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February 9th, 2010

Women in UK vow to support Girl Child Network Worldwide roll out empowerment programs for girls

The first UK volunteer induction program for Girl Child Network Worldwide was successfully held at a small town in Stan ford Le Hope, Essex on 30 January 2009 . All eight participants who were rated the most committed and passionate women leaders were offered a chance to give constructive criticism to the five year Business Plan which has taken off the ground with renewed energy .

`I attended this workshop because GCNW mission and vision is compelling and if I had a daughter I would have her join the girls empowerment program. Any parent with girls would encourage their daughter to be part of the program `, said Christine Tazarurwa , a PHD holder who has extensively researched on the effects of war on women`s health .Christine is also a mother of two boys

One aspect of the workshop that renewed energy in the participants was the appreciative inquiry where each woman was given a chance to present about themselves in a positive way and for just that day to give thought to the many achievements which they have never given thought to . As each woman stood up to present participants discovered that the room was full of knowledge ,skill and zeal .Although many of the women were in their thirties and forties their great achievements made them appear as if they had lived for more than two hundred years each.

The room was full of talent ,zeal ,passion and the outcomes of the workshop say it all.

Participants were all agreed that the Business Plan was a master piece and the mission and vision of GCNW compelling. Participants said the rebranding of GCNW had to be done urgently and a clear message sent out to all supporters that GCNW is more a proactive and preventative organisation than a reactive one .

`Now the website must be our first priority to carry this message and ensure every girl gets it out there . I think the more time we spent exploring GCNW the better we understood what role we can play to project the right message about the organisation . It is clear to send out messages that clearly show what GCNW does and what it does not as the impression given so far is that GCNW stands for only rape victims and the most important part of its work –GCNW empowerment model is clearly not being properly projected to the wider world and a lot of the great vision and mission of GCNW is not understood and so the outreach with the right message will be priority after this workshop .I am just over impressed with GCNW work ,said Ziyanai an expert in corporate governance with many years in consultancy work with organisations.

Linda Bikinesi said that since GCNW targeted girls 0 to 18, the website should be girl child friendly but with information that interest girls and allow them to actively participate in GCNW programs

Participants also agreed that every girl in UK should be allowed to join as a member of GCNW and that the Girl Child Empowerment Model be understood by all potential area and club coordinators. Each club is taken into a process of empowerment which lasts for a year before official launch of the girls club .The day of the launch brings parents ,teachers and community leaders together and its graduation day and an exciting moment for girls .So every girl will be certified to go out and lead other girls and this is what has given a new breed of young women leaders like Linda and other girls with high flying achievements

` I love spending my whole life attending events where girls celebrate their achievements and this is the opposite of spending resources in correcting a situation like early unplanned pregnancy or forced marriage or even rape that could have been avoided all together .Prevention is better than cure .Today we only did just a scan of what we over ally do as GCNW .But as we multiply we hope for a situation where we roll out specific empowerment programs tailor made for specific groups of girls, said Betty Makoni ,Chief Executive Officer and Founder of GCNW

Mussah Molife urged GCNW to find ways to reach out to churches and see how girls can be mobilised to join GCNW programs .Many girls would like to offer their time to helping other girls especially in Zimbabwe

`The Million Dollar Girl to Girl Campaign should be taken to girls in churches as well .I will do all I can to help link with churches and see how girls can benefit from the empowerment model `,said Mussah

Mussah was particularly touched with so many girls being sexually abused and one contribution she will make is to see what support base can be put in place to assist girls in Zimbabwe . This followed a case study of an eleven year old girl which the participants were concerned about .Betty Makoni was particularly concerned with many cases of rape sent to her as appeals from Zimbabwe showed a trend where rapists were given lenient sentences like in the case of this girl where a rapist was given four strokes for raping an eleven year old girl .It was apparent that because of the 20 cases GCN Zimbabwe receives per day the organisation was failing to cope with only one lawyer covering the whole country .

