TOGETHER WE CAN DO MORE!
A “Hunger Appeal” for Zimbabwe from
Rev. Emmett L. Dunn Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Lott Carey
Lott Carey, we need your donations, prayers and participation to help alleviate the hunger crisis in southern Africa. Proceeds from our Feed Zimbabwe campaign will allow Lott Carey partners in Zimbabwe to purchase food for citizens and seed for farmers. We recognize everyone is going through tough times. But our financial gift will provide a special blessing that will help Feed Zimbabwe. Thank you in advance for your support. Please read our story, then click one of the Ways to Donate links.
Zimbabwe. A beautiful land with beautiful people: The cultural richness of the Shona and Ndebele; the thundering waters of Mosi-oa-Tunya; the bustling cities of Bulawayo and Harare, the capital. The nearly 15 million residents are rightly proud of their country, which thrived when it shook off colonial rule in 1980. But now there is trouble in the land, Hunger.
A deadly combination of hyper-inflation, government mismanagement and natural disasters has created a vicious circle that is literally taking the food from the mouths of Zimbabweans. Farmers cannot afford to buy the seed needed to raise crops and citizens are hard-pressed to buy food that is available.
“Many are failing to put food on the table mainly due to prolonged drought, economic hardships and the COVID-19 pandemic,” says Dr. Henry Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe Theological Seminary and Lott Carey partner. “About one in four children under the age of 5 are at risk of impaired and cognitive growth. There is a need to continue essential nutrition and health services for all children.”
Dr. Mugabe says a family of five needs basic commodities such as mealie meal, cooking oil, soap, salt, rice, and sanitary wear, which costs about $20 U.S dollars, more than $7,200 in Zimbabwean currency. A monstrous annual inflation rate that climbed to 837.53% during the summer adds to a litany of woes that include a depleted groundwater supply caused by drought, destruction and death from Cyclone Idai, and years of government negligence.
“Millions of Zimbabweans are food insecure, with 3.8 million in need of immediate food assistance,” says Mugabe. “Also, since this is the beginning of the rainy season, farmers need seed to grow their fields.”
Corn (maize) is a principal crop and is employed in a variety of dishes. Other staples include wheat, millet, barley, and soybeans. Dr. Mugabe says a 44-pound bag of maize seed (20 kg) cost $30 U.S. dollars, about $10,857 in Zimbabwean currency but is a first step in solving the hunger crisis.
“That bag of seed is enough for an average family with two acres of land to put food on the table and be self-sustaining,” says Mugabe, who also calls for better land utilization and improvements in fishery, poultry and cattle practices.
Lott Carey, we can make a difference.
Lott Carey – Zimbabwe
Dr. Henry Mugabe
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