E'Pap Zimbabwe

30/09/2021

Tonight the e'Pap Zimbabwe team mourns the loss of a dear friend and colleague, Pastor Albert Chatinda. We celebrate his life, his family and his commitment - especially to the most desperate and needy. For many years we have worked with him at the Killarney Squatter Camp where he brought this poverty stricken and forgotten community both spiritual and physical support, always with a gentle smile. Fly high Albert, we shall not forget you and your work through Zimbabwe Victims' Support Fund will continue.

13/07/2021

Fabulous e'Pap!

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29/05/2021

https://www.facebook.com/AfricanPlantHunter/videos/1258616801259522 Thank you Gus for your fantastic work African Plant Hunter

23/05/2021

A great project with committed people caring for their Binga community. Jabulani Mudenda and Fiona Hanson are legends. https://www.gofundme.com/f/zimbabwefoodmission?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_lico%2Bupdate&fbclid=IwAR3GkijojvBGhhBi0UqPtdAykKZ7hVaaBcNTJp9dj5i1glH5IlD1QlJlDaI

Zimbabwe Food Mission & Community Outreach programs - Facebook ZFM IS CURREN… Fiona Hanson needs your support for Zimbabwe Food Mission & Community Outreach

22/04/2021

Some of the bales of e'Pap en route to Cape Town. Thanks go to all who responded.

31/03/2021

The community Ngozi Mine dump famiies are so lucky to have people like Andisiwe B. Hadebe helping the children. How exciting that e'Pap is making such a difference. The funds raised on our backabuddy campaign https://www.backabuddy.co.za/champion/project/hope-in-a-cup has made sure these children have improved health. Thanks again to Tessa Lifschitz Shelley Kenigsberg and Glenda.

25/01/2021

25/01/2021

e'Pap Zim goes the extra mile!

With the rainy season now in full force and the drought finally broken, deliveries to the rural areas have become an even greater challenge. Last week we sent out nutritional support to over 3 000 children in Matabeleland North thanks to a very generous donor, but then it was how to get the product to the 15 different donations, many of them with dirt roads turned to deep, sticky mud and bridges unsafe for a large vehicle to cross.

But when the going gets tough, the tough get going and here is our team going back to old school transport.... and it works!

23/11/2020

We have just celebrated World Children's Day and what a time to do that, as our fund raiser to help give children hope and the nutritional support to improve their lives, has now raised over R70 000, including some private direct donations.

This means we can guarantee no less than 25 000 meals of e'Pap will be distributed in Zimbabwe to physically and mentally challenged children, orphans and vulnerable children.

The fund raiser https://www.backabuddy.co.za/champion/project/hope-in-a-cup remains live, so please remember that for less than the cost of an average pizza you can feed a child for a month and if under 6 years for 2 months!

There are so many to thank, but the first appreciation is to all of you who have opened your hearts to the less fortunate. Wow, what a journey this has been and how amazing are you!

The Joshua Nkomo National Foundation have very kindly facilitated this fund raiser and by doing so this Non Profit Organisation allows us to bring e'Pap into Zimbabwe Vat and duty free - without them it would have over a third more expensive. The funds are not going to the Foundation, but to a dedicated account set up by the e'Pap team in South Africa. In fact, all donations go direct to purchasing, shipping and delivering this wonderful product.

So many people have brought notice to the Kransdorff family in the comments on the fund raising page. The late Basil and his life partner, Rose Grealy Kransdorff, the team who brought e'Pap to the continent - what an incredible gift - thank you to you and your e'Pap Technology team.

A special thanks go to Arnold Kransdorff and his sister Esther McIntyre for their very generous direct donation along with their words which sum up the e'Pap work, "For science, and Basil and Rose’s better way of boosting the immune system - Arnold & Esther".

Last, but certainly not least, is the team who pushed to get this fund raiser launched.... a power women team, all from Bulawayo, all who keep their home town close to their hearts. Tessa Lifschitz, Shelley Kenigsberg and Glenda Fredman - you guys rock and your generosity of time and love means you have touched the lives of hundreds of innocent children - there are no words, but your inspiration means so much to so many. Siyabonga kakhulu.

2020 is nearly done and what a year it has been. We remain committed to supporting those less fortunate and once again thank you for your wonderful support.

