Sibonelo Co- op brings E74 000 smile to 2 orphans
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NGCAMINI – Sibonelo Savings and Credit Cooperative Board members on Thursday brought hope and smiles to two orphaned children when they handed over a two- roomed house worth E74 000.
The children, Nosipho Tsabedze ( 18) and her brother, Ayanda ( 12), were sleeping in a stick and mud hut after both their parents passed away in 2010 and 2017, respectively.
The cooperative’s Board Chairman, Sifiso Mhlongo, said they were deeply touched by the plight of the children when they received a request from the Kalanga Umphakatsi Bucopho Elias Maziya.
The society further donated a 2 500 litres water tank and a toilet.
Lugongolweni Inkhundla Indvuna Phindile Shongwe offered to provide burglary work to the house.
In his remarks during the handover function of the completed house structure at the Ngcamini area situated under KaLanga Umphakatsi, the chairman said the donation was part of his organisation’s social corporate responsibility programme of ploughing back into the communities countrywide.
Mhlongo gave a brief background of his organisation, stating that it was formed by 20 members in 2017 and has increased its membership to over 4 000 for the past four years.
He mentioned that the organisation comprised of civil servants, however, they have incorporated bucopho, tindvuna and Members of Parliament ( MPs).
HELP
“The Bible says children are like an arrow in the hand of a hero. In 2020, the society decided to help 95 children at Cetshwayo Primary School. The society was ready to offer help to 120 children at the school with school shoes and bags. It spent E55 000 as the total costs of this project. We also renovated classroom furniture for the St. Joseph’s School to the tune
of E64 098 and went on to buy food hampers, school fees for Faniza and Wandile which totalled E66 150,” he narrated.
The chairman pointed out that one of the basic needs for every human being was to have shelter hence their commitment in the construction of the house for the children.
He further thanked the society’s membership for approving the budget towards funding some of their outreach programmes.
THANK
“We would like to thank Babe Dlamini, Babe Maziya, who both collectively donated 200 concrete blocks and the Tfwala family where the building material was kept for the duration of the construction process. Our objective is to facilitate the creation of funds to be loaned to members for productive purposes at affordable rates and to enhance the mobilisation of personal savings in encouraging investment opportunities within our members,” he added.
In total, the society has spent E317 932 in
Nosipho gave an emotional appreciation address to the Board members. She is standing with her brother Ayanda in front of the completed two- room house built for them. its social corporate initiatives since 2017. demic endeavours.
Nosipho, who was overwhelmed with “We believe this is God, showing His emotions during her brief speech, work and love to the people of Eswatini. I thanked the society and promised that believe that other companies will emulate they would continue to work hard in their this good work and also offer help to more academic pursuits to ensure that they reneedy families around the country. It is vive their parents’ home. now that churches as the body of Christ
“My father died in 2010 when I was dostart participating in such initiatives that ing Grade II and my mother died in 2017 seek to address such prevailing circumand I was in Grade VII. I would like to stances in our society,” he said. thank God for His glorious work as Sibonelo managed to identify us and see it befitting to prioritise this family in their outreach programme. I promise that I will continue to study hard and concentrate in school,” she said.
Nosipho is now doing Form III at Mbuluzi High School and resides at the school’s hostel, while her brother, Ayanda is doing
Grade VI at St. Michael’s Primary and also resides at the school’s hostel.
Lugongolweni Indvuna Phindile Shongwe lauded the society and urged other organisations to emulate the example set by
Sibonelo by contributing to the wellbeing of emaSwati.
Ngcamini senior resident Vusi Mkhonta further thanked the society and implored the children to put God first in their aca
‘ ADOPTED’
Nkosingiphile Hlophe, who ‘ adopted’ the children, said it was her passion to assist needy children.
Hlophe, who runs a business, styled Superworld Clearing Agency, said he was touched by the children’s plight in 2019 during their visit to the Lubombo Region to deliver food parcels to needy homes.
“I am also taking care of other children. I put Nosipho and Ayanda in hostels at their respective schools to ensure that they have more time for books. They are my children and they visit me when schools are in recess. I will make sure that they reach tertiary and go back to rebuild their home. We are so grateful for what Sibonelo has done as the children love their parental home,” she said.