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I had a favourite uncle who lived in Finland. He taught me how to quaff 40 percent vodka, which might have had something to do with his popularity stakes within the family. He told me that Finnish people love quaffing vodka. I was just twenty at the time and not yet familiar with the term…

With the help of several donors, ZANE has been delivering parcels that contain food and coronavirus protection kits – these have had a huge impact on the wellbeing of some of our beneficiaries as you can see from the report from our Zimbabwe teams: We did our normal food deliveries but this time with a…

With the help of several donors, ZANE has been delivering parcels that contain food and coronavirus protection kits – these have had a huge impact on the wellbeing of some of our beneficiaries as you can see from the reports from our Zim teams below: We have been delivering food and PPE (Personal Protection Equipment)…

March 4th, 2021 This week has been tough with not a lot of funny out there to write about. I had to drop off a Zimmer frame with an elderly lady trapped in her bed for nearly a week, because her legs have stopped working. She was crying not so much from the pain, but…

A message from our food distribution manager in Harare: With the new year well and truly underway, I just wanted to look back on last year. Leading up to Christmas there is always a mad scramble to collect gifts of food and other items and make sure that all donors who have pledged food products…

Hilda was limping and complaining of pain in her leg. She is desperately lonely and needs to talk a great deal, saying she is isolated, has no one to keep her company, can’t spend much time with the other residents as they are all difficult to talk with according to her. Jean is not a…

Sylvia phoned Sandy at 4.45 a.m. on Sunday morning, saying she urgently needed money to see her doctor for her painful leg. We delivered to her at speed on Monday morning, even though we knew we’d be seeing her on Wednesday. When I visited her on Wednesday, she was well and happy and had not…

Kathy came into the office to do her brother’s renewal form. For many years Kathy has been supporting her brother and paying his medical shortfalls. However, this is becoming very difficult as Kathy is now 73 and still working, but fears this will soon come to an end. Eric also came into the office to…

This week’s report, sent by a ZANE fieldworker. Peter is always gentle, quietly spoken, and very grateful for the help he receives. When possible, he repairs speed bikes for a small fee but for the past month has had no work. He is surviving as usual but I can see it’s hard on him. He…

News coming out of Zimbabwe both before and after Christmas shows how desperate the situation for the old folk has become. Here is one report sent by a ZANE fieldworker in December last year. We are now in an extremely busy time of year with assessments and renewals, deliveries to numerous people, visits particularly to…