We C.A.R.E. Village (Orphanage)
Pastor Grace Mazhandu Director


We CARE is an outreach ministry of the
Corinna United Methodist Church.

Click here for Photos of Preparing, and Packing the Durabel Goods into the Land/Sea Container for shipment to Zimbabwe. An all volunteer effort!!

The We CARE Village Orhanage is an outreach ministry of the Corinna United Methodist Church. This outreach ministry was officially approved at the 2010 Annual Conference of the New England Conference of the United Methodist Church as a Conference Advance Special on Saturday June 19, 2010. Bishop Weaver has appointed Pastor Grace Mazhandu as Director as an extension ministry.

The We CARE Village Orphanage is located in the town of Norton, Zimbabwe, about 40 miles west of the captial of Harare, Zimbabwe. Started by Pastor Grace Mazhandu, its director.

We CARE has received donations of durable goods such as clothing, books, medical supplies and other essential items. In addition enough monetary donations have arrived to ship a 40 foot Land/Sea container from Corinna, Maine, to Harare, Zimbabwe. THANK YOU!!

Updated July 11, 2010!! Talked with Pastor Grace and Rev. Dodie Sheffield on July 6, 2010. Learned that Pastor Grace, Rev. Dodie Sheffield and husband Tom, and Rev. Naomi Sam-Kpakra all arrived safely in Zimbabwe. Rev. Dodie Sheffield and Rev. Naomi Sam-Kpakra will be in Zimbabwe for a month to help Pastor Grace Mazhandu get We CARE Village started.

On Tuesday July 6, 2010 at 11AM the Land/Sea Container arrived at Corinna United Methodist Church. It required 5 strong men from the shipping company, plus many volunteers from the church 3 hours to load 130 drums, 150 boxes, 28 cases of dehyrated food, 20 cases of dried beans, and other miscellaneous items. Temperatures exceeding 90 degrees Fahrenheit and humidity in the high 90's, created difficult working conditions to load the container.

In fact the container was jammed full. That was only possible because of the generousity of local people and companies, and a lot of hard work by many volunteers. to all who donated and all those who volunteered to help pack and ship these durable goods. A lot of children will be helped because of your gnerosity and hard work!! THANK YOU TO ALL!!

The Land/Sea container moved by road to Boston, where it will be loaded onto a barge for transit to New York. Container departs New York City, New York on July 15, 2010 on the MSC Carla container ship, MSC voyage S079. Container arrives at Durban, South Africa on August 12, 2010 (28 days transit US to South Africa). Container switches to smaller vessel for trip from Durban, South Africa, to Beira, Mozambique. Container switches to rail to move from Beira, Mozambique, to Harare, Zimbabwe. Scheduled arrival in Harare, Zimbabwe is September 10, 2010.

Click here for a complete list of the We CARE Durable goods items (file is in PDF format, about 14k in size). If you have any difficulty opening the file in PDF format, click here for the same complete list of the We CARE Durable goods needed items list in text format (file is in ASCII Text format, about 3K in size).