Corinna United Methodist Church
16 Dexter Road
P.O. Box 418
Corinna, Maine 04928

Church Office: 207-278-5000 ~ Parsonage: 207-278-3251

cumc@tdstelme.net and angela.tarbox@midmaine.com

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



Images of Preparing Durable Goods for Shipment to Zimbabwe

It takes a lot of hours to collect the items for shipment, prepare them, and pack them for shipment. These images will give you an idea of the volunteer help who have given their time to help supply the We CARE Village Orphanage with essential items.

Volunteers Preparing and Packing Shipping Barrels with durable goods for shipments to Zimbabwe. Left to Right: Ruth Hudson (barely visible), Tendia, Vivian Davis (far end of table), Charlotte Nye, Connie Thies from The Grace Lynn UMC in Hartland, Sue Westin, Gerry Richardson, and Leola Pingree from Dexter. Color about 93K. Added 05/28/10.


Betty Dow Packing Educational Material for shipments to Zimbabwe. Color about 107K. Added 05/28/10.


Pastor Grace Mazhandu on the left, and Rev. Dodie Sheffield on the right. Pastor Grace is director of the We CARE Village, while Rev. Dodie Sheffield is accompanying Grace to Zimbabwe to help get We CARE Village started. Color about 86K. Added 05/28/10.


Pat Cray facing the camera Packing Shipping Barrels with durable goods for shipments to Zimbabwe. Left to Right: Charlotte Nye, and Vivian Davis back to camera. Behind you can see some of the more than 60 barrels packed ready to ship. Color about 109K. Added 05/28/10.


Pastor Grace Mazhandu on the left, Tendia on the right Preparing to seal a Shipping Barrel in the parsonage garage. Color about 98K. Added 05/28/10.


Images of Loading the Donated Durable Goods into the Land/Sea Container


Tuesday July 6, 2010 at 11:45AM, empty Land/Sea Container arrives at Corinna UMC. Larry Westin meets the container truck. Note the piled drums in the open parsonage garage. Inside the parsonage were additional drums and a lot of boxes. Color about 95K. Added 07/11/10.


Rear doors open of the empty Land/Sea Container. Color about 90K. Added 07/11/10.


Cargolink International crew starting to load drums into the Land/Sea Container. Color about 93K. Added 07/11/10.


Gerry Richardson and Larry Westin were part of the many volunteers who helped load drums and other items into the Land/Sea Container. Also present to help, but not shown, were Fawn and Bill Condon, Herb and Betty Dow, Jackie Emerson, Bob Hicks, Bruce and Ruth Hudson, Mac Kimball, Karlenne Page, Dave and Mary Poland, and Sue Westin. Color about 120K. Added 07/11/10.


Cargolink International crew who loaded the Land/Sear Container, on left is Maxwell, Henry Mhazo, and right Steve Simunyu. Color about 107K. Added 07/11/10, updated 08/01/10.


BTT Truck driver Dave heads out with the fully loaded Land/Sea Container. Color about 100K. Added 07/11/10.



We CARE Monetary Donations
an ongoing outreach ministry of the Corinna UMC

Monetary donations of financial help are always welcome on an ongoing basis. Please make your check out to the "Corinna UMC" as payee, and write on the memo line of the check "We CARE," or include a note with your donation, so we know your donation is for the We CARE Village, then send your donation to the:

Corinna United Methodist Church
16 Dexter Road
P.O. Box 418
Corinna, Maine 04928


Monetary donations for We CARE received at the Corinna United Methodist Church are sent to the New England Conference of the United Methodist Church in Massachusetts. The New England Conference then sends the full amount donated to the We CARE Orphanage Village in Zimbabwe. NONE of the money you donate is kept for administrative costs, all of your donation goes direct to We CARE. In addition to being an outreach ministry of the Corinna United Methodist Church, We CARE is an extension ministry of the New England Conference of the United Methodist Church.


We CARE Contact Information

Pastor Grace Mazhandu - Director of We CARE, email tenzishe@yahoo.com

Rev. Margaret (Dodie) Sheffield - Assistant Director of We CARE
207-717-0277 or email dodiesheffield@yahoo.com

Rev. Naomi Sam-Kpakra - 207-532-3332 or email pastornaomi@houltonumc.org

Corinna United Methodist Church - (207) 278-5000 or (207) 278-3251
cumc@tdstelme.net and angela.tarbox@midmaine.com?subject=We_CARE_Info_Request


Wikipedia Information about Zimbabwe

If your personal information about Zimbabwe is limited, you may want to read the Wikipedia article on Zimbabwe. This will give you an over view of the current conditions in Zimbabwe. Check the section of the article labeled "Decline (1999–present)" for up to date data.

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