The Zimbabwe Mission definitely needs more help. In a country located right below Zambia and right above Africa, the country is severely suffering. The economy has just about collapsed, and most citizens suffer in abject poverty. Food shortages are rampant.
The Zimbabwe Mission project is especially interested in giving these people help. They focus mostly on the orphans. This project are the operators and builders of the Heather Chimhoga Orphan Care Center. One of their goals is to provide 2 nutritious meals to a thousand orphans and preschool aged children each day.
Many of these children suffer from the disease AIDS and other serious diseases. Thankfully, they now have a full time nurse who helps meet the many medical needs. With an increase in donations of medicines and medical help they are seeing a decrease in the childhood mortality rates. But still, they need more.
They are now facing even tighter restraints with both policy and economic issues. Once items are donated, it is becoming increasingly difficult to receive the goods. They are trying to compensate by growing more local foods using on-site gardens. They have also found a particular tree, the moringa, to be especially high in things like protein, vitamin C, vitamin A, and calcium.
Each child must pay a required school fee. They are doing their best to make sure that this fee is paid for each child. A co-op is operated that makes the schools uniforms that the children must wear. They also work to supply school supplies, and to do renovations on buildings like the schools and libraries. They are drilling new wells to make sure clean, fresh water is always available. They are also teaching many local citizens trades for projects to produce personal income.
As is true almost any time a country experiences extreme poverty conditions, funds for needed items are usually in short supply. Many churches partner with them to help supply the needed items. However, sometimes they encounter difficulties in getting the items to them. The ability to purchase and ship nutritional foods like rice and beans has been hindered.
Various schools are trying to help by donating old school furniture and computers for their use. Many also hold clothing and/or food drives. Some focus primarily on getting the necessary personal hygiene items that are needed. Even with this help, they are in need of even more things.
Even with the many generous gifts of various organizations for the Zimbabwe Mission, they still encounter massive problems. Once donated, they often have difficulty getting the items shipped to their location. A lot of the sea shipping crates cost about ten thousand dollars or more to ship. Often needed donated items sit for long periods of time in storage, because no one has the money to pay for the shipping. Funds are needed to get the donations to them. Many very loving caregivers give up their time to help these children. We who are more fortunate, should at least be willing to donate to this very worthy cause. They definitely need our help.
The Zimbabwe Mission project is especially interested in giving these people help. They focus mostly on the orphans. This project are the operators and builders of the Heather Chimhoga Orphan Care Center. One of their goals is to provide 2 nutritious meals to a thousand orphans and preschool aged children each day.
Many of these children suffer from the disease AIDS and other serious diseases. Thankfully, they now have a full time nurse who helps meet the many medical needs. With an increase in donations of medicines and medical help they are seeing a decrease in the childhood mortality rates. But still, they need more.
They are now facing even tighter restraints with both policy and economic issues. Once items are donated, it is becoming increasingly difficult to receive the goods. They are trying to compensate by growing more local foods using on-site gardens. They have also found a particular tree, the moringa, to be especially high in things like protein, vitamin C, vitamin A, and calcium.
Each child must pay a required school fee. They are doing their best to make sure that this fee is paid for each child. A co-op is operated that makes the schools uniforms that the children must wear. They also work to supply school supplies, and to do renovations on buildings like the schools and libraries. They are drilling new wells to make sure clean, fresh water is always available. They are also teaching many local citizens trades for projects to produce personal income.
As is true almost any time a country experiences extreme poverty conditions, funds for needed items are usually in short supply. Many churches partner with them to help supply the needed items. However, sometimes they encounter difficulties in getting the items to them. The ability to purchase and ship nutritional foods like rice and beans has been hindered.
Various schools are trying to help by donating old school furniture and computers for their use. Many also hold clothing and/or food drives. Some focus primarily on getting the necessary personal hygiene items that are needed. Even with this help, they are in need of even more things.
Even with the many generous gifts of various organizations for the Zimbabwe Mission, they still encounter massive problems. Once donated, they often have difficulty getting the items shipped to their location. A lot of the sea shipping crates cost about ten thousand dollars or more to ship. Often needed donated items sit for long periods of time in storage, because no one has the money to pay for the shipping. Funds are needed to get the donations to them. Many very loving caregivers give up their time to help these children. We who are more fortunate, should at least be willing to donate to this very worthy cause. They definitely need our help.
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