Mopani Junction: Episode 10
May 26, 2009
Reconciliation is in the air between Loveness and her husband, “Baba Mutsa”. Joshua’s mother is suspicious about Christine, and she urges him to keep an eye on her. Is she pregnant, maybe not, maybe is … ? Mr. Mangena, the school teacher, tries to excercise his authority after he is faced with three unattentive students. One of the three students, Rumbi, is from the Gumbo family.
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Clinical Services Program Annual Report – 2008
May 13, 2009
Submitted May 12th, 2009 to:
Until There’s A Cure Foundation
560 Mountain Home Road
Redwood City, CA 94062
Dear Sir or Madam,
RE: 2008 Clinical Services Program Annual Report
We are pleased to submit this report for the two grants we received from the UNTIL THERE’S A CURE FOUNDATION, for calendar year 2008. The two grants ($10,000 for HIV medications and $9,000 for Clinic personnel compensation) were awarded to Friends of Picardy Drive, in conjunction with our partners at HIV-AIDS Zimbabwe Charity, on September 4, 2007. The grants provided support for the HIV clinics we operate in Bulawayo and Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe. As explained in the report, the actual operation period covered by the grants is calendar year 2008.
We recently concluded a 7-week site visit to all of our Zimbabwe projects. Our site visit to Zimbabwe started in mid-February 2009. We sought and received permission from UNTIL to delay the submission of this 2008 report until we concluded the site-visits in Zimbabwe. This 2008 Annual Report incorporates the input from these recent site visits.
We wish to express our profound gratitude for all of your support for the two clinics we initiated and operated throughout 2008. The clinics are still ongoing. The funding you provided has resulted in direct life-saving benefits and hope for the new patients that have been enrolled into the clinics.
We are pleased that UNTIL approved two new grants for 2009, to help sustain the two clinics we initiated in 2008. Our multidisciplinary-team approach to providing HIV/AIDS clinical services has improved the health outcomes for the patients. It has also lessened the stress on the patient family units by eliminating their need to search for treatment resources, and helped keep family units together.
Again, on behalf of the patients we serve at these two clinics, we thank you for your continued support for the children and families in Zimbabwe who are struggling to cope with the severe impact of HIV/AIDS on their lives.
Should you have any questions on any aspect of this report, or our activities in Zimbabwe please feel free to contact us using the details provided at the end of the report.
