Epworth residents with disabilities cheered up
PEOPLE living with disabilities in Epworth yesterday received food hampers and clothes donated by ZEC Commissioner Dr Kundai Shava.
Dr Shava has been donating to the disabled since the 1990s when he was still a teacher and during his tenure as a lecturer at the Midlands State University, he also assisted with student fees.
“To make the world a better place for everyone, we all need to play our part in whatever way we can. Maybe that’s through volunteering your time or skills for a cause you care about, or perhaps it’s something as simple as being kind to strangers you meet in your day-to-day life. But you can also help make a difference by donating what you can to charity too,” he said yesterday.
He said he enjoys supporting people with disabilities because he was once a recipient of assistance.
“We all like to look back to see where we came from. I lost my parents when I was very young, so all my life I was helped by others, helped by people I don’t even know who are not related to me and the Government as well. So that was a lesson that got into me,” said Dr Shava.
Commissioner Shava promised the Epworth residents that he would spend the remainder of his life visiting and helping people with disabilities.
“Since I was also helped when I needed it, it is my responsibility to always be there for others in need of assistance,” he said.
Dr Shava expressed how he was grateful for the President’s gesture of appointing people living with disabilities in Government.
“The President appointed me to work as a commissioner at ZEC. It is a very significant thing because there are not many people appointed in that manner, and if it is discovered that you also live with a disability, it indicates that our Government is beginning to recognise that people with disabilities are capable of doing other things, for which we are truly grateful. Nowadays, a large number of us are in decision making bodies,” he said.
Margaret Muringisi thanked Dr Shava’s wife for enabling him to assist them.
“I want to express my gratitude to Mrs Shava for her love and for letting her husband embrace us — most wives would not permit such a thing,” she said.
Loyce Mhapa, chairperson of the people living with disabilities in Epworth Kaguvi branch, thanked Dr Shava for his good deeds.
“I want to thank God for sending his servant Dr Shava who has given to us food hampers and clothes. If you see someone remembering you that way, he is yours.
“Things are very hard for us but Dr Shava has taken it upon himself to bless us which such a blessing and may God bless those who will think of doing such good deeds,” she said.