PHUMUZA Share the Load!

Phumuza has received a donation of 311 magazines from ZimbabweReads. The magazines are to be distributed to the secondary school that we support at Insiza. The magazines will benefit pupils, parents and their caregivers. Our aim is to help set up libraries in the local schools. We hope the magazines will be embraced by our schools.
Phumuza is on the list of ZimbabweReads recipients and we appreciate their support. The magazines are all issues from   [ Read More ]

The event is being held on Monday 12th March 2012  at 7 pm at the Beccles Baptist Church, Station Road Beccles, NR34 9QJ.
The tickets are £2.50 each and all the proceeds are going to Phumuza which is a charity that helps vulnerable children and adults in Zimbabwe.
The Beccles Baptist Church can seat 300 people and it would be great to see it full!  Please ring, text or email me if you would like to purchase a ticket or tickets for   [ Read More ]

Phumuza was founded in 2003 during Suku and Peter Bailey’s visit to Suku’s hometown of Filabusi, Insiza district. Phumuza which translates to ‘ease the burden’ or ‘to share the load’ in English is a Private Voluntary Organization registered in Zimbabwe. Phumuza is based in Bulawayo however concentrates its charitable work in Filabusi in Insiza district.
Enroute to Suku’s homestead, they met Etah Moyo pupil from Lubuze Primary. Etah was being sent home   [ Read More ]

The Children of Filabusi in Zimbabwe received woollen hats that were kindly knitted and donated by women of the National Women’s Registrar in Beccles, United Kingdom. A number of the hats were donated  by the local churches in the local churches in the Beccles area. This included: the Baptist Church, Methodist Church, the Church of England and the Salvation Army in Beccles. Suku Bailey and Peter Bailey collected 264 knitted   [ Read More ]

Please give your support  to ‘Phumuza’ so we can give these children access to education, knowledge, skills and opportunities.  Education is a vital part of the children’s growth and development to overcome poverty they are growing up in. There is far too many orphans and vulnerable children who still do not have the chance to go to school.
We need your Support.
 

This year (2011) for the first time Phumuza hosted a Christmas party for more than 300 children.  100 of which are orphans and vulnerable children we support.  The party hosted by Phumuza was attended by parents, grandparents and carers.
Food was cooked by volunteers,  chicken, beef and rice,  isithwala/sadza, drinks, sweets, lollies, biscuits, bread and jam was served. Children received pens and pencils, clothing, shoes, trainers and woolen hats. Phumuza is   [ Read More ]

09.01.2012 at 10:00am
Talk by Suku Bailey at the Salvation Army South Lowestoft
Suffolk, UK
 

David Mummery and Verena Bassett are supporting two charities, Rukungiri Orphan Partnership and Phumuza Share the Load. David and Verena got married in September 2011 in Beccles, Suffolk, UK. They offered their wedding gifts to be donated to the two charities.
We would to express our gratitude for receiving a donation of £120.00.  We wish David and Verena all the happiness for the future.
The wedding was attended by Suku and Peter   [ Read More ]

Thank you to the National Women’s Register in Beccles, Suffolk, UK for donating the sum of £160.00 in July 2011, and a sewing machine for the sewing project at Lubuze Secondary School. The uniforms are made at the school by volunteers and sold at an affordable price.
The project aims at cutting the cost of travelling to the city to purchase school uniforms. Profit generated from the sells helps to pay schools   [ Read More ]

Children at Vumangwe Primary School receive donations from the UK- March 2011.

Suku Bailey distributes donations of clothing; trainers, shoes, pens and pencils from Phumuza at Vumangwe Primary School, Insiza. The school has more than 300 pupils.
 
School fees were paid for 100 orphans and vulnerable children which amounted to US$1000.00. The school tution fees and levies are US$10.00 per child per term. US$30.00 could send an orphan to school for the whole year.

Regular financial support   [ Read More ]