Many Zimbabwean old age pensioners have been left in dire financial straits after a lifetime of hard work, as their pensions have been terminated due to the economic situation in Zimbabwe.

The Mdala Trust is a legally registered organization that provides regular and meaningful support to destitute or needy Zimbabwean pensioners resident in the Western Cape.

The Trust is managed by a Board of seven Trustees who are all ex-Zimbabwean and who have a wealth of managerial experience and ability. The Trust also has seven Patrons who are prominent and highly respected persons.

Trust business is focused essentially on fund raising so that the ever present needs of the pensioners can be addressed and catered for. Pensioner support incorporates the provision of gift cards to enable pensioners to survive nutritiously on a monthly basis, arrangement and funding for cataract operations and the provision of hearing aids where necessary, and an increasing range of additional assistance, including some limited medical aspects, as they are determined.

The Trust runs an annual fundraising golf competition, a number of raffles and an auction during each year, and has for sale a number of donated prints depicting Mr Ian Smith's Spitfire aircraft raiding over the Po Valley during World War II. Mr Smith championed the formation and work of the Trust from its beginning.

The Trust accepts donations of used clothing, linen, blankets and items of furniture which are distributed to the pensioners.

The Trust is an honourable organization managed enthusiastically by caring, honest and professionally experienced and competent people. The symbol of the Trust is the African elephant which denotes strength, support and nobility.



Financial donations would be the ideal, but other options are purchasing a print of Mr Smith's Spitfire series or participating in our fundraising golf day along with the raffle and auction of the day.