Our goal is to have a significant positive influence on the childrens lives that we are privileged to impact. We seek to provide care, hope, a Christian moral compass and life sustaining skills. However, this is not easy and we face a number of challenges.
African governments are struggling and communities are relatively poor, thus orphans are often an afterthought. There is a high increase of orphans due to diseases like HIV/Aids, the most challenging epidemic in Africa.
As a result there are large numbers of orphans who are struggling on a daily basis to survive.
We believe with what we have, we can help some of these children to have a better life and by enabling them, they will also reach back into their communities and help other children like them. This creates a self-sustaining environment which we are hopefully will alleviate these challenges in Africa.
About 1.3 million Zimbabweans have HIV.
33% of children at the Good Shepherd Centre have lost a parent to HIV
1 in 5 of the children was born with HIV
these children we classify as ‘vulnerable’
were brought to Good Shepherd Centre’s doorstep as babies with NOTHING
These children suffer from trauma related conditions and need a long term nurturing environment
The Good Shepherd Centre has capacity for 40 children
5 teacher ratio has to be maintained if Good Shepherd Centre is to keep charitable status
All funding has been 100% private
US$ 75,000 p.a is required to keep the orphanage going
US$ 18,000 p.a will cover schooling for all 40 children including school uniforms
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO BRING A DECENT LIFE TO THESE VULNERABLE CHILDREN WHO HAVE NOBODY TO CARE FOR THEM.