Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - chivako chepakutanga cheMEND chakakuvadzwa zvakakomba nokudengenyeka kweNorthridge
munaJanuary 1994 uye yakavakwazve mukati memwedzi mitanhatu. Makore maviri gare gare, kukwana kwaro kwakapetwa kaviri kusvika kumamita akaenzana kumativi mana ane mamita 20.000. Muna 2003, sangano rakatenga nzvimbo yaiva pedyo nenzvimbo yaro yokutanga uye muna 2007 rakavhura chivako chakakura masikweya mita 40 000 ipapo. MEND's foodbank, clothing centre uye makiriniki ehutano anogara muchivako ichi nepo chivakwa chepakutanga chichiri kushandiswa seSangano reDzidzo uye Kudzidzisa Center (ETC). Zvirongwa zviri muchivako cheETC zvinosanganisira kirasi yemakombiyuta yeMEND uye yeChirungu seMutauro Wechipiri (ESL).