Feed Zimbabwean Orphans, Body and Soul
SummaryWe’re not only keeping 160 Zimbabwean orphans alive. With sports, arts, medical programs and individual attention, we’re helping them to thrive even as their country crumples. |
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Zimkids works with 160 orphans in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, whose lives have unravelled. Their immediate families have been torn asunder by AIDS. The extended families that look after them are overburdened by the growing number of children falling into the care of a decreasing number of adults. Their country has collapsed, so schools are either closed or barely functioning. And local clinics and public hospitals they turn to for help have either ceased to operate or become too expensive.
Activities
We feed 160 orphans and offer workshops in drama and comedy writing, a chess club and choir, soccer, AIDS awareness training, a library, tutoring, and a clinic. We’re creating a program to teach gardening and increase our food supply.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $40,000
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $0
Total Funding Goal: $40,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Our goal is not only to keep the kids alive but to help them grow into productive adults, energized, assertive and ready to take initiative for themselves, their families and their community.
Project Message
“I wish every orphan in Zimbabwe had access to a program like Zimkids.”
- Shelley Lasker, Community activist
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Dennis Gaboury
Chair, Board of Trustees
126A Burnside Road
Burnside
Bulawayo,
Zimbabwe
263-9-241839
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Zimkids Orphan Trust
126A Burnside Road
Burnside,
Bulawayo
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
263-9-241839
http://www.zimkids.com
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Zimbabwe
and can also be found under 
Children.
For more information about Zimbabwe, read the Human Development Report on Zimbabwe or the Wikipedia entry for Zimbabwe.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 24, 2009
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