Karen

Where did your name come from?

Karen is a female name of Danish origin.

It originated with the Danes and the Greeks and is a diminutive of the more formal Katherine.

Karen means “pure,” which points to the wonderful innocence of childhood and the loving, pure nature a baby embodies.

Karen has, in recent years, become a widespread meme referencing a specific type of middle-class white woman, who exhibits behaviours that stem from privilege.

She is often the first to speak up against any wrongs she perceives happening to her especially when people of colour are concerned.

Peace

What brings you peace?

Knowing that someone is always looking out for me.

Knowing that there will always be a rainbow around the corner.

Knowing that whatever happens, they canโ€™t rub out the imprint.

Simplicity, quietness, love and joy.

These are what bring me peace.

Youโ€ฆ

You are the breeze that cools,

First thing in the the morning.

You are the birds that chatter and sing.

You are the brightness and cataclysmic colour of the flowers.

Too unworldly to draw โœ๏ธ

You are the soft smell of a rose

Sprinkled with dew on an early morning.

You are our hiding place in the the day ahead.

Our refuge and our rock.

Our strength and our reason!

OUR PEACE ๐ŸŒน

Fair Trade

If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell?

Traditional foods and artefacts. I love finding out what our ancestors spent all their time doing to survive in a far more hostile climate. Would love to find out their herbs and spices and recipies for eating and treating. Find it fascinating.

Camping at Wellington Dam

Google Maps

https://maps.app.goo.gl/x7RBzMVFjBky8g629?g_st=i

Have you been to see this amazing work of art on the dam wall of Wellington dam. The second largest dam in Western Australia, fed by the Collie River. It was completed in 2021 by Guido van Helton and entitled Reflections.

Potters Gorge is a large campground in the Jarrah forest on the shore of Wellington Dam.

Bookings are essential and can be made up to 180 days (approximately six months) before arrival and for one campsite only.

Potters Gorge

Campsites

https://exploreparks.dbca.wa.gov.au/site/potters-gorge-campground

Fifty-nine campsites of varying surfaces, sizes and layouts. Bookings are essential. Parking is a short walk from the camping area.

All campsites are unpowered.

Check campsite details and the campground map carefully when booking.

Facilities

Drinking water not provided. Rainwater may be seasonally available but supply is not guaranteed and treatment is required to make safe for consumption.

No-flush pit toilets.

Chemical toilet dump point.

Sheltered dining areas with gas barbecue, food preparation surfaces, dishwashing sinks with cold rainwater only (not guaranteed year-round), picnic tables.

All campsites have a picnic table and a fire ring.

Campground Rules

Campfires when conditions permit and in the provided fire rings only. Usual permitted season: April – November.

Chopped firewood may be available. Bring your own in case none is available. Collecting firewood and kindling is not permitted in national parks and other conservation reserves.

Dogs are not permitted.

Generator use is permitted at all campsites between 8am-6pm only.

Do not empty chemical toilet waste into campground toilets. Use the dump point or carry waste out of the park for disposal in an authorised dump point.

Fees

A per person camping fee applies. There is no vehicle entry fee for Wellington National Park.

Camping fee must be paid by Mastercard or VISA when booking.

Safety information

Drinking water is not provided. Rainwater may be seasonally available but supply is not guaranteed and should be treated to make safe for consumption.

No-flush pit toilets are the only personal hygiene facility.

December to April can be extremely hot and the risk of bushfire can be very high.

Nights can be cold from June to September.

Storms are common between May and October throughout WA.

Ensure you have sufficient supplies (including water, food, fuel, medication and first aid), and equipment and clothing appropriate for the conditions before travelling.

Be prepared for an emergency. For alerts, warnings and advice go to: Emergency WA

Recent news Zane

This is our way to let the World know of and show their support for our Golden Oldies still in Zimbabwe, whom we have been helping to support with food aid parcels and basic medical supplies for over 21 years.

