Outside Probrands, loading bags of maize meal into the truck for delivery to ECCT’s patients & their families
During the last week of November 2012, the ECCT Team was happy to go and collect food hampers for the five marginalized cancer patients and their families who we are supporting. It goes without saying that “we have been shouting from the rooftops” about the great sponsorship that has been granted to the patients by Probrands Foods in Zimbabwe. From October 2012, Probrands has been giving the patients much-needed food hampers.
Nutrition is a necessary component in a cancer patient’s life as it helps the body to recover and get the vital nutrients it needs to get stronger. ECCT’s mission is to support marginalized cancer patients and as such, when selecting the five patients we are assisting, we wanted to help those who were struggling to make ends meet. Our four Hatcliffe-based patients were particularly struggling with having enough meals for themselves and their family members everyday, but with Probrands sponsorship – this is a gap that we can help to bridge for them.
Please see some images below for the November 2012 delivery of food hampers to the patients and their families.
The grandmother of Takudzwa, our 16 year old patient, happily receiving some of the goods from the food hampers.
Sipelile (pictured right) – one of the cancer patients we are supporting in Hatcliffe with her son and their food hampers in their home.
The daughter, Marcia (pictured far left) and son, Divine (pictured far right) of Rejoice, one of the cancer patients we are supporting in Hatcliffe, welcoming the food hampers in their home. Sitting in the middle is a visiting friend.
Virimayi (pictured left), one of the cancer patients we are supporting in Hatcliffe, with his mother in their home.
The food hampers contain basic items such as salt, rice, candles, sugar beans, sugar & maize meal.
The hampers were collected by the ECCT Team from Probrand’s branch in Ruwa, a town located approximately 22km south east of Harare (the capital city of Zimbabwe).
A big thank you to Probrands!!
*Visit Probrand’s website here.
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