News / Local
GMB donates to Entembeni Old People's Home
23 Feb 2013 at 08:19hrs | Views
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) on Tuesday donated groceries worth $5 000 to Entembeni Old People's Home in Bulawayo.
The goods included mealie-meal, cooking oil, salt, soap, detergents, rice, relish, brooms, toiletries, sugar and a wheel chair.
The parastatal also provided lunch for the elderly at the centre.
Presenting the consignment, GMB general manager Mr Albert Mandizha said the donation was part of his organisation's corporate social responsibility.
He urged other firms in the city to also assist such institutions.
"It is a privilege for us to provide social support for the less privileged in our society. The donation is part of our corporate social responsibility," he said.
The Matron of Entembeni Old People's Home, Mrs Catherine Chiponda, said the donation came at a time when the centre was on the brink of running out of food.
"We are grateful for what GMB has done. I was having a headache because the mealie-meal we have was just enough for two days.
"We operate without a budget and depend on donations. Sometimes our board members end up using their own money to buy food for the elderly," said Mrs Chiponda.
The board chairman for the home Mr Sam Sithole concurred.
"The situation was bad here but God is great. We can now smile because we have food on the table," he said.
Speaking at the same occasion, the deputy chairman of the GMB board, Mr Basilio Sandamu, said it was everybody's responsibility to look after the elderly.
"As GMB we work in a community and we have a mandate to help our community. You (the elderly) are our parents. You worked hard to raise us to be what we are today and now it is our turn to assist you," said Mr Sandamu.
The goods included mealie-meal, cooking oil, salt, soap, detergents, rice, relish, brooms, toiletries, sugar and a wheel chair.
The parastatal also provided lunch for the elderly at the centre.
Presenting the consignment, GMB general manager Mr Albert Mandizha said the donation was part of his organisation's corporate social responsibility.
He urged other firms in the city to also assist such institutions.
"It is a privilege for us to provide social support for the less privileged in our society. The donation is part of our corporate social responsibility," he said.
The Matron of Entembeni Old People's Home, Mrs Catherine Chiponda, said the donation came at a time when the centre was on the brink of running out of food.
"We are grateful for what GMB has done. I was having a headache because the mealie-meal we have was just enough for two days.
"We operate without a budget and depend on donations. Sometimes our board members end up using their own money to buy food for the elderly," said Mrs Chiponda.
The board chairman for the home Mr Sam Sithole concurred.
"The situation was bad here but God is great. We can now smile because we have food on the table," he said.
Speaking at the same occasion, the deputy chairman of the GMB board, Mr Basilio Sandamu, said it was everybody's responsibility to look after the elderly.
"As GMB we work in a community and we have a mandate to help our community. You (the elderly) are our parents. You worked hard to raise us to be what we are today and now it is our turn to assist you," said Mr Sandamu.
Source - TC
