For many, the word ‘Birthday’ means receiving gifts and presents from their loved ones but for Ruth Emmanuel-Makandiwa, it is a day that she set aside to put a smile on the faces of less privileged people. Being a woman who looks at all people through the eyes and with the Love of God, Ruth...
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Due to a number of reasons, the African girl-child, particularly those in the rural areas and those who come from less privileged backgrounds, never get the chance to fully exploit their abilities and their potential. The conditions that they have to brave through on a daily basis leave most of them vulnerable to things and...
In the morning hours of Tuesday the 21st of May 2019, the day didn’t give any signs of nothing beyond the usual for the bigger part of the residents of Nembudzia – over 400 kilometres from Harare – but for 200 elderly mothers and widows, this day was going to be like nothing they had...
Imagine waking up in the middle of the night, only to find out that your blankets are drenched in rain water and the only thing you can do is to endure the night up until the sun rises. Sadly, that is the situation that Gogo Nyuchi and her family would find themselves in quite often...
Hardships come into people’s lives in different forms and different ways. Some face hardships in achieving just one goal but in the case of this elderly widow, surviving for a day became a hardship that she had to endure for the sake of her children – from having enough to eat and cover her body...
Ruth Makandiwa, through the Agape Family Care hosted a two-day Skills Training Program from the 28th to the 29th of March 2019 at the Kingston House in Harare CBD with the tagline “Empowering Women’s Creative Skills For Sustainable Livelihoods” as part of the Women’s Month commemorations. The main thrust of this program was to empower...
Just as our Lord Jesus Christ said in Matthew 22 vs. 39 “…Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself”, Emmanuel and Ruth Makandiwa have always preached a gospel of love and compassion for others and they made a commitment to put this scripture into action by pioneering a mission of calling people to join hands in support...
THE UNITED FAMILY INTERNATIONAL CHURCH in conjunction with Agape Family Care has joined hands with well-wishers and its partners to mobilize relief aid for the victims of Cycle IDAI which hit the eastern part of Zimbabwe. Under the leadership of Emmanuel and Ruth Makandiwa, UFIC and AFC put scripture into practice by calling people to...
Gogo Melia Damiano (84 years old) who resides in Epworth, Harare relocated together with her husband from Malawi during the 1970s. After the passing on of her husband in 2000, she was left with 12 children that she had to take care of. “When my husband died, I didn’t know what to do because he...
The natural design of an African family gives most, if not all the responsibility to the husband or the father who is regarded as the head of the family and he has to provide for and feed the family. But in most unfortunate cases; when the breadwinner passes on, the mother and/ or the children...
