Zimbabwe Information

Population - 11,365,366 (July 2001 est.)

Expected population (2050) - 9,276,696 accounting for the current excess mortality due to AIDS

Life expectancy - 38.51 male, 35.7 female (2001 est.)

Gord and Anita Cooledge and their family

Gord and Anita oversee the Zimbabwe Village of Hope.

These villages consist of a cluster of homes with each home housing 8-10 children and an African mother. Each cluster of homes, or "village", provides needy children with love, education, physical nourishment, and the hope of a bright future. Most of these children have been orphaned or affected by the AIDS/HIV crisis in Zimbabwe and have no hope of a future without intervention.