Author Archives for Mark Taber

Zimbabwe Cuts Access to Aid


According to an article in the June 4, 2008 issue of the New York Times, while Mugabe is in Rome at a United Nations conference on food, his henchmen at home are apparently telling international aid groups — CARE, Save the Children, and World Vision are mentioned in the article — to close up shop […]

Teachers and Aid Workers Targeted in Zimbabwe



New York Times Covers Shadreck Mufute’s Arrest



Shadreck Mufute Freed on Bail



Details on Shadreck Mufute’s Arrest



New York Times Article: Could Mugabe Lose?



Monday, November 20 - In London


Just a quick post to let everyone know the whole team is now in London at Heathrow Airport waiting for our flight to Detroit — BA 203 arriving at 12:50 pm (as a reminder: if you’re picking someone up, meet us at the airport, not at the Romulus church).Yesterday we had a good (long) flight from Harare to London. For the most part the weather was clear all the way, giving us spectacular views of the Congo rainforest, the endless sands of the Sahara, clusters of villages and cities along the southern Mediterranean in Tunisia, the French Alps, sunset over Paris, and then the bright lights of London as we circled Heathrow waiting to land.

Photos


I’ve started to upload a few photos of the team members in action.

Calendar + AU Vice Chancellor Murapa



Monday, November 13



Thursday, November 9



Wednesday, November 8



Tuesday, November 7



Arrived in Zimbabwe!



At Heathrow



Post by Email is Working!


This will allow anyone who will have access to their home email account while they are in Zimbabwe (or now, too, for that matter) to easily post a message to the blog on the main page of this site just by sending an email message. You will just need to send the email (I’ll let everyone know the address for it) from the email address you entered in when you registered for the site (see http://vimtozim.org/wp-admin/profile.php if you’re not sure what it was).

VIMtoZIM.org Launched!



Mark Taber

Mark is the administrator of this web site. He lives in Indianapolis with his wife, Colleen, and two kids, Melinda (17) and Christopher (14). In his spare time he tries to make his living publishing the best possible books on the latest and most interesting computer technologies.