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As always, we will ride to raise money and awareness for Zimbabwe’s pensioners with ZANE Australia as our charity of choice. Nicky Passaportis and her team work tirelessly to change and save the lives of those pensioners who lost everything in the hyperinflation. Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mt Everest. He…

The following reports have come through from the ZANE carers and show, yet again how desperate life in Zimbabwe is for the elderly and their terrible plight. If you can help, please follow the links below – every cent goes to where it is most needed. Nancy Nancy P. was referred to us by another…

I’m climbing Mt Everest on my bike, 8849 meters of up for Zimbabwe pensioners. So far, I’ve climbed 5296 meters. To tell the truth, I am struggling with this challenge, more with the heat than the steep. Because it is bloody hot out on the mountain, my face feels like it has been in a…

One of the important things to remember about ZANE is that all the beneficiaries are known personally by at least one of the team of carers who are on the ground in Zim. We received the following report from one of those amazing volunteers and would like to share it with our readers so that…

Challenges are good. They force you out of your comfort zone. But sometimes challenges are not so good, especially if you are a pensioner in Zimbabwe. For Zimbabwe’s pensioners, life’s challenges are steep like mountains. Please be introduced to Peter Shaw. His mountain is steep like Everest, and he has to climb it quickly, but…

The latest reports from Zimbabwe show yet again how difficult life is for those elderly folk who have lost everything. The ZANE carers go about their work with love and kindness, bringing light and dignity into lives that have been blighted through the horrors of bad governance. However, it is the ZANE donors who quietly…

The following report from one of the ZANE carers shows again the kind of loving intervention that ZANE can make with the old folk of Zimbabwe who have lost so much. Sometimes it is simply spending time and giving practical assistance rather than spending money on helping, and because every single beneficiary is known by…

Apologies for the long no speak. It’s been 7 weeks since our Zanzibar Tour and I’ve been off the bike a lot, getting over eye operation number 9. For the sake of those who can’t leave Zimbabwe, like our beleaguered pensioners, we have to carry on peddling hope in Zimbabwe, not despair. And that job…

When ZANE carers were asked to visit Sandy and Ian in their little flat, they were sad to find an elderly couple in deep distress. Sandy has been diagnosed with breast cancer, and Ian, needing a walker to get around after breaking his hip last year and not having access to proper rehabilitation, has not…

Here are some of the difficulties being faced daily by the ZANE carers as they reach out to the many elderly folk struggling to make ends meet as Zimbabwe continues it’s decline into chaos. It has been a very busy month with Zane Aid deliveries and assessments. Generally, the focus seemed to revolve around the…