A fabulous fundraising concert with the beautiful and talented Tsungai Tskirirai, Zimbabwean singer and songwriter with her wonderful group of musicians took place at the Christ Church in Marlow. It was a sell-out event, a collaboration with the church who support ARTPEACE, a community of sculptors and their families in Harare. Beautiful music and Zimbabwe sculpture for sale, in a very happy and welcoming environment. Our thanks to Martin and his team at Christchurch and to all those who came and enjoyed the evening.

£1200 was raised for the RESCU/JAIPUR LIMB project, that now enables JT to fund more recipients of the Jaipur Limb.

The construction of the Michael Project Pre-School building is complete and it is a safe, happy learning environment for 30 children and their teachers. Huge thanks to all those involved in the planning and construction of this lovely building.

Jacaranda Trust is delighted to be the major donor for this project and thanks all our friends and supporters who have contributed to this over the past few years.

Toby Greenwood steps down from being Chairman of JT for 8 years. Toby was thanked for his loyal contribution and support to JT.

Janey McDowell joins as a fellow Trustee.

A beautiful sunny day at Henley Golf Club where Jacaranda Trust held its first Charity Golf Day, kindly managed by club professional Mark Howell. 9 teams played a stableford competition, alongside a beginners clinic with Mark. Winning team James Holder’s Huntercombers, 2^nd Clarkies, 3^rd Allshort Bar One. A great atmosphere along with the joker and gamble hole and a putting competition made for a fun and relaxed day.

Delicious lunch in the club house was served and plans for the Michael Project Pre-School building were shared. An amazing £5000 was raised on the day with kind donations, and following this with further donations £11,000 was raised, added to an initial donation, Jacaranda Trust are the major donor to the Pre-School building project.

The winning team The Huntercombers

The beginner ladies

Annie and Peter Allport visit Zimbabwe, a family holiday to celebrate Annie’s 60^th, followed by a hugely inspirational stay in Harare visiting the Michael Project, Shingirirai Trust and the RESCU hostel and workshop.

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A great evening when Janey McDowell gave a very interesting and inspiring talk with fabulous photographs about her visit to Zimbabwe in July 2016. She spent time with the charities JT support and volunteered for the Michael Project, working in their orphanage
Shalom.

10 Marathons in 10 Days

Huge congratulations to Nick Allport and Tom Binnie for their fantastic achievement.  Running the Pennine Way last August – a cool 268 miles of tough terrain along the spine of England.

They ran from north to south, against the prevailing wind.  The going was tough, running in bog and in very harsh weather conditions.  They camped on route and carried their own 12kg packs.  Halfway, a welcome stay was at Frith Lodge, near Keld in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales National Park.  The owners, Neil and Karen are a lovely couple and we’d  recommend staying there if ever in this area.

Thank you Nick and Tom for raising a fantastic £3,000 for JT  and many thanks to their kind donors.  This money has been donated to the RESCU/Jaipur Limb project in Zimbabwe, enabling  disabled people to fit prosthetic limbs for those in need.  A wonderful project.

A great evening when Janey McDowell gave a very interesting and inspiring talk with fabulous photographs about her visit to Zimbabwe in July 2016. She spent time with the charities JT support and volunteered for the Michael Project, working in their orphanage Shalom.

A wonderfully inspiring evening when Dave and Helen were visiting the UK in April 2016.  They kindly gave a talk with photos on the work the MP achieves in Zimbabwe via their ongoing projects.  Their faith in God and Christian ministry is behind everything the MP do and what has been achieved in truly remarkable.  Following their talk, Janey McDowell offered to volunteer in the summer at the Shalom Orphanage in Harare.  Another kind donor has bought the MP a much needed vehicle.

NOVEMBER – a Fun Quiz evening was held at the Pavilion in Stoke Row, Oxfordshire, with Toby Greenwood as our brilliant quizmaster. Thank you, Toby. This proved to be a great night to have fun, with 8 Zimbabwean-named teams, and a Bobotie supper in true southern African style. Huge thanks to everyone for coming, to Penny and Judy for their delicious chocolate brownies and to BLegal for sponsoring the wine.

A grand total of £1581 was raised during the evening which has enabled THE MICHAEL PROJECT to purchase and install 2 solar powered water heaters for their Shalom Orphanage in Harare. These supply 2 of the family units at the orphanage. The Chigoras (Emelly and Tonderayi) who have 5 children with them and Teclar who also has 5 children in her familyunit. They now have plenty of hot water….