Acta Non Verba - Zimbabwe

This week, we want to recognize and thank two of our board members who have been such a tremendous help to our organization. Tom Karsten has done an amazing job bringing clarity and vision to our program, as well as refining our accounting system. Craig Crockett is developing a database that will enable us to [...]

One of the exciting success stories coming out of the Savings and Credit Association program in Harare, Zimbabwe is the story of Chipo Gunda. She is an orphan who is taking care of her twin sister.  Chipo is a Rafiki graduate who had completed her studies in Interior Design with the Rafiki Program in 2009. [...]

“The Lord said, I have indeed seen the misery of my people …I have heard them crying out …and I am concerned about their suffering.  So I have come down to rescue them…” Genesis 2:7-8 As we look at the work that continues to fall into place in Zimbabwe there really is no other option [...]

As we begin this new year, we reflect back on the amazing things God has done in 2011.  Having officially launched the Savings and Credit Association program last March in partnership with HOPE International and Central Baptist Church of Harare, it seems hard to believe that there are already 28 savings groups formed and 169 [...]

Spiritual poverty is as devastating as physical and financial poverty.  ANVZ, along with HOPE International provides Biblical training and the hope of the gospel message through spiritual integration in the Savings programs in Zimbabwe.  One of the new savings groups in Zimbabwe (The Tasunungurwa Group – which is Shona for “we have been liberated”) has [...]

The other night, one of our Board members mentioned to a group of us that he had read, or read afresh, the verse that ANVZ was founded on.  “Let us not love with words or with tongue, but in action and in truth.”  1 John 3:18.  As I began to really think about what that [...]

As our kids anticipate the end of the school semester and eagerly await their winter holiday, I would like to draw your attention to one of the many children in Zimbabwe who considers going to school a great privilege. At the age of 13, Cynthia is the head of her household, looking after two babies [...]

As Thanksgiving approaches and I ponder my gratitude for God’s provisions such as family, health, friends, food, shelter and education (just to name a few of the basics)…I cannot help but remember the sweet faces of Zimbabwe. Every time I think of what I have, I think of what they don’t have. During a recent [...]

Often times when we use the term “feeding programs”, our image becomes sterile and we lose sight of the fact that there are real people who use and need these programs. One such person is an 11-year old school girl named Nicole.  Nicole lost her mother to AIDS soon after she was born.  Her unemployed [...]

ANVZ hosted a ladies’ lunch last week in Fort Worth, featuring HOPE International’s President, Peter Greer.  While it was his first “ladies’ lunch,” Peter spoke from the heart on what is his passion — helping individuals realize their dreams through Christian microfinance.  With the Bible as his platform, Peter walked guests through God’s plan of [...]