IMC Project Updates

We are very pleased with the way the sewing program and the carpentry program are running.

Emilio and the boys are doing well. It is great to see the boys able to earn money and learn a trade at the same time. Emilio has become an excellent carpenter. We made a baby crib for the young woman in the picture.

It has been so good to return to Zimpeto after a season in Canada. It has been great to see all of our friends and the children, and the young  men and women that we work with.

Bob has been busy with the carpentry training program, building some doors and windows, a desk and a bench.They also  tore out the old play ground equipment on base. The children were not too happy! What they didn’t know was that a company was coming in to put up some new equipment shortly thereafter.

One day whilst chatting to Vovo (grandmother) Salimina, she took a liking to my necklace and asked me to buy one for her. I asked her when her birthday was (thinking I would give her one on her special day), and her response was “I don't know.” Then she realised why I was asking and suddenly said, “It's tomorrow!”  

It is actually quite common here that older people especially, have no idea of even what year they were born, and have no documents to help them. Since Vovo was definitely worth celebrating, we chose a date and gave her a birthday party!

Our reintegration team have been busy the last months. A number of new children have been accepted into the centre, two of them suffering significantly from infectious diseases.

We have been able to reintegrate over 15 children back into their families and have built approximately six small houses to help these families have room to be together again.