CHIREDZI — The Botswana embassy in Zimbabwe on Thursday donated an assortment of goods, groceries, blankets, baby milk and clothing to quadruplets who were recently delivered at Chiredzi General Hospital.
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The quads and their mother Lizzy Moyana are still admitted at Chiredzi hospital where their condition is still being monitored.
Botswana ambassador to Zimbabwe Kenny Kapinga presented the donation on behalf of his embassy.
He was accompanied by his secretary Christine Karaga and driver David Kaletid during the donation which was done in the presence of hospital staff.
The ambassador said he was touched by the plight of the mother when he first read the story in NewsDay two weeks ago.
He said after reading the story, he immediately got in touch with the paper in an effort to help the mother.
Kapinga said he realised that the woman was from a disadvantaged background, making it difficult for her to look after the four newly born children.
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“On behalf of the Botswana government, we came here after reading a strange story in NewsDay that a woman had given birth to four children,” he said.
“We understood how difficult it is to have four children at once and we decided to raise funds to donate to the woman and the children.
“In Botswana, we have compassion and this is the character of our President. We thus follow this vision by providing for these children at this time of need.
“We are dominantly Christians back home and thus we are donating on Biblical principles that require helping those who are in need.”
Kapinga said they would monitor the welfare of the children as they seek to continue assisting them.
He said embassy staff would be back in Chiredzi in two weeks to visit Moyana’s rural home at Mabeye in Chipinge.
On their visit next week, Kapinga said they wanted to assess the infrastructure at the rural homestead to see whether it was suitable for the proper upkeep of the children whom he described as “tourist attractions” in the Lowveld.
He also said his country would build a two-roomed house and a toilet so that the babies would live in a clean and convenient environment.
Moyana thanked the ambassador for the good gesture and further requested assistance for her four babies when they reach school-going age.
“I thank you for the good gesture you have shown me. I kindly ask if you can also consider helping me with my own clothing. I also appeal to you if you can find employment for my husband so that he can be close to these children,” she said.
Moyana said her husband was working in South Africa and had not seen the babies since their birth.
She said her husband comes home in December every year because he is not given off days at a farm where he is working.
Moyana received other donations from Chiredzi Lions Club through their chairman Lion David Saunyama.
Lions club donated milk, clothing, pampers and blankets. Big Five butchery owner Ernest Chinoda also donated cash towards the upkeep of the quadruplets.
