Greenhouses enrich lives at church mission

Two “life-transforming” greenhouses at The United Methodist Church’s Hanwa Mission are helping to fight climate change and grow education at the mission’s schools.

With financial support from Zimbabwe Volunteers in Mission and the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries’ Yambasu Agriculture Initiative, the Hanwa community constructed two half-acre greenhouses.

The Rev. Alan Masimba Gurupira, administrative assistant for Zimbabwe Area Bishop Eben K. Nhiwatiwa, called the development “a milestone in the life of the mission center.”

“It is the firm belief of The UMC, together with our devoted partners, that such a venture will lead the schools into an era of self-sufficiency and in spearheading other developmental programs,” Gurupira said. The horticultural venture, he noted, will form the backbone of other innovative programs to follow.

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