Sausage Trees, Teachers and Zimbabwe’s Education Crisis
Cathy Buckle has kindly given us permission to post her latest letter from Zimbabwe. While we in Australia battle to come to terms with the terrible bushfire crisis, we also keep in our minds and hearts the ever more desperate situation in Zimbabwe where millions of people are facing severe food shortages if not outright... Read More
Zimbabwe Pensioners Becoming Destitute In Declining Zimbabwe Economy
The letter below was sent to us by a concerned friend of Janice whose name we have changed to safeguard her identity – but the story is heartbreakingly true: I have known Janice since the early seventies when she started work as a secretary and worked at various companies eventually becoming the personal assistant to... Read More
Friday – Snapshot Of A Week As A Field Worker For ZANE
The role of field worker for ZANE in Zimbabwe is hugely challenging but also very rewarding. Every day is different; one cannot predict what the week will bring. I might start Monday full of hope and end it in tears of frustration. Equally, I might have the worst start to the day with a traumatic... Read More
Thursday – Snapshot Of A Week As A Field Worker For ZANE
The role of field worker for ZANE in Zimbabwe is hugely challenging but also very rewarding. Every day is different; one cannot predict what the week will bring. I might start Monday full of hope and end it in tears of frustration. Equally, I might have the worst start to the day with a traumatic... Read More
Wednesday – Snapshot Of A Week As A Field Worker For ZANE
The role of field worker for ZANE in Zimbabwe is hugely challenging but also very rewarding. Every day is different; one cannot predict what the week will bring. I might start Monday full of hope and end it in tears of frustration. Equally, I might have the worst start to the day with a traumatic... Read More
Tuesday – Snapshot Of A Week As A Field Worker For ZANE
The role of field worker for ZANE in Zimbabwe is hugely challenging but also very rewarding. Every day is different; one cannot predict what the week will bring. I might start Monday full of hope and end it in tears of frustration. Equally, I might have the worst start to the day with a traumatic... Read More
Monday – Snapshot Of A Week As A Field Worker For ZANE
The role of field worker for ZANE in Zimbabwe is hugely challenging but also very rewarding. Every day is different; one cannot predict what the week will bring. I might start Monday full of hope and end it in tears of frustration. Equally, I might have the worst start to the day with a traumatic... Read More
Christmas Message 2019 From Zane Australia
Dear Friends of ZANE, Another year has gone by and still the suffering of our beloved fellow Zimbabweans seems to get worse by the day. We are constantly humbled by the resilience of the people who struggle to survive and the bravery of the ZANE teams on the ground who continue to find... Read More
Doctors Or Cars. Zimbabwe Chooses Cars And Fires 286 Doctors
Cathy Buckle has very kindly given us permission to post the following letter from Zimbabwe. The situation is deteriorating every day and the crisis of food, medicine, cash, and utilities daily grows worse for the many elderly folk and other vulnerable people in Zim who rely on ZANE for survival. All donations to ZANE go... Read More
Citizens Must Prepare For Zimbabwe’s Economic Armageddon
Cathy Buckle has kindly given us permission to share her latest letter from Zimbabwe. Our hearts are heavy with sadness about the suffering of most Zimbabweans – the plight of the elderly is getting worse every day as they try to grapple with the enormous complexity of the money situation and finding food, medicine and... Read More
Ana Runs The Melbourne Half Marathon To Raise Money For Zimbabwe Pensioners
Ana Passaportis has become the latest InZANE person and has agreed to run the Melbourne Half Marathon on Sunday 13 October. Ana has two little girls aged 3 and 2 but somehow has found time in her life to put the suffering Zimbabweans at the forefront of her mind and do this gruelling run to... Read More
Blog Post 9: Mikes 4,265km Hike For Zimbabwe Pensioners Ends
ZANE would like to offer a huge thank you to Mike for his incredible achievement of completing the ‘thru hike’ of the Pacific Crest Trail – 4,265 km ((2,650 miles). From the deserts of Southern California and the snows of the Sierra Nevada to the Canadian border, Mike was inspired to keep going in the... Read More