Helping Indigenous People to Help Themselves
Marimba Classes are ongoing on Mondays (two levels of Intermediate classes, plus 5 year olds), and on Tuesdays (a youth class at 4, and adult advanced beginning at 7 pm). If you are a beginner and are interested, whether an adult or child, please feel free to email us. Poten ...
There is still time to make your fully tax-deductible donation for 2011! By going to www.ancient-ways.org you can read about our partnership with Zimbabweans, which is uplifting rural residents and improving sub-standard living conditions, educational opportunities and acces ...
This 2011 video clip shows the joy of the girl guides who received 3 pair of panties in response to our "Underwear for Over There" Campaign. Many more girls received underwear but were not present at this Girl Guides Life Skills Learning Retreat in late August. In 201 ...
We are in the midst of envelopes and emails, sending you the latest news from the home front in rural Zimbabwe. Please keep your eyes open for this opportunity to connect. If you aren't on our mailing list (you will know within the week) please feel free to send us a quick ...
Our Nhimbe Marimba team was invited to participate at the annual prize-giving day at two of our local primary schools visit homepage. Prize-giving days are an event held each year at schools in Zimbabwe to recognize the outstanding students. Some of our own Nhimbe student ...
Just as the sun was coming up over the horizon, ZESA rescinded their offer to install the electricity at the “unbeatable price”. It has been suggested that after the first of the year they will be ‘in the money’ again and the offer might return. ...
ZESA, the electric company responsible for getting electricity to many homes in Zimbabwe, is proposing bringing the wiring from the main road to the Nhimbe Community Center for a reasonable fee. We will be partnering with a local business to do this. Currently we don’t need ...
Our Donhodzo Health Center provides services to anyone who comes to its doors without charge. We offer conventional approaches, traditional herbs, alternative methods and counseling. One of the alternatives is that our Senior Nurse has been trained in NMT (see nmt.md) and ...
The general staff budget received a raise of almost 14%. This is a drop in the proverbial bucket, but is a start. Unfortunately, when the Zim-dollarization occurred in early 2009, and our own US economy began its difficult shift, the costs increased in Zimbabwe and their wa ...
Our Senior Nurse reports: “All girls have been afforded underwear in a colorful presentation ceremony by our Director which coincided with the August Girl Guides Camp. This goes a long way in addressing the many sanitary issues of the girl child in our disadvantaged communit ...