Keegan Cooke — with wife Amy at the Montecito home of Teri and Ken Lebow — and two boyhood friends are determined to change the future of Zimbabwe, one child at a time. (Judy Foreman / Noozhawk photo via iPhone) 
Taps Mugadza performed at the benefit. (Judy Foreman / Noozhawk via iPhone) 
Zimbabwean artist Daniel Hagemann with one of his graphite drawings. (Judy Foreman / Noozhawk via iPhone) 
Up close with a lion … (Judy Foreman / Noozhawk via iPhone) 
… and a rhinoceros. (Judy Foreman / Noozhawk via iPhone) 
Santa Barbara artist Karen Bezuidenhout, a native of South Africa, was on hand at the benefit to lend support to her fellow Africans. (Judy Foreman / Noozhawk via iPhone)
Bill Macfadyen is Noozhawk’s founder and publisher. Contact him at wmacfadyen@noozhawk.com, and follow him on Instagram: @bill.macfadyen. The opinions expressed are his own.
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