Girl Child Network Worldwide Blog

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

Tags: Girl Child Network Worldwide, health access for girls, Tare Appeal

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