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COVID-19 MAHEWU DISTRIBUTION<\/strong>
Visions of\u00a0Obert<\/a>\u00a0trying to capture and cook a tiny bird<\/strong>\u00a0for him and his Gogo have again been haunting us since schools in Zimbabwe closed due to the Coronavirus lockdown.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0

Last month<\/a>\u00a0we managed to reach 204 of the most vulnerable families, in one area, to deliver maize and soya from our\u00a0Conservation Agriculture<\/a>\u00a0farmers.\u00a0 The relief and gratitude from elderly grandmothers and child led households was emotional.

However before lockdown over 5,000 children were receiving a nutritious porridge-mahewu drink every day at school – we couldn’t help by worry,\u00a0what are they having now?<\/strong><\/em>

We had to be creative in\u00a0making sure the children still received the mahewu<\/strong>\u00a0– with 700% hyperinflation, a severe fuel and cash crises, lockdown restrictions and villages in impossible-to-reach locations – it had to be an impeccably organised operation by our small team, parent volunteers and school committees.\u00a0 The transport chain varied from large trucks with sacks of food to scotch carts and cattle navigating through dried up river ravines.\u00a0\u00a0We wanted to make sure we got food to the forgotten, beyond-reach children<\/strong>\u00a0and families so everyone has an equal chance!

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During our fundraising campaign we set a new challenge for ourselves –\u00a0to add 1,000 babies and toddlers<\/strong>\u00a0to our list of children receiving mahewu every day.\u00a0 We are so grateful to everyone who helped us reach that target and are happy to share with you that we have suceeded in delivering a supply of\u00a0mahewu to 6,000 babies and children for the next 3 months!<\/strong>\u00a0 Parents came to the schools, in small groups, to\u00a0 collect the food according to the register and the number of children in their care.\u00a0 Everyone expressed sincere gratitude and had the opportunity to talk with school staff and our small team in an attempt to release the heavy burdens they carry.THANK YOU!<\/strong>
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Thank you to Ruff’s Kitchens, The Phyllis Aspinall Foundation, WTMD, some private philanthropists and our loyal monthly donors for enabling us to feed the many desperate families in Zimbabwe.\u00a0\u00a0

“Us Zimbabweans know suffering! We have experienced very bad droughts, severe food shortages due to terrible economical problems and illness.\u00a0 But these days feel even more hopeless… all of those things just get worse.\u00a0 I can honestly say that it is only through people like you that we survive.\u00a0 We just don’t know what else to do or say… THANK YOU and please don’t forget us.”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Teacher, Makonde District, Zimbabwe\u00a0
\u00a0All donations are presently going towards nutrition relief to ease\u00a0suffering from starvation and contribute to health\u00a0and well-being (during\u00a0the Covid 19 pandemic).
PLEASE DONATE HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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