Tanaka, Tafadwa and Tatenda, girl triplets, were delivered at home bytraditional midwives, into a loving family with three other siblings.

Chipo Mapaike volunteers at our Home-Based Care and Orphans and Vulnerable Children projects and she is the District Coordinator for all the HIV and AIDS ministries in her area.

Simon was sick and feeling down. One of our volunteers in the same community heard about his plight and visited him at his home.

Melody Matika is mother to Elson and Audrey Gwarada. The father deserted the family when the wife was scanned during pregnancy and it was established she was carrying twins.

Three women, Farai, Event and Martha have teamed up to do a sewing project where they make bed sheets and pillow cases for sale. 

Nyarai is a widow and has lived alone since her husband died of AIDS in 2005. After her husband grew sick and died, she went for an HIV test and discovered that she was HIV+.

In June and July 2011 we ran a special ministry to train local volunteers in providing HIV sufferers relief from muscle pain, a side effect of the anti-retrovirals—a prescribed medication.

Nutrition gardens have become a major inspiration for volunteers and children.

Jane Musanesa has lived with HIV for four years, and has been on ARVs all that time. She has five children and is widowed.

2011 has already been a busy year for our Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Program. Below is an outline of the work that has been done recently.