Cephas Shava
Mwenezi-Zimbabwe Empowerment Trust (ZIMET) recently donated an assortment of food hampers to some elderly from across Mwenezi district.
The donation handed over at the local authority’s Rutenga Council Hall in the presence of ZIMET president Alexia Kuona saw a total of 72 elders receiving a hamper comprising 5 kg mealie meal, 4 kg rice, 2 kg sugar and 2 litres cooking oil among several other assortments.
Speaking at the handover event, Kuona urged the recipients to embrace the culture of giving in their respective communities before encouraging them to embark of self-sustaining projects.
“As you receive these food hampers, we also encourage you to cascade the spirit of giving to those whom you are residing with in your villages. We are not here to just give you something to immediately consume but we need you to be shining examples in your various communities, initiating self-sustaining projects. We need you to be ZIMET’s key ambassadors in your respective homes,” said Kuona.
The organization’s provincial secretary Leonard Chanyau told TellZim News that they are also working on empowering villagers in marginalized communities to self-sustain and currently they have embarked on diverse trainings, among several farmers in Mwenezi’s ward 13 on silage and cake making.
ZIMET’s donation ceremony was graced by Mwenezi District Development Coordinator (DDC) Isaac Mutambara who praised the organization for its helping hand and urges its patrons to continue with the good works towards needy communities in the district.
ZIMET is an organisation whose vision is to become a respected socio-economic trust relevant to the empowerment of the people of Zimbabwe through access to their natural heritage.