The volunteers said that a powerful organisation like GCNW must make inroads in major events in UK where their work can be show cased to a wider audience and draw more supporters

`I will find out how GCNW can take part in the Zimbabwe Festival and other activities organised round the country .I will find out how best we can mobilise girls in our communities and bring awareness to parents of all nationalities to support girls in GCNW work `,said Michaela

Pippa shared some information on volunteering in the UK and she highlighted some principles expected of volunteers . Betty Makoni called on volunteers for GCNW to call her anytime should they want support to mobilise girls of which Belinda vowed she will mobilise all the girls she knows in her county

`Girls remain the epicentre of the organisation and they are the ones GCNW targets .We are determined to create a global movement for girls that link every girl in the world .Zimbabwe of course remains one country needing mostly financial resources to support programs and help anchor the model and if we mobilise 3 million girls in Canada ,USA and UK to support we will achieve our target of 3 million dollars and should this be the case the decade will see a new breed of empowered girls walking in the fullness of their potential`, said Betty Makoni

GCNW certainly is poised for greater heights this year .Betty Makoni will meet next with girls at a Roman Catholic school in London and many other girls in schools in Essex to inspire them to join and lead GCNW and be young activists and philanthropists at an early age .Other similar meetings have been organised in USA and Canada and the Million Dollar Girl to Girl Campaign will be launched in September 2010 . A volunteer for Girls Empowerment and Education Fund has started her work with first small grants targeting girls groups in Zimbabwe and Uganda expected to be disbursed by February 2010 to ensure their life saving projects take off the ground as campaigns to mobilise 3 million girls across the world intensify

About the participants

Ziyanai Shiripinda a holder of two Masters degrees in Corporate Governance had worked as a bank manager in Zimbabwe and as part of social responsibility she was building some classroom blocks in her rural home. She said thats he loves herself and takes care of herself because the present must be lived to the full. She went on to say that she has prioritised her health because that is what matters most to her .

Pippa Simpson who is Personal Assistant to Betty Makoni and GCNW office Manager as well as Dove Project Manager shared how her work of helping women and children who have survived domestic violence for the past 25 years has never been a life apart from hers .In the 25 years she has been project manager at Dove project she has not taken her job as described on paper but as a personal contract between her and the women she helps daily .Pippa is an unsung hero in South End on Sea with such extensive knowledge and skill s to protect women and girls at community level .

Michaelle Chirozva has a compelling story of not only being a first born in a family of many who has taken all family responsibility at personal risk .Besides supporting her whole family to be educated ,Michaelle has worked hard to get to a Masters Degree in Public Health and her determination is to see how best GCNW program can be linked to a health program she is working on. Women and girls affected and infected with HIV and AIDS remain her passion and she will do all she can to take such programs to marginalised groups in England .

Mussah Molife`s intelligence ,hard work and self determination as well her determination to contribute to GCNW is something that to be emulated by many Zimbabweans in the diaspora .Not only has she achieved academically but she has trained a thousand and more people across UK on …. `If I can help in anyway ,let me know as I am always ready` ,said Mussah .

Linda Bikinesi has been with Girl Child Network since formation and she is one of the first girls to join GCNW .A recent graduate in social work she said as long as she helps a child to see the value of education she is just too happy .Linda who has scooped several awards at school is one of the few girls at Zengeza 1 High to start GCNW and she continues to fly the flag and achieve even more .

The youngest of the participants was 18 year old Belinda Fumayi who in the shortest time she has lived in England has been elected deputy child MP and has been to meetings in the House of Lords ,met Prime Minister Gordon Brown twice to deliberate on issues affecting children .She had to go for the vote to child MP when it was announced and although she had been in the country for only a few years she had to do it because when one is presented with an opportunity to reach their dreams and aspirations one should look forward and not backward .Belinda remains one of the greatest young women from Zimbabwe who has achieved so much and who has been out advocating for the welfare of children in such a short time but with such great impact .

Betty Makoni is CEO of GCNW and renowned Gender activist and Christine Tazarurwa profile is there for everyone to see

Happy New Year!

January 11th, 2010

Dear all

Warm greetings and a happy new year.

This email list for Tare has 208 supporters started on 8 August 2009 and many of those on this list joined Taremeredzwa Mapungwana face book and so its been easy for Tare to be empowered and having her own voice back to talk to you .Our concept of empowerment entails that we say less and she says more because at the end of the day if we speak on Tare`s behalf we take away her voice .Please continue to join Tare on her face book .I am sending attached updates on Tare because I can see a lot who attempted to report through various online newspapers lied about many issues .Even a film maker who has been documenting Tare since she arrived here is still in shock over what has been posted on the internet .He can testify on every effort put by GCNW .We are hoping so soon a documentary on Tare will be shown on television in England so that most of us who are far from where Tare lives can see what really went on for Tare up until her tumor was removed !

