Magwegwe North, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Impact: 

• School fee payments made for 102 children orphaned by AIDS
• Professional skills training for one community member
• Camps/retreats for 25 youth to "get away and be kids" while receiving needed grief counseling and support
• Food supplies for 100 people provided four times a year
• Implementing Foundations for Farming training for needy families in the community

Partners: Neighboring churches, Foundations for Farming, Christian Leadership Resource Center

There is a Pastor named Fibion, who roams the streets of Magwegwe, along with a team of young adults.  They are on a mission to know each home and each child in the community. They want to build the capacities of each family and understand the critical gaps that each caretaker is facing.  When we visit this church, we are always amazed at just how much they know and how much they are doing – way beyond what we are providing them funds for within their project with Forgotten Voices.

Kids are greeted throughout the week by special programs at the church, which is always busy with the laughter and hope of children.  Now, the church and its neighbors are busy preparing for a preschool that they hope to finish building this year or early next.  Brick by brick, the people of this church are building it up with their own hands, with some of the material costs provided by Forgotten Voices. Once built, the revenue generated from this preschool will help the church pay for the activities currently funded by Forgotten Voices.

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