Funding a Orphanage for Abused Children in Africa

Hello Lovely Followers,

It's been busy over here in Zimbabwe as we are struggling more and more with corruption and government politics as we prepare for an election. Still we don't have time to worry about that as our children are growing up fast and keeping us really busy! 

Currently we have 105 children in our care, we are at capacity and we only have a steady funding income through sponsorship for 20 of them so things are tough but we smile and carry on everyday! Unlike many childrens' homes we really value family and that is why at our site we have 15 houses, it's like a village and each house has two house mom's that are responsible for their house and up to 7 children, we think this small ratio and style of living really makes our children feel apart of a small family within our village. 

On site we also have a computer suite, community rooms and other resources to help the children improve their education. Each house is equipped with 3-4 bedrooms for the children, a kitchen, a lounge area so they feel apart of a real home. Each house is responsible for their own chores including washing and the children learn to play their part within the family. 

Each house also has it's very own chicken farm where the children learn to care and grow the chickens and learn how to build a sustainable food source, it's an important way of life in ZImbabwe as shopping at the local supermarket is simply too expensive for anyone in the local communities. 

6 months ago Action Change with your donations installed an Aquaponics veggie system into the garden of 1 out of the 15 houses, this system now provides enough veggies for one whole house to survive - it's an amazingly sustainable approach for us and so we would love to build 14 more but the cost of one system is around $3,000 so it's going to be a long project to fundraise for but once we have them each house has a sustainable food source so we no longer need to actively fundraise to put food on the table. 

We thank you for your support of our newest project and we are so excited to see what we can build together, don't forget to simply reply to this email to get in touch with us if you want to know more or get involved as we love hearing from you!

Clive