I have also had to place an order for 2000 new apple boxes. The quote is attached with a cost of R64147.00. If anyone would like to assist with this cost, please let me know. We really can’t afford to take this money out the food kitty. A copy of the quote is shown below.…
We are currently in the final stages of prep for our first trip for 2026 the February one. We have had a few hiccups along the way dealing with heavy rainfall, road blockages, stock availability and so on. But it looks like everything is finally coming together. Please I would like to put out 2…
This morning the 6th of October was the day that I planned for us to start packing all boxes, care parcels and all the other groceries and goodies. I had our team at the warehouse ready to go. Firstly, we had to place all our pallets on the floors to ensure that nothing could get…
Dear Friends and Supporters, Just a quick update, our October trip is currently underway and then of course is our biggest trip for the year our Christmas one we are once again humbled at the support shown towards our Golden Oldies by each and every one of you. We are also fully aware that business…
Please if you make a donation and are adopting one of our Grannies or Grandpas please send me an email on linda@zpsf.co.za or zpsf@zpsf.onmicrosoft.com no matter which way you are making your donation. This is so that I can please keep track of who has been adopted and SO THAT WE CAN TRACE THE PAYMENT…
We are currently busy with our October trip planning can you believe this is the second to last trip for 2025. Where has this year gone? I will be sending out the August trip reports shortly, this was done by Neels and his daughter Megan on the truck and Frans and Caroline on the bakkie.…
Hoping everyone is having an awesome day so far and wishing you a stress free week ahead. ZPSF-USA Seeks New Executive Volunteers Before 31 August 2025. If you have administrative experience and would be interested in assisting ZPSF-USA in maintaining its charitable program, please contact Linda Schultz in South Africa and she will put you…
Hoping everyone is having an awesome day so far and wishing you a peaceful weekend ahead. Please find in good order our 3 June 2025, yes that’s right 3, Trip reports and what we are up to currently as you will see there is tons happening as usual. The June round trip on the UD…
We are busy with a last minute fundraiser before our upcoming Easter / April 2025. Please click on the PayPal Link or our web page for all the various ways to donate towards These lifesaving boxes. Each and every cent makes a difference. These food hampers serve 2 purposes. 1 They supply much needed food…
Please find in good order our February 2025 Trip report and what we are up to currently. The February round trip on the UD 90 truck was done by Johan & Frans Schultz on the truck while Caroline and Angela were on the Bakkie for Bulawayo and surround deliveries. Thank you to the team on…
Dear Friends of The Zimbabwe Pensioner Supporter Fund, Please find in good order our fifth trip report for the year from Michelle Mellet who did the round trip along with her uncle Neels Koekemoer on the truck. All the trip pictures are available here – https://www.facebook.com/www.zpsf.co.za. I hope everyone enjoys the ride along as much…
I have always wanted to volunteer for an organization that gives back to the community. When my Uncle Neels asked if I wanted to join him on this trip I jumped at the opportunity. I was born in Cheredzi and had not been back to Zim since we left in the 80’s, so this added to my…
Johan and the rest of the team arrived at my house from South Africa over the weekend. Suddenly my home was full of life with the three extra bodies in the house. It is always so nice to have them all up here. My children love having their Uncle Johan and the guys around. Monday morning, we…
Dear Friends of The Zimbabwe Pensioner Supporter Fund, Please find in good order our fourth trip report for the year from Caroline Nel who did all the Bulawayo and surrounds deliveries along with Angela. All the trip pictures are available here – https://www.facebook.com/www.zpsf.co.za. I hope everyone enjoys the ride along as much as I did.…
Dear Friends and Supporters, We are currently busy with our September trip which should provide us with an awesome trip report at the end as Chris Whitehead from the Rhodesian Worldwide Magazine has accompanied Johan and Neels on this trip. Johan is doing ok after his major knee surgery just less than a month ago…
The return of our annual No Coffee Day by the Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund, this is our way to let the World know of and show their support for our Golden Oldies still in Zimbabwe, whom we have been helping to support with food aid parcels and basic medical supplies for over 22years. Our Golden…
Dear Faithful Supporters of The Zimbabwe Pensioner Supporter Fund, Sometimes in life there are just not enough or the right words to be able to say THANK YOU. This is definitely one of those times. Without everyone’s support out there this would never have been possible. We finally took ownership of the new girl Tuesday…
Sometimes in life there are just not enough or the right words to be able to say THANK YOU. This is definitely one of those times. Without everyone’s support out there this would never have been possible. We finally took ownership of the new girl Tuesday last week and she has already done one stock…