Click me : https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=9ZQDM4CW696M2to donate ๐Ÿ™

Our Golden Oldies are part of an era that no longer exists. They stayed behind in the country they helped to develop, showing faith in a system, that not only let them down but totally ceased to exist.

They have lost everything. Farms, homes, life savings and in a lot of cases, hope.

The situation in Zimbabwe is dire with food either unaffordable or non-existent. Most of our Golden Oldies are not managing to afford their basic necessities including medication. The tales of sadness remain unheard and unattended.

This is where you can help, with your donations we show them that people all over the world still care about them. They may not necessarily be friends or family but there is a worldwide network of supporters who make what we do possible.


Please share this as far and wide as possible. Don’t forget to nominate/challenge your friends, co-workers, Church Groups, local Newspaper and so on. It truly is for a good and valid cause.

Our Various Banking Details:

Our new 2023 donate link to make things easier for donors around the world:

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=GQ389FW6QNT46

Otherwise here are our details

Australia Account

Rhodesian Association of Western Australia

P & N Bank

BSB 806 015

Account No. 01811882

Please include name and ZPSF in the reference. Acknowledgement will be given in our quarterly newsletter. If a receipt is required, please let Doug know at admin@rhodesianassociation.com

UK ACCOUNT:

ZIMBABWE PENSIONER SUPPORT FUND

Barclays Bank, West Swindon

Sort code:20-68-15

Account No: 23398579

Swift Code is:BUKGB22

IBAN is: GB49 BUKB 20681523398579

Please can you email me at betiann1@sky.com so we can send you an acknowledgement of your kind Donation ๐Ÿ™โค๏ธ

USA ACCOUNT

ZIMBABWE PENSIONERS SUPPORT FUND – USA

A Registered 501(c)3 organization. TAX-deductible receipts available for USA donors.

USA address to post cheques

PO Box 257,

Summerland

CA 93067

The USA now has Venmo for easier payments.

To request additional information, or receipts, from 1 April 2022 please email Caron at caron.b@cox.net

SOUTH AFRICA ACCOUNT

ZIMBABWE PENSIONER SUPPORTER FUND

FIRST NATIONAL BANK

MALELANE BRANCH

BRANCH CODE 270952

ACCOUNT NUMBER 62239042906

SWIFT CODE FIRNZAJJ

Please can you email me at linda@zpsf.co.za so that I can send you an acknowledgement of your kind Donation. ๐Ÿ™โค๏ธ

Thank you for your support towards our Golden Oldies, you make the Magic and we deliver it .

Doing what we say we do, real people helping real people.

As a Fund we rely solely on donations to do what we do. We receive no funding from any Government organization.

A huge THANK YOU to all our supporters out there who continue to enable us to keep doing what we are doing. Your support is invaluable to us and we at the ZPSF would never be able to sustain our regular supply of relief parcels if it were not for donations such as yours. You our Donors ensure our wheels keep turning, you are all truly amazing.

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS

Camping with SOAP

The Pensioners of Zimbabwe

Depressed Senior gentle lady. Alone In The Dark

https://www.zaneaustralia.com.au/zimbabwe-pensioners/

Zimbabwe is now a very sorry place to live. Where once professional people poured into Rhodesia/Zimbabwe and there was order and growth and development. Now it is totally run down with water and power cuts every week and costs soaring with inflation again reaching triple digits. Pensions are now worth nothing!

It is unbelievable how little the people left behind have, with very few commodities and a dire shortage of cash (no one has any!). The local currency (bond note) is recognized only in Zimbabwe and the exchange rate is astronomical for US1.

However, just back from a visit to my parents in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe in February 2023, and was delighted to see how Zane and Bulawayo Help Net were actually making a huge difference in the lives of many.

ZANE and Bulawayo Help Net, really do have the people at heart and often provide those who are left with absolutely nothing, some hope. They take time to support, visit and even have started a charity shop in Bulawayo, with the proceeds going to those most needy. A truly caring community.

If anyone would like to support these precious people.

Donate to Zimbabwe Charity