You can be part of the hope. Isn’t that a lovely thing to know? What’s this about?     Zimbabwe was,

03/11/2020

You can be part of the hope. Isn’t that a lovely thing to know? What’s this about?     Zimbabwe was,

02/11/2020

The world is in chaos, but imagine if you were not able to provide more than one meal every two days for your family. Please help us to help the innocent children... those who are physically or mentally challenged, as well as the homeless living at the dump. Please support our easy to use backabuddy appeal and you all know that your money will go directly to the right place. Thank you all.

You can be part of the hope. Isn’t that a lovely thing to know? What’s this about?     Zimbabwe was,

04/10/2020

This has been a very sad week for all on the e'Pap team and the greater e'Pap family. Our precious Jeanne Louth passed away on Friday afternoon after a brief illness. She was the life of our little business, always compassionate, always ready to go the extra mile, always committed to helping the needy. Fly high our Jeanne and may you find peace. A long life to her family especially her beloved grandson, daughter Leah and partner Brian. Your warm presence leaves a great gap in our lives.

30/08/2020

Thank you Nozizwe Mother Of Nations Trust for sharing e'Pap distribution at Ngozi Mine - the rubbish dump on the outskirts of Bulawayo. Over 200 children live with families at the dump, most cannot attend school as they have no documentation and certainly cannot afford school fees. Through the exceptional work of people at the Trust, Pastor Andie and his wife Ntombei they are bringing hope to this community with some support to schooling and of course their food distribution. Thanks to old Zim friends in the past few weeks we have been able to supply over 2 000 portions of e'Pap to the children 1 to 6 years to help them meet their physical and intellectual milestones, something which is so difficult when these children are so undernourished. Feeling grateful.

12/08/2020

It has been a remarkable experience, to work with SOS Children's Villages Eastern and Southern Africa SOS Children's Villages International. What an amazing team.

07/08/2020

Today marks the end of "World Breast Feeding Week"

Joint message: UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
31 July 2020 Statement

The theme of World Breastfeeding Week 2020 is “Support breastfeeding for a healthier planet”. In line with this theme, WHO and UNICEF are calling on governments to protect and promote women’s access to skilled breastfeeding counselling, a critical component of breastfeeding support.

Breastfeeding provides every child with the best possible start in life. It delivers health, nutritional and emotional benefits to both children and mothers. And it forms part of a sustainable food system. But while breastfeeding is a natural process, it is not always easy. Mothers need support – both to get started and to sustain breastfeeding.

According to worldbreastfeedingweek.org….

The Cost of Not Breastfeeding

Globally, NEARLY 600,000 CHILDREN AND NEARLY 100,000 WOMEN DIE EACH YEAR DUE TO INADEQUATE BREASTFEEDING. These preventable deaths, combined with cognitive losses, and health system costs of inadequate breastfeeding leads to OVER $340 BILLION IN ECONOMIC LOSSES ANNUALLY. The data calls for immediate scaling up of financing and implementation of policies, programs, and interventions to meet the World Health Assembly’s breastfeeding target by 2025.

The e'Pap team has a dream to help support pregnant and breast feeding mothers with nutritional support to ensure mothers are able to give their children the best possible start in life. e'Pap is not for children under 1 year of age, but when the mother gets this support, both she and her child benefit helping to curb stunting, wasting and malnutrition.

31/07/2020

Good luck to the team!

29/07/2020

A great human, Michelle Keefe, from Africa Addict with a team will be walking to support Hwange Schools Project in their amazing work to help orphans and vulnerable rural children with feeding programmes, clothing, housing and education. Their walk will cover 126km from Victoria Falls to Msuna through some rugged terrain. Good luck to the team and please support this great initiative. https://www.backabuddy.co.za/champion/project/michelle-keefe

Greetings from Surge Social Media. We have set up this page to assist a friend in Zimbabwe as they cannot crowdfund there.  Michelle Keefe – our ver

13/07/2020

Another post from SOS - wow this Gogo is 101 years old!

July has been a very humbling month as SOSCVZ embarked on a supplementary feeding programme in partnership with Imire Rhino and Wildlife Conversation Trust. We distributed Epap to underprivileged children, most of whom walk long distances to school in Hwedza. The distributions were done at Numwa and Chizungu Primary Schools. In the picture below gogo Clara (not her real name) 101 years old was so relieved to recieve highly nutritious E'pap porridge which will help to feed her two orphaned grandchildren.