Southern Arica in general and Zimbabwe in particular, have been hard hit by a massive drought. Zimbabwe has an agricultural-based economy so the nation as a whole has been thrown into a dire food shortage of unprecedented magnitude.

Two teams are planning to arrive at Home of Hope Murombedzi in April (2024) to continue with the development of the training center. One focus will be to assist the sewing initiative that was started several years ago. The second project will be to construct sewing tables and stools for the training center.

In April of 2022, many ladies in the Murombedzi community expressed a desire to learn to sew. After presenting a class in hand sewing, the ladies requested more training.