Nine Hartzell High School students who completed their studies in 1981 have launched a foundation to help care for poor communities in southern Africa.
Started by a United Methodist couple, Ice Angels has grown from handing out water to unsheltered people under a bridge to providing food and other needed supplies and services with the help of a network of local churches, nonprofits and businesses.
Through the Pennsylvania-based Nyadire Connection, Zimbabweans at a United Methodist mission received food assistance as a drought-induced hunger crisis continues.
El Niño-induced drought has left millions facing hunger. The United Methodist Church’s efforts to boost food security in the region also suffered a huge blow, with church mission farms seeing major crop losses.
