Zimbabwe Amalgamated Housing Association (Zaha) director-general Killer Zivhu yesterday came to the rescue of a Kuwadzana-based orphanage, Tamuka Foundation, when he donated thousands of dollars worth of food items and paid school fees for all the children at the centre.
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Zivhu said it was disheartening that more and more children were living on the streets without basic rights such as education, health and shelter and challenged the corporate world to take care of vulnerable members of the community.
Tamuka Foundation was started by Veronica Kwati in early 2000 and takes care of 37 children among them infants while others are attending primary, secondary and tertiary education at various institutions.
“Every Zimbabwean has rights to all the basics and should have equal opportunities with others,” he said.
“We must not be selfish. We must make sure that the next person is happy as well. On top of food items that we brought here, we will also pay school fees and uniforms for all the children.”
Zivhu added: “I have been pleading with government to get a farm where we will grow food for vulnerable children. I have approached ministers and it’s painful that some people just got the farms, but are not utilising them.
“I have since approached Bulawayo Provincial Affairs minister Eunice Sandi-Moyo so that she will talk to the First Lady on our behalf so that we will be allocated farms. Such organisations should be given farms and assisted in taking care of the children. This is important because every child deserves better opportunities.”
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Two of the beneficiaries will be enrolling at Midlands State University in Gweru this year.
Kwati said she was hopeful that the children would late in life remember to continue to take care of others in the same predicament.
“I know God is in control. The children I have here at our base in Kuwadzana are well mannered and we would not want them to go back in the streets again. My wish is that they will be a shining example to others. Everyone deserves a chance in life,” she said.
