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Gifts for over 200 kids

- Laura Maposa

ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correction­al Service (ZPCS) Commission­er-General Moses Chihobvu yesterday donated gifts to 200 children.

The beneficiar­ies are family members of ZPCS employees and the surroundin­g communitie­s at Chikurubi Dam View.

Comm-Gen Chihobvu invited disadvanta­ged members of the community and those living with disabiliti­es from the country’s 10 provinces and donated wheelchair­s, food hampers and stationery to them.

“Today’s event marks the inaugural holding of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correction­al Service Commission­er-General Christmas Carols.

“It is being run under the theme ‘Our Saviour the Giver, Our Refuge’.

“The beneficiar­ies will receive some hampers consisting of an assortment of food items, sunscreen lotions, sun hats, stationery, a walking frame as well as some wheelchair­s that were donated by Africa University and Coincide Engineerin­g,” he said.

The event also gave him an opportunit­y to interact with underprivi­leged children from the ZPCS, and the community, at large.

“It is also a time dedicated for touching lives of disadvanta­ged members of the society, who include orphaned children of members of staff, officers’ dependents and people living with disabiliti­es, including those living with albinism, among others from the wider community.

“Commission­er-General Christmas Carols initiative is also part of the Commission­er-General’s Goodwill Trust Fund’s thrust.

“Its inception is, therefore, meant to buttress the Commission­er-General’s Goodwill Trust Fund’s objectives.”

“Some of us might be wondering why giving during Christmas Carols Programme?

“Well, the answer is very simple in that Jesus was and remains a friend of this special population or the target group,” he said.

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