Adventist Development and Relief Agency challenges that were faced particularly by the female prisons such Committee (ADRA) in Masvingo which had made a as lack of: donation to the female inmates and their children in Sanitary ware, food for the babies in the prison, soap and Vaseline Conclusion. prison.The total quantity of food donated was 31 among other needs. They welcomed provision of tyres used to The trip to Masvingo was a success Boxes of 36 packets of rice mixed with Soya meal. make Manyatera or sandals for the inmates. and an example of how The food was sourced through efforts of Mrs Teclah communities and church Other major needs were: Ponde, the Development worker. Two members organizations could beof mobilized • sanitary ware for they were using pieces of cloths which staff went for the field visittonamely, Charles was a hygiene problem and health hazard assist offenders within their own Mudehwe the ZACRO Programs Manager and • washing and bathing soap communities Teclah Ponde the Development Worker. They held a • Vaseline meeting with ADRA Committee representatives at • jerseys especially since winter was fast approaching Masvingo Down Town Lodge. Other members • panties present included: Mr. Alois Ponde: ADRA • sugar or salt to put in porridge Chairperson, Mrs. Shanna Mazorodze: ADRA • eanut butter for the porridge of children Committee Member, Mrs. Ruramai Tavaruva: • Clothes and warm clothing and nappies for babies. Committee member and Mrs. Maud Mudota Among the female offenders were some under Antiretroviral Committee Member, Ms Memory Gwasira: Treatment who needed supplementary food to enable them take t Volunteer. The ADRA Chairperson who welcomed medication. The team therefore donated 4 boxes of food towards everyone to the meeting gave a brief explanation supplementary food for breastfeeding mothers and those under that ADRA was the Adventist Church wing treatment. Some cloths donated to three babies. The ADRA responsible for spearheading relief and development representatives made an undertaking to source for tyres and make services and ts membership was not limited to Manyatera for female offenders. Adventists only as some committee members were from other denominations like Roman Catholic Church, Harvest House, and Dutch Reformed Church including Adventists themselves. As a relief initiative, ADRA initially focused on giving soup to street kids but when plight of children in Prison was brought to their attention, they sought assistance to these kids. They thus mobilized the 31 boxes of food and some second hand clothing for children.. They were much keen to assess the impact of the donated food especially that given to children who were already malnourished. A lot of people were not aware of the challenges faced by offenders and their dependents hence Mr. Mudehwe explained objectives of ZACRO and how ZACRO was working with offenders and try to alleviate challenges they faced. The result - volunteers were keen to work with ZACRO and market it. Shurugwi Female prison – Midlands province. (Background Info) Challenges, Needs and Interventions. At Shurugwi prison the visiting team met the Officer in Charge. The prison had just benefited from the Presidential Amnesty hence the offender population was very low. There were only 22 female inmates while the prison has a holding capacity of 50 though at times it housed more than the holding capacity. Of the 22 offenders, 8 were on remand, one was pregnant with no preparation Needs: They had a netball pitch and needed netballs. Food for children was inadequate and there was no supplementary food for the sick and those taking ARVS and there was need for a peer education program on HIV/Aids. Baby clothing and preparation material for expecting mothers was needed too. The prison however does not have a clinic. Sick inmates were taken to Shurugwi hospital. It was envisaged that it 26