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Welshman Ncube donates to school
05 Apr 2012 at 10:45hrs | Views
The MDC President on Wednesday led a team of his party leadership to do community work at Daisy Field Primary School in the District of Vungu, Lower Gwelu in the Midlands Province. He was joined by the local community. This exercise to create a better learning environment at schools has been continuing through all the country's ten provinces.
The day began with the donation of exercise books, stationery, fifty desks and chairs to the school in a ceremony that was attended by multitudes of people comprising of parents and traditional leaders. Daisy Field Primary School is one of the poor schools in the Midlands that were established in the new resettlement area. The school had no furniture and the infrastructure was on a dilapidated state.
After the donation the MDC leadership and the community went on to do renovations to the school classroom and the painting of the block.
Speaking at the event the MDC President said, "we believe that one of the key areas that need to be seriously attended to in order to prepared our children to a great future is to educate them, our policy is very clear that is why you have seen our Minister of Education bringing you the textbook, he is fulfilling the party policy. What we are doing here is to help in our small way where he is facing challenges, however we see that you need classroom blocks and a good garden, we will organize that."
Speaking on the sidelines of the ceremony an old lady who only wanted to be identified as Gogo MaMhlanga said her community is grateful to the assistance by the party. She said they asked they sent their local headmen to look for President Ncube after seeing the rehabilitation of the Makhulambila School in the same district which was also spearheaded by the party.
"siyabonga shuwa umntwanethu usenzele izimanga, { we are grateful for the great works of our son} he is responsive to the needs of all his people, it's just a few weeks ago that we sent our headmen to ask for the assistance and look now he has delivered," she said.
The day began with the donation of exercise books, stationery, fifty desks and chairs to the school in a ceremony that was attended by multitudes of people comprising of parents and traditional leaders. Daisy Field Primary School is one of the poor schools in the Midlands that were established in the new resettlement area. The school had no furniture and the infrastructure was on a dilapidated state.
After the donation the MDC leadership and the community went on to do renovations to the school classroom and the painting of the block.
Speaking at the event the MDC President said, "we believe that one of the key areas that need to be seriously attended to in order to prepared our children to a great future is to educate them, our policy is very clear that is why you have seen our Minister of Education bringing you the textbook, he is fulfilling the party policy. What we are doing here is to help in our small way where he is facing challenges, however we see that you need classroom blocks and a good garden, we will organize that."
Speaking on the sidelines of the ceremony an old lady who only wanted to be identified as Gogo MaMhlanga said her community is grateful to the assistance by the party. She said they asked they sent their local headmen to look for President Ncube after seeing the rehabilitation of the Makhulambila School in the same district which was also spearheaded by the party.
"siyabonga shuwa umntwanethu usenzele izimanga, { we are grateful for the great works of our son} he is responsive to the needs of all his people, it's just a few weeks ago that we sent our headmen to ask for the assistance and look now he has delivered," she said.
Source - mdc
