ABOUT 1 000 disadvantaged elderly people in Hatcliffe, Harare, recently received a major boost after the Arthur Hagin Foundation donated 10 tonnes of mealie-meal.
The foundation is the brainchild of clergyman Arthur Hagin, who is the founder and leader of a fast-rising pentecostal church Signs and Wonders Ministries International.
The donation followed a two-day crusade held at an open ground in the high density suburb, where believers attended in their thousands.
Also on the day, about 2 000 girls and women received sanitary pads from the church.
Hagin, who led the donation, said it is the responsibility of the church to look after the elderly and assist those in need.
“We are hosting a crusade here and as we have done before, we donated to the elderly and those in need,” he said.
“We have done the same in Glen View and Kambuzuma, but today, we are in Hatcliffe to donate 1 000 bags of mealie-meal to the elderly.
“The donation was sources from our all-weather partners from within and outside the country. It is our responsibility as a church to assist those in need.
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“We also sourced 2 000 packets of sanitary pads that are going to benefit the girl child and women in dire need of them.”
The church engaged social workers based in Hatcliffe, who assisted in mobilising the beneficiaries.
“In Glen View, we also did an anti-drug abuse awareness campaign with the assistance of the government and other partners,” Hagin said.
“We hosted a sports tournament with the aim to encourage youths to stay away from drug and substance abuse.”
A beneficiary, Gogo Martha Mangombe (71), said the mealie meal donation came at the right time.
“I look after three children whose parents are all into drug abuse and cannot support them,” a teary Gogo Mangombe said.
“I am the one who has to look for food and clothes, among other necessities. I am happy today that the Signs and Wonders Church brought mealie-meal for me and other elderly people.
“It is a donation that will go a long way in alleviating hunger in my house.”
Hagin said the church is contemplating hosting the same programme in suburbs like Chitungwiza and Dzivaresekwa.
