As of June 10, we have received $205,262 from 52 “villages” and 183 households like:

Give now to Family to Family, Village to Village and be the next partner(s) in hope for Zimbabwe!

About the initiative

If you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. Isaiah 58:10

Zimbabwe is a country in crisis. Inflation is out of control. Unemployment is at 90 percent. Drought and political turmoil have made farming almost impossible. Most Zimbabweans eat just one meager meal a day, and death from starvation is commonplace.

Zimbabwe is home to the largest of the world-wide network of Brethren in Christ conferences, and along with everyone else in their country our Zimbabwean brothers and sisters are experiencing unimaginable hardship. Yet they remain strong in their faith. Even in these darkest of times, they are confident that God will provide—that their long night of suffering will soon become like the noonday.

We can be partners in hope for Zimbabwe.

Partnership is mutual. It implies an exchange of benefits, of gifts flowing freely back and forth. Family to Family, Village to Village offers us the gift of participating in the lives of mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters half a world away. Through the exchange of resources, prayer, encouragement, and advocacy, our eyes are opened to the global challenge of living as one body in Christ. When we partner with one another in Jesus’ name, every life is changed.

We can make a difference.

Along with your gift, you can send a photograph of your family or “village” and a note of greeting and encouragement. We’ll pass these along to Brethren in Christ Church leaders in Zimbabwe to be distributed with the food supplies. Within a month or two, a photo of a family that has received aid through the Family to Family, Village to Village initiative will arrive in your mail.

In addition, you’ll receive a quarterly e-newsletter with stories and insights from Zimbabwe that will encourage your family or “village” to love boldly, give generously, and serve joyfully where you are. The newsletter will also assist in helping us to pray fervently for the people of Zimbabwe.

God has promised that “if you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.”

For just $75 (USD or CAD), your family, small group, or Sunday school class can provide a family in Zimbabwe with basic food and cooking supplies for a month.

This includes:

1. One 110 pound bag of cornmeal
2. One 2 liter bottle of cooking oil
3. One 10 pound bag of sugar
4. One box of tea
5. Three bars of soap
6. Twelve pounds of sugar beans
7. Transportation of goods

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Overhead costs associated with the Family to Family, Village to Village initiative are covered through Cooperative Ministries.

In U.S., you can donate online, or send your gifts to
Brethren in Christ World Hunger Fund
431 Grantham Road
P. O. Box A
Grantham, PA 17027

In Canada, send your gifts to
Canadian Conference of the Brethren in Christ Church
2700 Bristol Circle
Oakville, Ontario L6H 6E1