RENEWED HOPE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, INC.

Working Together For Zimbabwe's Future

This mission was conceived during a trip Ralph and Roberta Pippitt made to South Africa in 1995.  They witnessed extreme poverty and thousands living in squatters’ camps where there was no electricity, running water or sanitary facilities that most people in the United States consider necessities of life.  They learned of even worse conditions in the rural areas of Zimbabwe.

The birth of this mission took place 9 months later when this couple decided to visit Rural Zimbabwe to see for themselves what the needs really were and possibly what they could do about it.  From that experience, they made the decision to return to the United States and attempt to raise money to fund some of the projects that they saw as most urgent.

This couple came out of retirement and embarked on a whole new career of fund raising for assisting other human beings in the world and most specifically for Zimbabwe.  They have expended much energy in collecting, gathering and shipping discarded clothing, school furniture, books and school supplies, hospital equipment and bedding from the United States to the needy in the rural areas of Zimbabwe.

Since the beginning, Ralph and Roberta Pippitt have made one trip a year to Zimbabwe at their own expense.  These trips are for the sole purpose of overseeing the building projects and to be certain the money is used as it was intended.  As an outgrowth of one of these trips, a sewing co-op was started and a group of 20 women were taught to sew.  It has since become a thriving business providing a service to the community and additional income for the women’s families.

The Heather Orphan Care Center has been established, at the urging of this couple.  It was formed to encourage the local community to do something about the care of the more than 1,895 orphans identified in this area.  Many children live alone because both parents have died of AIDS.

Since the beginning of the mission, work has been funded through gifts donated by friends of this couple.  However, the mission has outgrown the resources and so Renewed Hope Charitable Foundation, Inc. was started in 2000.  This opens a whole new set of doors for expanding this mission.

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Renewed Hope Charitable Foundation, Inc. | a 501(c)(3) charity | P.O. Box 1476 | Castle Rock, Colorado | 80104-1476

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