Dear Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund Supporters and Friends, Please find in good order what we are up to at the moment. As usual the first trip of the year has turned into a bit of a nightmare, not to go into too much detail but we are getting there and hoping to start the trip…
It is with some trepidation that I sit down to write this report. My literary skills are somewhat challenging at times but here goes. My brother Daniel fetched me in Gauteng on Saturday morning of the 25 November 2023. And we left for Malelane where we stayed overnight. Bright and early on Sunday morning we…
To say it was a sunny time of the year would be lying, it was sweltering hot but we had so much work to do. Despite the heat it was honestly so exciting and enormously rewarding to get all the Christmas boxes and gifts packed for our deserving pensioners. We had our whole team at…
Dear Friends and Supporters, We are currently going full tilt with the final preparations for our September trip which will be commencing within the next few days. It currently looks like Johan will be doing most of the trip with the UD 90 and then our team in Bulawayo will do those deliveries. Once again…
Click me (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=9ZQDM4CW696M2) then Click on the links drop down box, choose the 2023 Donate the value of a cuppa Challenge and you can make a contribution to make a difference in someone’s life! The return of the annual No Coffee Day by the Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund, this is our way to let the…
Michelle, our new not so new addition to our team is busy with a Winter knit campaign, this is to see how many knee blankets, scarves, gloves and bed socks we can get in for our Golden Oldies. She can be contacted at michelle.admin@zpsf.co.za. Never a dull moment here and always planning ahead.
Tick tok, Tick tok. We in the final countdown for our last “Magic trip” of 2022. A HUGE thank you to everyone who has supported our Christmas 2022 run. We managed to get everyone adopted. This is going to be an incredible trip albeit an upside down one, but hey with the way 2022 has…
A quick word from me at the ZPSF office. We are currently going full tilt with the final preparations for our September trip which will be commencing within the next few days. It currently looks like Johan will be doing most of the trip with the UD 90 including the Bulawayo deliveries as we have…
The return of our annual No Coffee Day by the Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund, this is our way to let the World know of and show their support for our Golden Oldies still in Zimbabwe, whom we have been helping to support with food aid parcels and basic medical supplies for over 20years. Our Golden…
Due to the current circumstances in Zims we are going to be doing – DOUBLE FOOD PARCELS EVERY 2,5 MONTHS this year. This means that we will be delivering 10 boxes this years. Almost a box a month. In previous years it has been 6 boxes a year and then last year we migrated to 8 for the year.
One pensioner at Boggies Trust in Gweru described what we are doing as “ CHRISTANITY IN ACTION”. On the Christmas Trip “when we also hand out a small present to each of our pensioners, one pensioner had this to say. “ I have family all over the world but the only Christmas present I had to open on Christmas day was The one from the ZPSF “.
WE ARE SO CLOSE!!! 502 Boxes for our Golden Oldies Adopted for far, Yippee, Still 218 to go. Then the Frail Care parcels and Kitchen Gifts. It’s that time of the year again and we at the ZPSF would like to be able to make the upcoming Christmas of 2021 extra special for our pensioners.…
Dear Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund Supporters and Friends, We are currently going full tilt with the final preparations for our October trip which will be commencing within the next 10 days. It currently looks like Johan will be doing the Bulawayo route while Daniel Koekemoer will be doing the round trip with the UD 90.…
Our next delivery trip takes place in the next 10 days and we need Your Help!! If everyone makes a $10 donation think of the difference we can all make in someone’s life. The situation in Zimbabwe is dire, food is either unaffordable or non-existent, most of our Golden Oldies are not managing to afford…
Our next trip scheduled to take place round middle June 2021. This is our BIG WINTER one and we are hoping to fill the boxes with extra warm foods such as Samp & Beans, Soya Meat along with Extra Tinned foods and Soups. As well as dropping off the desperately required PPE supplies for the…
Dear Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund Supporters and Friends, Please find in good order an update on what we are up to currently as well as Dave Austens trip report for our April / May 2021 trip. A BIG thank you from all of us Dave for your assistance and time in helping us deliver the food…
A huge Thank You to everyone who is / has supported us. We have 596 Boxes for our Golden Oldies Boxes Adopted so far, so only 92 to go. Updated 08.11.2020 Then the Frail Care parcels and Kitchen Gifts. Come on guys we can do this, let’s keep the momentum going!! Everyone if I can ask you to share this Post as far and wide as possible.
