In eight primary schools in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe, volunteers enthusiastically engage with hundreds of eager children, sharing the message of Christ-centred HIV prevention.

School children sit riveted, as peers perform unrehearsed sketches of everyday village life, portraying abuse and infidelity and its ruinous outcomes. The facial expressions of this young generation reveal an all-too-familiar understanding of the scenarios being enacted.

Today for Tomorrow

The Nhasi Zve Mangwana (Today for Tomorrow) programme is just one part of the growing Hope for AIDS ministry in Zimbabwe.

Carried out in partnership with the United Baptist Church (UBC), the work aims to meet some of the overwhelming needs brought on by the AIDS pandemic.

The programme is interactive and includes sports, games, drama, life skills and Bible teaching. The first arm is church-based, encouraging children to live holy lives and to support their peers in the context of HIV.

The second aspect of the programme is community-based and aims to reach children with the love of Christ and encourage their development in all aspects of their lives.

HOPE for AIDS would like to expand the Today for Tomorrow programme into all 16 of the UBC districts. God has called Rev. Christopher Maphosa, a Zimbabwean pastor to co-ordinate the ministry and help carry this vision further.

You can help through your prayers and financial giving.

Please pray

• for creative ways to maintain this ministry in an increasingly difficult country
• for many young children to give their lives to Jesus, and choose to live holy lives
• for Pastor Maphosa to have wisdom as he leads the ministry
• for God to provide financial resources

Please give

The main limitation facing this programme is financial need. In a nation plagued with high inflation, many secular NGOs and Christian organizations have withdrawn. However, SIM is committed to staying and equipping the Church to minister in the face of HIV/AIDS.

One ‘Today for Tomorrow’ programme can be supported for an entire year for £55, or a new one can be started with £145. If God is calling you to be involved, please send your gift to the SIM-UK office, marked for project ZW 96296. Alternatively, you can give online, by clicking on the link below.

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