My name is Lidia Mupure. I came to South Africa 15 years ago from Zimbabwe in the hope of finding greener pastures. I met my husband in Cape Town about 7 years into my time in South Africa. He had also left our homeland to look for better opportunities.  We have a beautiful daughter Ruth who is now 7 years old.

God was faithful to me while working in the accounts departments for various companies, but God left me with a gnawing in my stomach that there was something else I needed to be doing. My work helped our family meet our needs, but after 15 years I realized  that God wanted me to return to my homeland and be part of the solution. Helping my people means using my land back home for agriculture and hope — a job that I grew up hating. As fate would have it, in my youth, my parents were awarded 50 hectares (roughly 124 acres) of land which has been idle for a long time because nobody  wanted anything to do with the farm. Many Zimbabweans have lost their love for agriculture, although it’s what we know best, because it’s always for “survival” and has not been a means to get ahead and build healthy communities. Today, that land is in my possession to bring glory to God.  

My desire for farming grew in my soul when I was introduced to Alan and Michelle Murdock by a good friend  and heard their vision and mission for Africa. I was so thrilled because I knew they were going to  bring the ‘giant ‘ that was in me of helping the community that I grew up in but above all feeding Africa out of poverty…  and I’m doing it. I am in the first critical phase of this work. Will you join me in being a problem solver with a plan, just like Deborah did in the Bible? Together, we can alleviate poverty and bring hope to hurting people.