The reports from the outstanding ZANE caring team in Zimbabwe demonstrate once more how urgent the need is for both physical aid and the time the carers can devote to isolated, scared, and elderly people who are trying to survive.
Even though the most vulnerable people are being hit harder and harder by events around the world, your support is what keeps this work going. We appreciate your kindness and concern and want to reassure you that every dollar you provide is put to the best possible use.
Don
After our visit to Don L, we decided that since we could not assist with his operation costs we would pay for his monthly heart medication. These cost him $75 every month. Don was extremely grateful to hear this news.
Hilda
My visit to Hilda T. was very rewarding, she was so excited to see me, saying “I am so lonely, thank you for visiting me”, this made me feel like I was doing something grand, but yet it was just 40 minutes out of my day.
Although Hilda lives with her son, he is at work all day, leaving her alone without home help. Hilda suffers from deep thrombosis in her legs and requires a lot of monthly medication which ZANE is presently paying.
Hilda is very grateful for our financial support but more so for the time we take to visit her.
Ron
I visited Ron M after receiving a message from his wife Mavis, saying he was not doing well. Whilst Ron recognised me and welcomed me, I noticed he was vague not really present as his body begins to shut down.
Ron has a ‘living will’ so will be made comfortable but not resuscitated when the time comes. Mavis is doing her best to be brave, however this situation is always harder than one thinks, when the time arrives.
* Names and images may have been changed for privacy reasons
If you are already a ZANE donor, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. If you are not a donor but would like to be, please follow the link below and know that every donation, however big or small, goes directly to where it is most needed. If you would like to help but can’t donate, please join the ZANE family and ‘like’ or ‘share’ our posts or write us a Google review – every positive step helps spread the word about the life changing work ZANE does.
Thank you – Nicky Passaportis ZANE Australia
Please donate to support pensioners struggling to survive in Zimbabwe
Any assistance is greatly appreciated and goes a long way to giving our pensioners a better quality of life and lift the pressure of money worries which is very debilitating emotionally.
(Donations made to ZANE in Australia, are tax-deductible)