Zimbabwe Opportunities to Give

The Chabadza Covenant Team has prepared a list of possible projects for churches not ready to enter a church-to-church covenant but who want to do something for our brothers and sisters in the Zimbabwe East Annual Conference. Projects with an asterisk are listed on the General Board of Global Ministries Advance for Christ and His Church. Send contributions for any of the projects listed below made out to Kansas West Conference to Treasurer's Office, 9440 E Boston, Suite 110, Wichita KS 67207. Write the name of the project on the memo line of the check.

Partner Ministries:

Compassionate Consultative Initiative Project

ZOE Ministry: Giving Hope to Orphans in Africa

Project Tariro: Helping HIV-AIDs patients and families to live positively in Zimbabwe, an initiative of United Methodist Deacons and Diaconal Ministers

Advance Projects:

UMCOR School Kits

Zimunya Skills Training Center (located in the Mutare District)

United Methodist Committee on Relief's Hospital Revitalization Program, which includes the following two hospitals in the Zimbabwe East Annual Conference:

Old Mutare Hospital - There is an excellent account about Old Mutare Mission Hospital that is included in the 10-fold project of the General Board of Global Ministries. Click on this link, scroll down the page, and then click on the link that reads: Old Mutare Mission Hospital update from Dr. Tendai Paul Manyeza.pdf.

Mutambara Hospital - Click to read the latest report, a Microsoft Word document.

A Generation of Hope: A program of the General Board of Global Ministries focusing on the eradication of HIV/AIDS and assisting AIDS orphans in Africa.

UMCOR Birthing Kits. You are responsible for shipping to the UMCOR depot.

AIDS Orphan Trust - To provide school fees, uniforms, books and other educational materials as well as some nutritional and health care support to the orphans and vulnerable children.

Other United Methodist projects in Zimbabwe listed in The Advance. Learn more about these projects on The Advance site.

Africa University Farm Development
Africa Universty Scholarships
Babyfold at Old Mutare Fairfield Children's Home
District Parsonage and District Offices
Emergency Fund for Students' Families at Africa University
Glen Norah United Methodist Church Orphan Trust
Home of Hope orphanages
Ishe Anesu Project for Underprivileged Children
Old Mutare Church, construction of a bathroom
Pastoral Support Fund
Toothpaste Club, a fund to support non-traditional students with families attending Africa University with living expenses
Zimbabwe Emergency - for humanitarian work carried out by the United Methodist Committee on Relief
Zimbabwe Undesignated - provides funding to the projects with the greatest need for support

District Projects:

Mufusira Retreat Center (located in Makoni-Buhera District)

Each of the districts outlined important projects located within their geographic bounds. For information on those projects, see the district profile pages:

General Needs:

Funds also may be designated for different types of needs to be used where ever they are most needed:

School fees, supplies and support
Scholarships for students at United Theological College in Harare, where most pastors in Zimbabwe East Annual Conference are trained
Agricultural projects
Health care project