Area residents aid Zimbabwe orphanage

Jackie and Ray Ramos, of Camano Island, recently returned from Zimbabwe, where they assisted the Good Shepard Centre, an orphanage.

Normal 0 0 1 11 63 SCNews 1 1 77 11.1282 <![endif]--> 0 0 0 <![endif]--> “When we went, we had no idea what we were going to experience,” Jackie said.

For the whole story, see the Oct. 13 edition of the Stanwood/Camano NEWS.

 

Jackie Ramos, of Camano Island, holds a baby girl who was found abandoned in a bush.	Locals sent knitted caps and scarves as gifts for the children in Zimbabwe.
The wife of the village pastor brings food for the young orphans twice a week.	Jackie and Ray also visited a home for elders, and gave them hats and toothbrushes.
Ray Ramos, of Camano Island, installs solar panels on the girls' dorm of the orphanage.	Some of the orphans started a micro business selling jewelry donated by a Stanwood/Camano area man.