There is a beautiful place in impoverished Zimbabwe called God's Garden, carefully grown and nurtured by Yana and Davison. And what makes it so beautiful? Not what, but who! Yana and Davison, and the 500 children they love and feed. Only 240 double orphans (no living parents) are registered with God's Garden to be fed and cared for, but more than 250 children with one parent who do not get enough to eat at home also line up at mealtime, and they are fed along with the others. Some of the children walk 10 km just to get a meal.
Davison and Yana care for God's Garden with just a few faithful volunteers who feed and teach the children . To these children, they are the link between life and death.
Zimbabwe has some serious problems. The government wanted to stay in power, so they took land away from farmers and divided it up, giving it to lots of people who have no idea how to grow anything, so the new landowners would vote for them. Furthermore, the country is in a very serious, longterm drought and there is no irrigation.
Most medical personnel have left the area because of the dramatic lack of medical equipment and supplies. When children need treatment, it's very difficult, if not impossible, to find what's needed. How tragic for a country that is being devastated by AIDS and HIV! Most of the 500 children have worms and other parasites from their dirty water, and many are ill with infections and viruses. Yana and Davison want to raise enough money to dig a well to provide clean water to their children. VisionTrust and Food for Orphans is partnering with Yana and Davison to provide a large shipment of food, medical supplies, over-the-counter medicines and children's books to enable this faithful couple to continue caring for God's Garden.
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