Hi. My name is Sekai Ward and I am a social worker (clinical license #6801089732) based in Ann Arbor, MI. My goal is to raise $2,000 by March, 2022 to benefit the 90 children who reside at the Emerald Hill Children’s Home in Harare, Zimbabwe. All donations will be used to purchase food, personal care items, school supplies, clothing, towels, and underwear. Some of the children at Emerald Hill have been orphaned as a result of COVID-19 and AIDS. Others have been abandoned by parents unable to provide for them due to poverty. Many have survived horrendous abuse and neglect during their short lives. Over the past three years I have made annual trips to Zimbabwe. My most recent trip was in August, 2021. During this latest visit, I witnessed first-hand how COVID-19 has posed another threat to the future of Zimbabwe’s youth and further damaged an economy that has been in free fall for several decades. I strongly believe that children are a country’s most valuable resource. This fundraiser is particularly close to my heart as I lived in Zimbabwe - on and off - with my American mother and Zimbabwean father between 1981 and 1996. Please help me invest in the future of these beautiful and brilliant young people -any amount will be greatly appreciated and put to good use! Thank you!

 

 

 

 

Domboshawa, Harare, Zimbabwe 1992