THREE EXCITING UPDATES:

1) THANKS TO SEVERAL VERY GENEROUS DONORS, ZIENZELE HAS THE MEANS TO PURCHASE A NEW-TO-US VAN, ENSURING THAT NANCY AND PRISCA’S AUTUMN FIELD TRIP WILL HAPPEN AS PLANNED!

2) ZIENZELE WILL RECEIVE A GRANT FROM THE OBERKOTTER FOUNDATION, THANKS TO A HANOVER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN A LONG-TIME VOLUNTEER AND WALK-FOR-ZIENZELE STAR! THIS STUDENT WROTE AN ESSAY ABOUT ZIENZELE THAT NOT ONLY EARNED HIM A SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE OBERKOTTER FOUNDATION— THE FOUNDATION WAS MOVED ENOUGH BY HIS ESSAY TO MAKE A DONATION TO ZIENZELE! CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU, KIDDO!

3) WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE LISTEN CENTER—MUCH OF THE CLOTHING THAT WE SHIP TO ZIMBABWE FOR CHILD-HEADED HOUSEHOLD CHILDREN IS GIVEN TO US FOR FREE BY THIS AMAZING ORGANIZATION. THIS YEAR, LISTEN HAS A NEW DIRECTOR, ROB ROY MCGREGOR, WITH STRONG CONNECTIONS TO ZIMBABWE— HE LIVED IN ZIM FOR YEARS, AND WHEN HE LEARNED WHAT WE DO, HE REACHED OUT TO NANCY. HE HAS PAVED THE WAY FOR A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ZIENZELE AND LISTEN; WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE LOCAL ORGANIZATION!