African Night Fundraiser

Wow! What a fantastic evening we had at our African Night Fundraiser in June. It was amazing to have so many guest attend and even better to see them adorned in their best African dress. As soon as our guests entered the venue they were transported to Africa...

On arrival taste buds were immediately sent tingling with the smell of authentic African cuisine.  Our incredible menu had a wide array of African dishes on offer which were cooked by a very talented Zimbabwean – Pamela we love you! Guests were treated to some of our favourite dishes such as oxtail, roast chicken, roast fish, spring vegetables with peanut butter, Zimbabwean style beans and Sadza of course. They were also encouraged  to try some of our traditional, or extreme as some may say, dishes such as Mopane worms, Maguru (tripe), Mazondo (cow legs), Matemba (dried fish), Nzondora (chicken feet) and chicken gizzards! For pudding there was milk tart to try as well as upside down strawberry cake, fresh fruit meringue nests and a very famous sticky date pudding.  

The hall and tables were beautifully decorated with handmade batiks, fabric and art work, allowing our guests to admire their beauty and appreciate the incredible skills of our fellow Africans. There was a small selection of photographs and art work donated by Zimbabwean artists up for grabs in a silent auction.

We had a mini marimba workshop for our guests, who then played a few pieces themselves which sounded fantastic! And in true Zimbabwean style, Keith made a plan and built us some speakers for the evening which blasted songs by some of our favourite African artists which certainly got people up and dancing well into the night.

We feel that our event was a huge success and  we couldn’t have pulled it off without the support from you all so we wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone for helping us! We managed to raise an incredible total of £1488.26 which will all go towards building our clinic.