centre for trade union education and political organizing.{{cite web|url=http://www.sundaymail.co.zw/celebrating-the-life-of-father-john-dove/|title=Celebrating the life of Father John Dove – The Sunday Mail|first=Zimpapers|last=Digital|website=www.sundaymail.co.zw}} With the establishment of Zimbabwe as an independent nation in 1980 and new opportunities for the black majority, Silveira continued its programs in civic education for political participation,{{cite web|url=https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2017/12/14/interview-zimbabwean-jesuit-who-mediated-mugabes-fall-power|title=An interview with the Zimbabwean Jesuit who mediated Mugabe’s fall from power|date=14 December 2017|publisher=}} and in skills training, agriculture, and community building. With the economic woes of the 1990s, Silveira launched programs in peacebuilding, lobbying, and advocacy, and increased its technical training capacity.{{cite book|author=Elias Omondi Opongo|title=Peace Weavers: Methodologies of Peace Building in Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IOkjAQAAIAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Paulines Publications Africa|isbn=978-9966-083-33-3}}{{cite book|author=Silveira House|title=Silent voices: indigenous languages in Zimbabwe : a report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L5MbAQAAIAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Weaver Press|isbn=978-1-77922-050-9}}
In 2014 the house celebrated its 50th anniversary.{{cite web|url=https://www.newsday.co.zw/2014/09/silveira-house-celebrates-50-years/|title=Silveira House celebrates 50 years - NewsDay Zimbabwe|website=www.newsday.co.zw}}
In 2018 Silveira House organized an indaba for the 23 Zimbabwean presidential candidates.{{cite web|url=https://www.newsday.co.zw/2018/07/ed-dodges-chamisa/|title=ED dodges Chamisa – NewsDay Zimbabwe|website=www.newsday.co.zw}}{{cite web|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201807180528.html|title=Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa, Chamisa to Meet Before Presidential Election?|date=18 July 2018|publisher=|via=AllAfrica}}