{"id":2276,"date":"2025-10-22T06:28:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moyocarefoundation.org\/?p=2276"},"modified":"2025-10-27T10:53:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T10:53:30","slug":"the-bumpy-road-to-the-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moyocarefoundation.org\/en\/the-bumpy-road-to-the-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bumpy Road to the Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The idea was born. The drive was there.
Now for a good name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I've gone through countless top-10 lists. Asked people for their opinions. But really, I knew pretty quickly: Moyo Care Foundation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any case, I wanted the name to tell something about our goal: to support medical care. Simon's last name is Moyo<\/em>, and when I discovered that in Shona that means \u201cheart,\u201d I knew for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Giving care. From our hearts.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April 2025, full of plans and good spirits, I went back to the Netherlands. I had another month off and thought: I'm just going to set up a foundation<\/em>. How hard can it be?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With ChatGPT as my faithful sidekick, I had done my homework: logo, objective, board, roadmap, ANBI status, bank account - everything was on my list. And honestly? I thought I was pretty far along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But then the notary came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My elaborate descriptions could go in the trash. The bylaws had to be drafted according to their frameworks and legal language. Whew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also my idea for the board - Simon, my sister and I - turned out not to be feasible. Simon would have to sign all kinds of documents, and that became practically complicated from Zimbabwe. In addition: for ANBI status, the board could not consist only of family or partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So there I was. Full of passion, with no board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, we found someone in our immediate circle who was just as enthusiastic as we were. And who wanted to invest both time and energy. What a gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It turned out to be a much bigger, more complex and time-consuming project than I had estimated. But the will and drive were still there. Especially when we told Dr. H. Ranganai about our plans. He was immediately enthusiastic and wanted to work with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then - even before we were officially registered with the Chamber of Commerce - a request for help came in through Dr. Ranganai. Since the foundation did not yet exist, we were able to pick it up through a loose crowdfunding campaign. All things for which I am intensely grateful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 8, 2025, the time had come.<\/strong>
The papers came in: the foundation is officially registered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A moment we naturally had to celebrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Het idee was geboren. De drive was er.Nu nog een goede naam. Ik heb talloze top-10 lijstjes doorgespit. Mensen om hun mening gevraagd. Maar eigenlijk wist ik het al vrij snel: Moyo Care Foundation. Ik wilde in ieder geval dat de naam iets vertelde over ons doel: medische zorg ondersteunen. Simon\u2019s achternaam is Moyo, en […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artikel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moyocarefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moyocarefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moyocarefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moyocarefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moyocarefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2276"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/moyocarefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2727,"href":"https:\/\/moyocarefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276\/revisions\/2727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moyocarefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moyocarefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moyocarefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moyocarefoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}