A 10-strong team of health care assistants have travelled from Zimbabwe to work for Workington-based Bellcare in the UK.
Cici Moyo and Florence Musekiwa are two of the Zimbabwean
carers who have swapped temperatures of 21 degrees for a chilly Cumbrian
winter, but they both say they are loving their new home county.
Florence, aged 32, worked in the engineering industry
before heading to the UK. She told The
Cumberland News that ““I heard how much
European countries were struggling to find carers and, after talking it over
with my family, we decided we would love an adventure.”
Now she’s living in Wigton with her husband, Phillip
Muzondo, and their two children Grace, aged seven, and Keanna, aged 4. Phillip
is aiming to start work as a bus driver, which was his occupation back in Zimbabwe,
once the children are settled.
Cici worked in environmental health in Zimbabwe, but had
always dreamed of being a nurse so she changed careers and became a health care
assistant five years ago. She hopes her children, Takudzwa, aged 21,
13-year-old Nigel and five-year-old Robbin will eventually be able to join her
in Cumbria too.
“It’s just the best place to raise children,” she says,
“There’s low crime and the people here are lovely.”
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