The team
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Charlene
I am Charlene Stotter, and find myself to be the leader and director of Zimkids. I’m a Zimbabwean, but lived in England for 6 years, which is where I became a Christian and attended Morden Baptist Church. In late 2005 I felt God wanted me to return to Zimbabwe to take the love of God to people there. So I went there to explore, and as a result conceived Zimkids as “supporting orphans and vulnerable families in Zimbabwe as an expression of the love of Jesus Christ”. This became a reality in March 2007, sponsored through Morden Baptist Church, as a ministry of Highlands Presbyterian Church, Harare, which is where I and the team work from.
Wade
Hi! I’ve been with Zimkids since January 2008. My official title at Zimkids is “Income Generating Projects Leader” & I have a passion to see the people we help producing their own food & paying their way through life. I’m 23 years old & grew up an only child in one of Zimbabwe’s smallest towns. This is the first time I’ve lived in Harare & in spite of the fact I’m living with one of my colleagues in the messiest house in town, I’m loving it! I’m the pretty face & style of Zimkids & if I wasn’t doing this I would probably be striding the worlds of fashion & music with my own band and clothing line. One of my biggest dreams is to travel, and I had never been out of Zim until last August when I was able to get to the UK for the wedding of 2 good friends who had volunteered with Zimkids. Would love to see India, Japan, Nepal & New York. The world is waiting for me but right now my heart is in Zim.
Nash
My charge is a site in Mutoko that is approx. 200km away from our base at Highlands Presbyterian Church in Harare, and my job is to make sure that the kids out there are getting enough food, education, clothing and that most of all – they hear the gospel. And this is the main reason I’m part of Zimkids. I like to see kids being given a fair chance and most of all to grow in God’s likeness…you see, I can put my effort into helping these kids and have kids with a promising future, but if they don’t have God, well then I have done nothing! Sound Engineering is my profession outside of the Church and I will be doing sound wherever I can. For fun I like playing the guitar – bass – and the piano, and I run a cricket club with friends, called Eagles Cricket Club. More recently I have started a beehive project to assist our kids and families to get some income from selling honey.
Brendon
Hobbies: Listening to music, playing ultimate frisbee, sound mixing at church, P.C. Gaming, reading Previous Work: Hospitality Management Training, Photography Shop I’m a Zimbabwean, born and raised. I grew up in Harare, the capital city in which Zimkids operates. I first became involved with helping the poor when a group came from Morden Baptist in 2006. Since then my involvement in this kind of work has grown into working full time with Zimkids – to bring hope and material support to underprivileged families.
Johnson
I am aged 24 and started working with Zimkids in May 2009. What I like most about Zimkids is that it changed my life completely, because I can now share the Bible with the poor. I have been learning to do this more, and in August 2009 really enjoyed teaching at a camp we held for teenagers outside Harare. I have been more involved since then and recently helped with and translated for a team from the UK who ran very creative family events. I have joined Nash in being responsible for the Mutoko site, as he concentrates on other aspects.