Please kindly pass on information on Tare which is accurate and sent after an assessment of current situation

If you have any queries please drop Tare an email

You may have read a lot in the past few days but I ask that we follow what am posting on my face book , GCN W blog and also many professional UK based charity newspapers that are working very hard to ensure Tare gets medical treatment right until she is up and running
We have one more step to go

One of the news papers that has helped Tare a lot is cited below

I have attached a final financial statement to show how your donations for the first operation were used .Please note that this statement is strictly showing funds donated through Girl Child Network Worldwide and IT IS NOT INCLUDING FUNDS donated to other agencies who were helping Tare .GCNW cannot account for any funds donated through other agencies and we do not have authority whatsoever to ask them to release their fnancial statements .GCNW strictly shows how funds which entered its trust fund account and pay pal were used

I must say our goal number was to have tumor removed and that was accomplished

We realise that during the operation a need for second operation came out and our job as GCNW is to continue helping

Please be advised that we have GCNW trustees cced here and other women and men speaking to media or any of our stakeholders do not have authority to do so because then they must be cleared by our trustees

Regards

Betty Makoni
CEO and Founder

Tare Mapungwana update and preparations for second operation

December 20th, 2009

Betty Makoni: Tare Mapungwana update and preparations for second operation

Tare Mapungwana update and preparations for second operation
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Dear friends
On 14 December 2009 ,myself and a collegue who is manager of a sister organisation met with Tare Mapungwana and two of her relatives(Memory who is aunt and Clifford who is a counsin brother) at the Dove Office .Tare`s mum was also present
We discussed the journey we had trodded together and we agreed the first mission of bringing Tare and helping her with the operation had been accomplished .Of course no one had anticipated a second operation or overstay in hospital and so some expenses had shot up
We also discussed her donations and we agreed that a total of 13 000 pounds had been raised to date and this is the money GCNW had in its Trust Account .9000 pounds had been paid direct to hospital on 3 December 2009 .2000 pounds was used for pre operation costs.

So far Tare has the following amounts left ;
2000 pounds balance from 13 000 pounds is with GCNW
440 pounds deposited by well wishers in the private family account in UK
3000 pounds from OS organisation

Tare is expected to undergo a second operation very soon and an estimated 6000 pounds will be needed for constructive surgery especially replacement of her teeth .Tare`s visa expires in February 2009 and will need to be extended for another six months

At the moment there are 3 well wishers to include a relative who have offered Tare free accommodation to cut rental costs so as to save funds for second surgery
For those who want to donate to Tare please contact her and mum direct on tarenomatter@googlemail.com or call them on 07508286549
Please also note that Tare and her mum can give you direct updates that are more accurate and should you want to learn more please know the best person to talk to is Tare and her mum

Otherwise I wish Tare and her mum a merry Christmas and happy new year !!

Tare recovering

October 21st, 2009

Dear friends of Tare

I hope you are well and fine

Tare has started talking and eating slowly through her mouth . This is a big achievement .She is recovering slowly

Just today the doctor informed us that they have made a breakthrough in getting to what causes the tumor when they took some blood tests .This they must also deal with as a matter of urgency and so Tare will stay longer in the hospital and expected time to heal and get all reviews and treatments as well as teeth implants is 3 months or even more .I told Tare that we must all be patient and give doctors all time to do what they know best ….Please note that each day Tare is in hospital we pay 500 pounds

I can as well update you on our donations to date as attached on this excel sheet .Our bank statement at Llyods bank for Girl Child Network Trust Fund UK received £ 13 176.43 and this includes the Pay pal transfer .£ 3225 still is held in trust by O to be used for Nomatter and her mum`s accomodation .The funds are paid direct and are not in GCNW account .Also a church in London donated 2000 pounds for carers who help Mai Tare and all logistics .Today we waited for an updated bill from hospital and it never came .But the finance people I spoke to said it does not mean if deposit is done Tare can be sent home without treatment and so she will continue getting all the treatment and she will only come out when she is fully treated and shows she can be on her own

I have been touched personally by 11 year Annie Chatizemba who insisted she wanted to go see Tare and her parents gave in and took her .She then donated 5 pounds to Tare ,hugged her and wished her a speedy recovery ! Mr Oswold Tavengwa brought Tare two suitcases of clothes and he moved with the two suitcases in three change trains from Bedford .When he came to the hospital with all sweat flowing down him I just shed tears when later he said all clothes were for Tare .In another event Dandaro TV is supporting Pastor Forbes from Christ Ministries fundraise for Tare given her prolonged stay in hospital . My collegue Prisciallah will give a speech and give a more detailed update .A flier with details is attached

