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| Faase Tagurana Sithole |
Livingstone Mtetwa
CHIPINGE – Kanyi Redu
Development Association (KREDA), a non-governmental organization based in
Chipinge, has come to the rescue of a 17-year-old girl by securing her an
artificial leg after eight years of suffering.
Faase
Tagurana Sithole lost her leg to a crocodile attack while she was nine-years-old
and had used an artificial leg ever since, but it had grown smaller as she grew
up.
The
situation affected her education as she could no longer go to school but her
prayers were answered when she was adopted by the organization following the
death of her grandmother who was her guardian.
KREDA
Board of Trustees (BoT) chairperson Sailas Chawira and Vice chairperson Grace
Dube, together with People Living with Disability Commission (PWDC), reached
out to Gross Care International Sales director, Diana Shonhiwa who agreed to
provide a new artificial leg for Sithole.
Dube
said securing a new artificial leg for the girl was a huge task and a great
achievement for KREDA, as they had limited by resources.
He said
KREDA and the PWDC will benefit from the mutual relations with Gross Care
International which provides technical assistance to improve life for the
disabled and the elderly.
“KREDA,
PWD Commission shall benefit from this relationship with Gross Care
International. They supply assistive adaptive technologies, independent living
products, mobility aids and paralympic sporting equipment for people and
learners with disabilities,” said Dube
Gross
Care International also supply innovative technologies that help create equal
opportunities for the elderly, the disabled and persons from disadvantaged
backgrounds to remove stigmatization of people and learners with disabilities
in the community.
KREDA
executive chairperson, Sinotheni Chibarirwa said the partnership with Gross Care
International is a notable breakthrough and KREDA still need more partners to
circumvent scarcity of resources hindering its vision of changing lives in
Chipinge.
“Although
we managed to assist Sithole, we still have a long way to go in finding other
partners and I call upon all commissions or individual members to assist in any kind of way to save lives and those
willing to assist can contact our Vice Chairperson Grace Dube on +263 77 512 2895 ,” said Chibarirwa.
Chabarirwa
said the story of Sithole marked the good work being done by KREDA and encouraged
members to continue the good work to their communities.
“KREDA
has done wonderful and commendable work. Good work always pay in the long run. Chipinge
community members must emulate the good work being done by KREDA and support
the good work,” Said Chabarirwa.
