Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Help Needed For The Zimbabwe Mission

By Katrina Wheeler


The Zimbabwe Mission very much needs help. Located right above Africa and under Zambia, the country is suffering dire financial issues. The economy has pretty much totally collapsed. The majority of the citizens are extremely poor. Most suffer with significant shortages of food.

The Zimbabwe Mission project is trying to help those in need. Their focus is especially on the many orphans. They built and operate the Heather Chimhoga Orphan Care Center. They try to provide at least two nutritious meals per day for up to a thousand orphans and preschoolers.

In addition to nutritional needs, a large portion of these particular children have either AIDS or other serious illnesses. A full-time nurse is now available to provide for many of their medical requirements. Generous donations of both medical help and medicines have helped to significantly reduce their child mortality rate. However, they can use even more help from others.

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.

They try to provide each child with the money for the required school fees that must be paid. They operate a co-op that produces the school uniforms that the children are required to wear. They also try to supply needed school supplies, and renovate buildings like the school and library. They help to drill new wells, so that the children can have fresh, clean water. They also help the local citizens in coming up with income producing projects.

Most places suffering with severe economic problems usually are short on funds. They are no exception. Even though they have partnerships with various churches to help with their need of food and supplies, they often encounter difficulties in receiving these goods. Nutritional foods like rice or beans are often very difficult to both buy and get shipped to them.

Many schools are trying to help their schools by giving old computers and school furniture. They often will also do clothing and food drives to try to help. Some work hard to gather personal hygiene items that are always in short supply. Even with this help, they could still use more donated items.

Even when people donate freely to the Zimbabwe Mission, problems still arise. They must have a means of getting the donated items to them. Many of the sea shipping crates used to ship the items can cost upwards of ten thousand dollars. Sometimes things donated to them sit in storage crates because they cannot be shipped to them. Any help that anyone is able to give to help them would be very much appreciated and needed. They have many loving caregivers who work hard to give them each a better life. Sometimes it is easy to forget just how fortunate we are. Perhaps we can lend them a much needed hand by donating funds or materials to these desperate people.




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