ZAA lends a helping hand
ZIMBABWE Achievers Awards Foundation (ZAA) on Monday handed over food parcels donated by ZAA alumni to Esteemed Children’s Trust (ECT) Caledonia branch in an effort to assist the charity’s work with underprivileged children.
The groceries, which included mealie-meal, cooking oil, sugar, salt, tea and flour were donated by former ZAA winners — Adiel Mambara, Samantha Ncube, Sinkiwe Moyo, Samantha Tapfumaneyi, Codilia Gapare, Patrick Ndlovu and ZA ambassador Farai Mudariki.
Maimba Mapuranga, an ambassador of the foundation, told NewsDay Life &
Style that their desire was to see positive change within the communities.
“We are grateful for the work done by our community champions in helping others during these difficult times. We remain committed to assist in various ways through the foundation and our partners,” he said. ECT is a self-funded charity run by Madrine Chiku and assists children in Epworth and Caledonia through feeding programmes, medical help and education sponsorship.
“Most of the children are from disadvantaged backgrounds and face challenges on a day-to-day basis since most are orphaned and some have special medical needs such as anti-retroviral treatment,” Chiku said.
She said they were going to roll out the second phase of the donation at the Epworth centre tomorrow.
ZAA founder Conrad Mwanza said beyond celebrating achievements by high-flying individuals, they also felt duty-bound to uplift communities.
“In the long term we want to set up IT labs where we can teach coding and IT courses to the children. I have been so encouraged by the togetherness shown by many people and businesses both back home and in the diaspora in aiding others and I urge everyone to keep on doing our bits of good, it goes a long way in shaping communities."
The ZAA Foundation was launched last year and works with the ZAA alumni and partners in philanthropic work in communities.