Otherwise I am off to Canada on 21 October 2009 for a week and Prisciallah will be with you .In case you want clarity on this email please call me

Please keep those donations flowing as the treatment for Tare will be prolonged and daily there are tests to check if the tumor is gone and whatever doctor Hutchison finds to be critical we must be supportive to Tare and her mum

I asked Tare if we could pose for a photo before I left and yes here is our photo

Bye everyone and Prisciallah is all yours for the week and please catch me online and as soon as next week I will take over and relieve Prisciallah
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS UPDATE DOES NOT REPRESENT ANY FUNDS RECEIVED BY OTHER AGENCIES . ALL UPDATES WE SEND OUT ARE BASED ON GCNW ACTIVITIES IN UK ONLY

Regards

Muzvare Betty Makoni

Contact Tare by email

October 19th, 2009

Dear all,

You can communicate directly with Tare on her e-mail: taremum@gmail.com, or sent the messages to me or Betty, we will forward them to her. As soon as she is online she will communicate directly with you all. Thanx for the support, together we will have Tare reach her dream and uplift other girls to reach theirs too.

Regards,
Talent (Tare’s brother)

Tare on path to recovery

October 15th, 2009

Dear all
Most of you know that Tare is on her path to recovery and progress made so far is impressive .She has started on exercises and physiotherapists say she is an amazing girl as she does everything so fast and diligently .Dr Hutchison estimates Tare needs 3 months to fully recover and so this is in line with plan we have laid out On another note many of you might have seen what ZBC Newsnet has been highlighting and all the damaging coverage on our involvement on this matter. Email from brother to Tare below will give some insights but just to alert everyone that politicians are not kind to anyone and such simple charitable acts they want to stand on their way .Smear media campaign is a tool used for many of us against our activism and we get backlash because we speak truth and doing what we love in safe spaces .Since I came here or since Tare came here I have never seen a single politician or anyone involved in our work because its purely charitable . Please pass on message below and tell everyone that GCNW led by me will continue to support Tare to heal and moreso there are so many girls who need help and we will not stop doing what we know works best for girls because of politicians or any other people .Our organisation targets girls and so when Tare starts talking we will sit down and hear from her and so far I have sent updates to all of you about how we worked from UK and all those who worked on other campaigns on Tare must be responsible and report where such information is needed The three of us ,myself Prisciallah and mum to Tare have been harassed ,threatened and shouted at over the phone by Mr Dube and Reverend Manhanga and please know that amidst all this trouble we have a girl whose life is fully supported by us and for these men to do this is most irresponsible Please try to get us the word there because I dont have a broadcasting corporation or newspaper that will make everyone see what we have been going through but mark my words we wanted Tare to be here and get help and there is no way GCNW can seek any credit as such cases we always do.
Regards,
Betty

Tare’s Operation a Success!

October 13th, 2009

Dear Friends of Tare,
On behalf of Girl Child Network Worldwide and
Girl Child Network Zimbabwe I would like to inform you that
Professor Hutchison successfully and diligently removed two
tumors from Tare .The operation took more than six hours and
Tare suffered no facial cuts ,no excessive bleeding and no
major problem .Everything went on according to plan and hats
off to Prof H for a job well done !! This is one man
Zimbabweans must plan to meet one day .He talks less and
does a lot and in his own words ,`As long as my patient and
her mum are smiling I am happy`, and then he hugged Tare mum
and said a warm bye because he had to rush for a bath and
family as well as his cup of coffee!!!

