Imagine Mozambique: Vicky's Life Changing Trip

Vicky Rogers pictured with many of the children and helpers from Imagine.

I recently returned from a life changing trip to Mozambique, I was there for a month and I worked with the charity Imagine Mozambique. Imagine Mozambique was founded by Joe and Lorraine Williams from Liverpool in 1999 and the charity help with food and housing, along with many other community development projects. I spent most of my time at a project called the Family Homes, which are homes for abused, abandoned or orphaned children. It differs from an orphanage as each house (there are 4 houses) has a set of parents that essentially adopt the children, so it has a wonderful atmostphere. I did lots of activities with the children, we did arts and crafts, sports, music and I taught the older children English. We also spent a lot of time at the Mother Teresa Sister's Orphanage in Maputo, here we helped with feeding and changing the babies but mostly just playing with the children!

Before I embarked on this adventure I managed to fundraise £1000, all of which went towards Mosquito nets for the Family Homes, as malaria is a big problem in Mozambique. I raised this money by cake sales and received very generous donations, so I would like to say a big thank you to all those who helped me raise the money! We also donated lots of clothes, arts and crafts materials and sports gear. The trip was a brilliant experience, spending time with the Mozambican people was amazing, they were so appreciative of everything, they were so joyful and there was lots of singing and dancing!

Vicky Rogers

Vicky will give a presentation on her recent trip to Mozambique at Rosemary Lane on the 12th September. Vicky has a lot of photographs and will show some of them to help us appreciate all the great work that Lorraine and Imagine are continuing to develop in Catembe, with the help of our prayers, financial contributions and support!