With a current volunteer leadership of 19 members including the Board of Directors, the Portland-Mutare Sister City Association is vigorously pursuing efforts on several fronts to fulfill its mission of mutual support between Portland and Mutare. With Zimbabwe’s economic decline and the current international focus on Africa and the AIDS pandemic, we find ourselves at an unusual place: strong connections with community leaders, in a part of Africa with some of the greatest needs, and an infrastructure in place in Portland and Mutare that has a successful history of medical, educational, and cultural outreach and exchange. It is our goal to be guided by the community in Mutare in our continued response and to keep the citizens of Portland aware and involved. We believe that the Portland-Mutare Sister City Association is a model for effective, grassroots community to community response.