My collegue Priscialla and I watched events
unfold since Friday and on Sartuday we followed Prof
Hutchison`s car to the theater and then we were allowed to
take her just three quarters to the theatre . Tears fell
down endlessly as we walked back to the ward just to sit
where her bed was .We were anxious for 8 hours and during
the day Rudo ,the woman who made a passionate plea to God on
Friday joined us .Later in the day, an entertainer called
Simple Dread and Lady Gee the DJ ,showed up with news that
entertainers had donated £1008,00 and every name was read
out to us and each message said out clear and those were the
best wishes Tare got from Zimbabwean DJs and musicians as
doctors made final stitches in her mouth .Two cameramen
supposedly making a documentary on Tare for UK mainstream
television stations came out with news that all was well and
everything would soon be over and the next time I called the
cameramen it was Professor Hutchison who answered the phone
and he said he was already with a cup of coffee while Tare
was in the recovery room.We broke into song , Hoyo
mushandiri waMwari and Hutchison inumber
one and most of you we sang for you over the
phone .In short, the tumor has been subdued and conquered
and it must have been shocked to death because I could
not see even its traces on Tare by at least today 2pm
Tare`s face is in shape now and of course many visiting
the hospital will see her mouth still wide open and her face
big and swollen and know you such a huge tumour left this
temporary physical harm but soon such these will follow
the tumors and disappear as well .
Now as GCNW we plan to monitor the recovery
period very closely and we have drawn up a rehabilitation
plan and Prisciallah and Nyasha as well as Ruth seniors in
GCN have been asked to review post operation plans in line
with what the doctors will advise us .It means we will be
very busy to support Tare emotionally so that she prepares
to be the great young woman she has always been

Otherwise Tare and her mum will be in hospital
until the 16th of October or even before . We have organised
a private retreat after discharge from hospital .After that
we hope to have Tare and her mum hosted by GCNW staff here
in England for what we call family and established
counseling so as to be fully integrated into community
but all this depends on what doctors and other medical
professionals advise .

GCNW will make sure all bills at the hospitals
are paid in full and a full set of accounts is presented to
Tare and her mum
I hope to take Tare through an empowerment
process and this is based on our Girl Child Empowerment
Model where we facilitate,instil and provide the means so
that Tare walks in the fullness of her potential as a doctor
This normally takes four weeks of coaching ,role modelling
and a few leadership practicals .This is when Tare will
start reaching out to some of you and ask you to join her on
her Facebook .We will not at this stage preempt what Tare
wants to do but when she is empowered she will announce what
she wants to do

Otherwise ,our team in Zimbabwe and UK and all
over the world now await Tare`s full recovery and we hope
very soon she will be on her facebook and phone to directly
say thank you

My friends without you we could not have achieved much and
thank you all and keep your generosity

As some of you heard I was selected top ten CNN
Hero because of my work back in Zimbabwe for Girls
empowerment and last week I whispered to a friend that I am
too embarrassed to ask People to vote for me when Tare is
victim to this tumor but now its done and soon mission will
soon be accomplished the vote can go ahead !!!!!!! Go to CNN.com/Heroes to vote.

This must be my last email to this group but
wait as I will send you new look Tare after a week or so
because after such a major operation one hopes everything
shapes after sometime

Otherwise you are great a people and thanks so
much for reaching out to Tare
Prisciallah Nyathi my work partner will be in
touch with you very soon because we are hoping to have
Tare`s party and please email her for ideas

Regards
Muzvare(HRH) Betty
Makoni

Tare’s operation today

October 10th, 2009

Dear friends of Tare

I met with Professor Hutchison today and had a feeling that he is an extra ordinary surgeon and he posseses such a natural healing touch and he has unique and very creative way of dealing with his patients
On attached picture he is reading Tare a 16 page story from Stories of the jungle and this is after he had done pre Op counseling to discuss risks and challenges likely to come during operation .
Tomorrow at 8am he goes to pick up Tare and her mum with his car to take them to Barts hospital where Tare will undergo a major operation .

So Sartuday we are there at Barts hospital and we are hoping for the best

Please keep calling mum to Tare so that we keep her from anxiety

Hope to be in touch and hopefully we will share any results with you as Professor Hutchinson promised to call us as soon as he is through

Regards
Muzvare

Tare at hospital

October 5th, 2009

Dear friends of Tare

Tare is in hospital now and she has seen her doctor who offered to operate on her for free .We only paid for hospital fees and other surgeons and services .We will know how much all this exactly costs after the treatment .

My collegue Prisciallah and I spent the last two days with the medical team who are going to help Tare .We are all impressed with their determination to help.Personally I feel Tare is in safe hands and all we must do is to support Tare and mum during the whole process .Admittedly her condition was let to deteriorate but it looks the team work we saw at the hospital will go a long way in helping Tare .I have faith and hope !!! I am also very angry and disappointed with how her referral was handled in Zimbabwe and South Africa and then how bureaucracy delayed a trip to a doctor who had offered to help .

Today we announced that after doctors did an assessment on Tare she was admitted into hospital a week earlier than we planned and for each day Tare is in hospital the charge is 500 pounds .Also the scan has revealed more information and it is now certain that the doctor may take more time to prepare Tare for operation as well as do a lot after the operation .No date has been given for the operation but it looks the doctor and his team plan to move swiftly .

