<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Project Updates &#8211; Ancient Ways</title>
	<atom:link href="https://ancient-ways.org/category/project-updates/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://ancient-ways.org</link>
	<description>Helping Indigenous People to Help Themselves</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 02:33:01 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>
	hourly	</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>
	1	</sy:updateFrequency>
	

<image>
	<url>https://ancient-ways.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cropped-AncientWays-top-banner-2-32x32.jpg</url>
	<title>Project Updates &#8211; Ancient Ways</title>
	<link>https://ancient-ways.org</link>
	<width>32</width>
	<height>32</height>
</image> 
<site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">231489666</site>	<item>
		<title>Portia is Getting Back on Her Feet!</title>
		<link>https://ancient-ways.org/portia-is-getting-back-on-her-feet/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaiaen Beck]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 02:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Updates]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ancient-ways.org/?p=14117</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends of Zimbabwe, Its with much gratitude that I write to thank you for your assistance with our latest request for help for Portia (see May 28th blog). You cannot believe what a difference even $25 makes! Click here to donate now and enter Portia in the comment under Greatest Need. The good news [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">14117</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Rite of a Gentle Giant</title>
		<link>https://ancient-ways.org/the-rite-of-a-gentle-giant/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaiaen Beck]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2024 03:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Updates]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ancient-ways.org/?p=13099</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Carina Barros has made this wonderfully creative and insightful film in memory of Cosmas Magaya. She unexpectedly gifted us with this film – thank you Carina! We are posting this in honor of his birthday October 5th, 1953, as well as the 25th anniversary of Nhimbe for Progress and Ancient Ways’ 30th anniversary. I’m sharing [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">13099</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Our 30th Year Anniversary and Local Events</title>
		<link>https://ancient-ways.org/30th-anniversary/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaiaen Beck]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 08:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Performances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Updates]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://ancient-ways.org/?p=13046</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Autumn Greetings!&#160; &#160;It’s been a very full summer, and we have much gratitude now for all that is! We continue to celebrate our 30th year as Ancient Ways, and appreciate all that you have done to support and encourage us to reach out to our Zimbabwean neighbors through Nhimbe for Progress. Nhimbe is also in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">13046</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>2023 Mhandara Monthly Care Continues Successfully!</title>
		<link>https://ancient-ways.org/2023-mhandara-monthly-care-continues-successfully/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaiaen Beck]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2023 04:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth Well Being]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ancient-ways.org/?p=11186</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Our Mhandara Monthly Care (MMC) program continues with great success, as a direct result from your support! We already have 267 girls on the wait list for 2023. So far, we have only connected with our nearby Nhimbe girls and three other schools (Rukuma primary and Gavaza primary and secondary). With your help we can [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">11186</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Welcoming 2023 with Much Appreciation!</title>
		<link>https://ancient-ways.org/welcoming-2023-with-much-appreciation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaiaen Beck]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2023 23:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Updates]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ancient-ways.org/?p=10845</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[There is much gratitude we share in this post…thank you ever so much for your ongoing support! We can’t do it without you. Those who have sent the funds that you want to earmark for one or more of our programs have come through. You have made our planning for 2023 a workable reality. There [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">10845</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>November Update from Zimbabwe!</title>
		<link>https://ancient-ways.org/november-update-from-zimbabwe/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaiaen Beck]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2022 22:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Updates]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ancient-ways.org/?p=10488</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Early winter greetings from here in Lacomb and summer greetings from Zimbabwe! Some rain has started for them, but is slow coming at this point. Our well building lid painter is busy painting as many lids as possible before the land begins getting soaked. We are hopeful that they have a good summer rainy season, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">10488</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Nhimbe Preschool&#8217;s 20th Anniversary!</title>
		<link>https://ancient-ways.org/20th/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaiaen Beck]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 23:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Updates]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ancient-ways.org/?p=9748</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The Nhimbe for Progress Preschool has been in operation for 20 years! Wow…what an achievement! Febby Shava has been in charge this entire time and, like a good wine, is only getting better with time. I would think it would get harder as one ages (I’m recalling she is in her early-mid 50’s), but maybe [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9748</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Thank You Soooo Much!</title>
		<link>https://ancient-ways.org/thank-you-soooo-much/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaiaen Beck]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2022 02:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wells]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ancient-ways.org/?p=9577</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Your rapid and generous response has made it possible to give a go-ahead for building the four elderly widows’ wells! It is with incredible gratitude that the members of Nhimbe and all of us involved say “Tatenda Chaizvo”.&#160; You know, over there, when one person sees that there is an improvement for their neighbor, it [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9577</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Urgent Request – Elderly Need Water!</title>
		<link>https://ancient-ways.org/urgent-request-elderly-need-water/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaiaen Beck]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2022 17:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wells]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ancient-ways.org/?p=9569</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[End-of-summer greetings to all!  We are deep in the well building process for the nine wells that were donated this year, and that is very exciting.  The rainy season is coming soon enough, and these wells must get completed before then.  We are making good progress, but, what has surfaced is a need for four [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9569</post-id>	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Summer Greetings from Lacomb!</title>
		<link>https://ancient-ways.org/summer-greetings-from-lacomb/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jaiaen Beck]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2022 19:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth Well Being]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ancient-ways.org/?p=9372</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Hope this finds you and yours well, and enjoying your summer. The weather variability is one of the hottest topics of conversation all over the world. It is sizzling here for our little web feet…the frogs and ducks prefer more moisture! LOCAL MID-VALLEY UPDATE We have been very wrapped around gigging the mid-valley, from Scio, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">9372</post-id>	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

<!--
Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: https://www.boldgrid.com/w3-total-cache/?utm_source=w3tc&utm_medium=footer_comment&utm_campaign=free_plugin

Page Caching using Disk: Enhanced 

Served from: ancient-ways.org @ 2026-06-04 13:54:34 by W3 Total Cache
-->