Zimbabwe 2014

‘Rescue and restore children by establishing families, instilling hope

and preparing them for the future.’

Our organisation, ‘Mind the Gap – Africa’, under Bulawayo Baptist Church wants to. . .

We have 17 children who have been orphaned or abandoned

living in a Family ‘Forever’ Home.

Meet Jeffrey We took him into our third

home from a large institution

of 40 children.

In the institution he was unhappy and never smiled

After one week of being with us, in a home with a mummy and seven brothers and sisters he changed and is now a happy little lad.

Meet Thomas

He had been abandoned and had been in hospital for several months

He came to live with us in January 09

He is HIV, was malnourished and a very sick little boy

Then 18 months later. . . the right nutrition, ARV drugs taken

regularly and plenty of love

Education is important

Our teacher

Playing is important too!

8% of the population of Zimbabwe are orphaned or abandoned children. . .

that’s around 1.2 million children

What more can we do?

We have bought a 30 acre farm on which to build a Children’s Village.

Welcome!

The farmhouse

We are hoping to build 12 of these houses to home 8 children in

each

The gardens

We need to farm and rear animals and become as self sufficient as possible

And the children need to learn the skills they need to survive

We now have 400 layers and are selling eggs to raise money to care

for the children.

The hen house

Siyabonga. . .

Thank you for your interest in our children in Zimbabwe