Tare is appealing for more donations given the latest developments and there is no doubt that treatment will need more time and resources and so this end we have put a donation box in case some of you want to donate directly to Tare.Also Girl Child Network Worldwide has made a decision to accept donations from 5 October 2009 and please visit www.girchildnetworkworldwide.org for how best you can donate .

Some of you called and wanted to visit Tare and she is in Royal London Hospital,White Chapel Street ,E1 1BB ,4th Floor AW4 ,Room 23 . Please note that only two people at a time are allowed in the room and there is need to coordinate the visits .Cameras are not allowed .Journalists who want to cover Tare must contact the hospital Press office and make direct arrangements

I have attached some photo updates and after we gave Tare and her mum all the pay pal statements and all cheque photocopies Tare took a pen and wrote a letter to you all .I will scan and send it to you .She was saying thank you all .Payments for some costs has commenced and an accounting system is now in place to monitor use of funds and start disbursements to cover some medical costs

After talking to mum to Tare and having listened to their story I felt anger and sat down to write a poem like I always do .The poem attacked and pasted below here and entitled Shame on them all was written by me
Tare is in this condition because some people cared less .. when I just reflected on everything I saw and heard since Tare arrived here its a big shame on them all

(Dedicated to Taremeredzwa Nomatter Mapungwana and other children who are struggling to have health and education in Zimbabwe and world over )

Oh Shame, and a big shame on them all

Them and those and these ones

Who demanded cash and not life

Who demanded cash from a cashles girl

To a life so tattered by a tumour, so aggressively moving

Tare a girl so totally talented, once in tact

Shame on them and those and these ones

Them who demanded a devilish two hundred and fifty green papers

Not two hundred fifty lives

Those who billed a cashless teacher

Two hundred and fifty fold than her earnings

Shame on them leaders who quarell for a decade

Not over health for children ,not their education

Those who bicker ,bully and baffle the poor children

Those and these ones who feed their overfed stomachs

Who overdose their health and underdose the poor children

Shame on them and shame ,shame ,shame !!!!!!!

Shame on you and you and you and all of you

Who denied freedom to move and to manoeuvre

Denied even a reappeal and plea to life

That one appeal to save that one life

The life known is granted once

Shame on you who denied and delayed whatever reasons

Shame on those heaps and heaps of paper that deny saving lives

Shame on those offices and those chairs

Shame on those printers that printed the denial !!!!!

Salutation to those surgeons who from afar hear the cry

Salutation one after another to this our one surgeon

Who with generosity of heart give a life and not a bill

Who with no bill make double bill unto himself

Ordinary citizens doing extraordinary service to non citizens

Salutation to those who from their two pounds send fifty pence

Those who qued and transferred to unknown

Those who moneygrammed whatever gramme

Those who by pay pal made Tare their pal

Those who chequered a life and signatured it

Salutation one after another

Salutation to those who with their feet walk for a life

Salutation newsmakers who make news to save a life

Dancers and DJs who entertain to save a life

Airline that airlifted and abled this

Salutation to these and those

Trusted in their Trusts of Deeds with these funds

Who take them all and leave no dime for self

Those who twenty four seven work for life saving dime

But shame on them all

Shame on this one and that one

Shame on these ones and those ones

Shame on him and her

Shame on them who witnessed the shame and chose not to say

Shame and a big shame too on them all !!!!!!

This poem was written by Hazviperi Betty Makoni and dedicated to Taremeredzwa Nomatter Mapungwana ,a girl who has fought for five years to stem out a tumour that so aggressively has conquered her life

Show love and solidarity

October 1st, 2009

Dear friends of Tare,

Tare-Arrival-in-UK-052_300x225If I were to be asked what’s needed right now, I would say for you and me to keep company and show love and solidarity, to give Tare a touch on her hands and tell her yes we can see how bad it is physically, but we see in you potential and a strong sense of compassion, and we all let you down when it got to this stage.  In this state you may be shocked that Tare does everything with hands, legs, eyes, etc.  The only part that gives her problems is the part where the tumor is.  You all know each time I contacted you I asked for more donations, but now I say give Tare all love and compassion. 

See the strong will in her in two photos when Tare moves in her lodge, and she walks on despite the pain I personally feel.

Regards,

Muzvare