ZANE - Zimbabwe a National Emergency

ZANE Pensioners Appeal
There are some 6000 old aged pensioners in Zimbabwe.
Their position is desperate and grows worse daily. Some are in receipt of devalued pensions from the Zimbabwe government; but as the rate of inflation is around 1.7 trillion percent and rises monthly, the elderly have no way of keeping pace... The care homes face a terrible financial dilemma of unlimited need, yet they have no money or resources to match.

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WHAT WE DO FOR ZIMBABWE PENSIONERS IN RETIREMENT HOMES

The targeted elderly people are those on local pensions, or in some cases, without pensions at all. They will have lived in Zimbabwe most or all of their lives and may well have been part of the war effort in World War ll. Their pensions and savings will have diminished to such an extent that they can no longer afford to live and many receive no (or very little) assistance from their relatives. Some in fact have been abandoned by relatives who have now moved country and have no more to do with them whatsoever.

There are many Zimbabwe pensioners in these categories in the retirement homes.Because of the ravages of hyper-inflation the management personnel of the homes are facing an endless series of crises and many of them are now near to breaking point. They are unable to buy essential items such as bread, meat, eggs or milk and neither can they carry out essential repairs on their homes. Further, they cannot regularly buy petrol, diesel, lavatory paper, shampoo, soap, toothpaste or cleaning materials. ZANE is working with the homes to keep them open for the sake of the Zimbabwe pensioners.

Although it is a very sobering experience to visit these places, these visits are also uplifting due to the home staff's spirit of determination in dire circumstances. The Zimbabwe pensioners themselves are proud and reluctant to talk of their problems.

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• World’s fastest shrinking economy • World’s highest rate of inflation • According to the World Bank “The Zimbabwean economic meltdown is the worst outside a war zone” • It ranks last in the Fraser Institute’s Annual Economic Freedom of the World report • The World Food Programme has named Zimbabwe as one of the Global Hunger Hotspots • It is estimated that only 10% of the winter wheat crop has been planted due to shortage of fuel and fertilizer • 70% of commercial agriculture has been destroyed • 45% of the population are malnourished • Population was 12 million in 2000 now in 2007 thought to be 8 million. Up to 4,000 leave each day • 85% unemployment • 25% of all Zimbabweans are in political or economic exile, the biggest proportional mass movement of a population in modern history • 25% of the population are living with AIDS, but with the exodus of people it might be as high as 40% • 20,000 documented murders in Matabeleland in the 1980s • Life expectancy for women is 34 and for men 37 • Zimbabwe has the highest number of orphans per capita • AIDS related deaths produce 350 orphans each day • 4 out of 5 hospitals in rural areas have no doctor
Please will you help us? Any contribution, however modest,
will make a difference.
ZANE has a first class team on the ground across Zimbabwe. ZANE has systems in place that ensure that every pound donated, is used to its maximum advantage. The money will be prudently used and will go towards the relief of hardship and acute misery.
The cost of care. . .
ZANE has no offices and employs only a small staff in the UK. There are no middlemen and there is no waste.

£175 supports a Zimbabwe pensioner for one month
£1000 supports a Zimbabwe pensioner for six months
£2000 supports a Zimbabwe pensioner for one year
© 2008 ZANE - Zimbabwe a National Emergency
Registered Charity No: 1112949 ZANE: - Zimbabwe A National Emergency
Director: Tom Benyon OBE, Trustees: Jane Benyon, Sue Gibbs, Clare Hayns, James Maberly, James Pringle, Camilla Sinclair, Andrew Vaughan, Ann Warren

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ZANE - a Zimbabwe charity working to combat Zimbabwe cholera as well as working with Zimbabwe pensioners in Zimbabwe.

ZANE-Zimbabwe a National Emergency is one of a number of charities working in Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwe situation at present is dire and worsening daily. ZANE-Zimbabwe a National Emergency is working in very difficult conditions to help in two main areas of the Zimbabwe situation: the Zimbabwe cholera epidemic and other Zimbabwe health issues, and aiding Zimbabwe pensioners in retirement homes.

Firstly ZANE-Zimbabwe a National Emergency is working with Zimbabwe pensioners in the retirement homes. Many Zimbabwe pensioners served their country and the UK during World War 2 and are now in a desperate situation because of what has happened to the currency in Zimbabwe. Many of them had saved diligently all their lives to build up a pension so that they could support themselves in their retirement. Unfortunately, because of what has happened with the Zimbabwe currency, these pensioners' pensions are now worthless and they now have nothing to live on. ZANE-Zimbabwe a National Emergency is a charity working with the Zimbabwe pensioners retirement homes to provide the food and medicines that these Zimbabwean pensioners need.

Secondly, ZANE-Zimbabwe a National Emergency is working in the high-density areas around Harare and Bulawayo to combat the Zimbabwe cholera epidemic and with Zimbabweans who are struggling to rebuild their communities. ZANE-Zimbabwe a National Emergency is involved in projects to enable people to build sustainable lives in the current Zimbabwe situation through small-scale agricultural projects, small scale manufacturing projects, support groups and health educaton. ZANE-Zimbabwe a National Emergency staff are also working to help alleviate the sufering caused by AIDS and the recent Zimbabwe cholera outbreak.

Please support ZANE-Zimbabwe a National Emergency by reading through our website, making a donation and/ or fundraising. ZANE-Zimbabwe a National Emergency - inproving the Zimbabwe situation and working to bring hope.