Christmas is about giving and caring and this year has been an extremely hard one with Covid-19 and we have lost many of our Golden Oldies who celebrated Christmas last year with your help. The situation in Zimbabwe is unstable and extremely volatile to say the least at the moment. Prices of basics are increasing…
Name List updated 11 October 2020. A huge Thank You to everyone who is / has supported us. We have 297 Boxes for our Golden Oldies Boxes Adopted so far, so only 391 to go. Then the Frail Care parcels and Kitchen Gifts. Come on guys we can do this, let’s keep the momentum going!! Everyone if I can ask you to share this post as far and wide as possible.
The Covid-19 Crises and our Golden Oldies:
Our New PayPal Link for those who can and would like to help
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr…
You can pick one of the 4 options.
1. Covid-19 PPE kit for a Golden Oldie @ $30 x 1250 pensioners
2. Sponsorship towards PPE’s and sanitising equipment for Frail Care and homes
3. Nebulizers and Medicine costs
4. Donation towards a food parcel
Basically 90% of our paperwork is sorted, its now all about funding.
For the updated name list of golden Oldies still needing to be adopted.
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It’s that time of the year again and we at the ZPSF would like to be able to make the upcoming Christmas of 2019 extra special for our pensioners. As a Fund we rely solely on donations to do what we do. We receive no funding from any Government organization.
We are in the last stretch before I leave with my other half (Johan Schultz) to go to Zimbabwe for my annual wellness check at all the Homes to see how things are going. This gives me the opportunity to check on special needs / meds requirements. I will also be sorting out the final details for the Solar kits to be distributed shortly all around Zimbabwe to the homes. We have only 95 of the 730 kits that still need to be sponsored, I am speechless and sitting here with tears in my eyes. You are all truly amazing, THANK YOU!!!!.
Time is flying, so I am challenging everyone out there to try and make a contribution, no matter how small, it makes a difference. We are busy working like crazy preparing for our Easter trip and we are looking to make it as special as possible especially in light of what has gone on the past few months. So guys I am counting on your generosity and continued support to help me make this a reality for them. Without you aid we cannot do what we do, YOU make our wheels turn and ensure our Golden Oldies have a reason to smile and carry on. THANK YOU!!!!
Good morning from a lovely wet Malelane, we are extremely grateful for the past 2 days rain. Hannes has been busy with collecting some of our bulk stock purchases from Nelspruit, while I have been doing the final odds and ends making sure everything is 100% for the Accountant and our year end. In between all of this we have been busy preparing for our next trip scheduled to take place shortly at the end of March / beginning April 2018, Russel Johnson will be doing his first solo trip for the fund and we are wishing him safe travels. On this trip Hannes will also be submitting all the paperwork for our next stock uptake.
You our supporters and donors keep our wheels turning. A big thank you to our monthly donors, it is a relief to know that we can count on you. To our once-off and anonymous donor’s thank you, your open hearts continue to amaze us!
Annual Adopt a Golden Oldie for Christmas – 21 Boxes for our Golden Oldies Adopted for far, Yippee, Still 630 to go. Then The Frail Care parcels and Kitchen Gifts. It’s that time of the year again and we at the ZPSF would like to be able to make the upcoming Christmas of 2017 extra special for our pensioners Come on guys we can do this, let’s keep the momentum going!!