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 to the pensioner.
2 The pensioner then knows that someone cares about them
Our 2025 PayPal donate link to make things easier for donors around the world: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=9ZQDM4CW696M2
We have recently celebrated our 23rd year of existence. Hard to believe that just over 23 years ago in January 2002 Hannes Botha received an appeal for help from a pensioner in Bulawayo Zimbabwe. The pensioner had no funds and no food . Hannes bought enough food to fill his Ford Meteor car, took a week’s leave and drove the 1000 kilometres to Bulawayo and delivered food to the pensioner. A few months later he went up to Zimbabwe and supplied the pensioner with food. He was asked to supply a pensioner with food at the Huisvergesig Old Age home in Gweru. This he did and when he noticed how the other pensioners in the home were staring at him and the box of food, he realised that they also needed food. It took Hannes another 8 months to buy enough food to supply 36 pensioners with a food hamper at this home. The pensioners did not know that they would be receiving food and some of them were so overwhelmed that they cried. This is when Hannes realised that there was a crisis facing the pensioners in Zimbabwe. Their pensions were fast becoming worthless as inflation was out of control. Hannes then started the Zimbabwe Pensioner Supporter Fund as he could no longer carry the cost on his own. December 2003 Hannes bought a 4 ton Toyota Dyna truck as he was supplying more than 100 pensioners with food. As donations were received the ZPSF expanded its relief efforts until it was supplying more than 400 pensioners with food, clothing and basic medicine every 3 months. Talk about an adventure and we are still going.
Kind Regards
Linda Schultz
Director – Fund Raising & Awareness for the Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund
Phone 013 7900934 Cell 079 608 2676
Email linda@zpsf.co.za /zpsf@zpsf.onmicrosoft.com
Web www.zpsf.co.za
Section 21 Co Reg. 2007/034036/08; NPO Number 096733; Section 18A PBO No 930031642
The 3 most important pillars of our cause:
UNIQUENESS – being one of a kind and knowing that the ZPSF is driven by good will and very passionate members.
TRANSPARENCY – enforcing the rule that all members must be fully informed before taking part in this noble venture.
ACCOUNTABILITY – Having a traceable paper trail for every cent handled, and regular revues conducted.
