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Here are a few stories of the people we assist and those we try to help get into the right situation for their growing needs. Deanna H ZANE has assisted Deanna H, an ex- teacher, with some new spectacles. Like so many civil servants she lost her pension and all her savings in the great…

An Old Legs 2022 Crocodile Tour update of the last days before the daring kayak tour begins. Last Days Of Preparations The remaining yachts of the Crocodile Tour support fleet, the Halcyon and the Sanyati set sail from Kariba for Milibizi at 06.00 on Monday May 2, skippered by Andrew Chadwick and Kevin O’Connor, crewed…

The Tour is about to start. On the 7th of May, we start paddling the Old Legs Crocodile Tour. For us kayak virgins, paddling 360 km into the wind from Milibizi to Kariba over 12 days will be like climbing Mt. Everest, just slower. You don’t train for Mt Everest by climbing Mt Everest. Apparently,…

Richard Stubbs Richard Stubbs is an avid sailor with lots of racing and lots of cruising under his belt, both in Zimbabwe and internationally. Other interests include hiking with the Mountain Club of Zimbabwe, travel and photography. When he’s not sailing or hiking, Richard is a farmer growing tobacco and horticultural crops.Richard will skipper the…

Mr Alan A had been on the ZANE books for almost 20 years. At the age of 95, he had been living in one of the retirement homes for a very long time and the ZANE team had got to know him well. He never married and had no family but was loved by several…

The Old Legs Tour is just 6 weeks away from paddling the length of Kariba in kayaks to raise money and awareness for Zimbabwe’s pensioners. To prepare for the Crocodile Tour, I rode the Cape Town Cycle Tour last weekend. It didn’t make a lot of sense at the time either. It was just my…

Dear Friend of ZANE, While we are all, quite rightly, focused on the terrible events in Ukraine and, of course, as we work out how to live with covid, it is often difficult to keep in mind the suffering elderly folk of Zimbabwe. It is hard to imagine, living as we do, in a place…

This is a snapshot of some of the ZANE beneficiaries as given by one of the ZANE carers: Jeanette We did a new Pensioners’ Aid assessment interview with Jeanette (72 years old). She is a pleasant woman who has worked hard all her life, managing to cope after her husband died about 16 years ago….

The Tour is scheduled to start May 8th 2022 with a paddle the length of Kariba in reverse, Milibizi to Kariba 380kms in kayaks, avoiding a few hippos and crocodiles along the way. Please help us using our very good partners ZANE in raising much needed funds for the oldies still left in Zimbabwe, just…

Here are some reports from the ZANE team members who visit and care for the elderly folk who are supported through the wonderful generosity of donors: Nancy We visited and assessed Nancy in her own home. She had been referred by a friend saying she is struggling financially, is riddled with arthritis and urgently needs…