Who we are

The Nyadire Connection (TNC), based in Pittsburgh, Pennylvania, is a faith-based, non-profit organization that seeks to support and sustain the Nyadire United Methodist Mission in northeastern Zimbabwe, Africa. Nyadire Mission offers a hospital, primary and secondary schools, an orphanageand many other services to the community.

The group was founded in 2006 after a team of 18 Pittsburghers traveled to Nyadire to volunteer for three weeks. The team provided a day camp for primary school children, medical and pastoral care and construction labor. After returning from the mission trip, many felt that support to Nyadire should be ongoing and more in depth.

The team founded TNC in order to facilitate relationships and support between friends in the US and in Nyadire. TNC is able to interpret needs expressed by Zimbabweans at Nyadire, to identify needs in additional areas and to facilitate the development of relationships and support.

Our goals

As a non-profit, TNC seeks:

• To educate Americans to the plight of those at Nyadire and Zimbabweans about sustainable methods to ensure Nyadire's survival and efficacy;
•  To advocate for those who have little voice - the orphans, the poor, the sick;
• To support Nyadire with resources (both financial and otherwise) in a responsible and helpful manner.

 

 

About Zimbabwe*

Zimbabwe is a country in southeastern Africa that is slightly larger than Montana but with a population of 12.5 million, compared with 1 million residents in Montana. The country is impoverished, with more than 70% of Zimbabweans unemployed and underfed. In Zimbabwe, education is a privilege, fuel is scarce and the cost of basic commodities, such as bread, is quickly rising. HIV/AIDS is ravaging the country. An estimated 2,500 men, women and children die of HIV/AIDS-related illnesses every week. There is much suffering and tremendous need.

The Nyadire Mission
About 100 miles northeast of the capital city of Harare is Nyadire, where Nyadire United Methodist Hospital (NUMH) is located. It is a part of the larger Nyadire Mission complex, which includes one primary and one secondary school, a teachers college, a United Methodist church, and a cooperative farm.

*Source: General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church