God Disposes?—Pray for the agriculturally difficult situation in Zimbabwe

Posted on by 施達基金會

A farmer could only grow crops with the help of a fine weather, the fertile land, and the technique he/she possesses. Sadly, the weather is often against men’s will, and its impact reaches beyond the immediate food scarcity; the inability to store crops and seeds also hampers the subsequent farming activates. Unfortunately, the El noir in the past 3 years have caused severe drought in multiple eastern African countries, and a tremendous amount of people are suffering from famine, especially for countries like Zimbabwe, where over 65% of its population survives on farming.

Continue reading God Disposes?—Pray for the agriculturally difficult situation in Zimbabwe

CEDAR and Partner Working in Flash Flood Areas in Zimbabwe

Posted on by 施達基金會

Last year, the El Niño caused a drought in Zimbabwe that starved 4 million people; but since December, they have experienced constant heavy rain and even hurricanes last month that destroyed the homes of close to 2,000 families. The situation is still grim despite the relief efforts by the local government and organizations, including the ones supported by CEDAR.

Continue reading CEDAR and Partner Working in Flash Flood Areas in Zimbabwe

Fighting Poverty with Children in Zimbabwe

Posted on by 施達基金會

[ ‘SHARE’ Nov-Dec 2016 ] FOCUS ~CHILDREN MINISTRY

Author: Lincoln Chong

It’s kind of a dark humor to listen to your friends reminding you of the impoverished children in Africa upon the slightest hint of you wasting any food on the table. That however does depict how we typically imagine their current state to be, as the media often shows us pictures of the small African children with bloated stomachs due to malnutrition, who have generally no muscles to speak of. What the media failed to tell us was the aggregate of factors and backgrounds that caused these disheartening scenes. Zimbabwe in Africa, for example, has been notorious of its high rate of HIV/AIDS affection and an astronomically high rate of inflation. HIV/AIDS tore apart a lot of families and a lot of children lost their parents at a very young age, leaving them void of basic protection.

Continue reading Fighting Poverty with Children in Zimbabwe

Tertiary Students in Zimbabwe Serve the Youngsters in Love

Posted on by 施達基金會

Fortunate lived in Zimbabwe. She was abandoned by her mother when she was small and stayed with her 70-year-old grandmother. They are poor and all that Fortunate used to eat is ground maize. Her body is semi malnourished but her family cannot afford any other food or medication.

Continue reading Tertiary Students in Zimbabwe Serve the Youngsters in Love

Sustainable Development and Actions| Tsun Wan Yan

Posted on by 施達基金會

[ ‘SHARE’ Mar-Apr 2016 ] FOCUS ~ FIGHTING POVERTY

Written by: Tsun Wan Yan

We don’t know what our lives will come to in 15 years, not even in 5 days. However, one thing we can be sure of is that every action of ours counts toward our future, even the lives of those in our society and the world.

Continue reading Sustainable Development and Actions| Tsun Wan Yan

From life to livelihood, walking with Zimbabwean

Posted on by 施達基金會

Applying for birth certificate appears to be nothing extraordinary, but for the Zimbabwean it is far from certain.  Because of different reasons the Zimbabwean parents could not obtain birth certificate for their children, and their children will be limited by the lack of this certificate in their lives.

Continue reading From life to livelihood, walking with Zimbabwean