PENHALONGA — Scores of vulnerable children from Mutasa South constituency are set to benefit after a diamond and gold mining company adopted a local orphanage, which has been struggling due to limited resources.
BY CLAYTON MASEKESA
DTZ-OZGEO (Pvt) limited, a diamond mining concern, recently adopted the Robert Mugabe Orphanage at St Augustine’s Mission School in Penhalonga.
The company has already embarked on massive construction of houses to accommodate the vulnerable children, including those that are orphaned.
The project is expected to cost in excess of US$800 000. Already, three buildings are at roofing level and are expected to be completed by end of this year.
Each building will comprise three bedrooms, main en-suite, lounge, dining, kitchen, separate toilets and bathrooms. The company has also pledged to provide all the furniture and fittings required to make them state-of-the-art houses.
The company’s public relations manager, Clara Ngwenya last week said the company was touched by the plight of children at the home and decided to adopt it.
“We want to transform the fortunes of Robert Mugabe Orphanage to a home with modern facilities,” said Ngwenya. “Children are every nation’s future leaders and it is our aim as a company to ensure that the less privileged ones also lead comfortable lives.”
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She said the mining concern would continue rolling out programmes beneficial to the local communities.
“As a company, we have cordial relations with stakeholders in areas where we operate. This is part of our corporate social responsibility programmes.”
Since 2011, DTZ-OZEGEO has been supplying the orphanage with groceries and US$500 cash on a monthly basis.
“We were touched by the dilapidated state of the children’s halls of residence and we said we should make a difference in their lives by building modern homes for them,” she said.
Ngwenya assured that the home would be equipped with the latest gadgets and furniture in order for the children to experience the comforts of the modern world.
“Orphans are in their predicament not by choice and we have found it important and as a basic component of life for them to enjoy life like our own children do,” she said.
Apart from the Robert Mugabe Orphanage project, DZT-OZGEO has provided assistance to the various organisations in Mutasa South as part of its social responsibility programme.
“We give monthly allocations of food to St Augustine’s Orphanages. We have purchased bed mattresses for the Star Fish pre-school,” said Ngwenya.
The company also purchased water pipes and installed them in Tsvingwe Township in Penhalonga.
“We have helped the Tsvingwe community by building a new water network in the suburb, to ensure that the community has a reliable supply of clean water,” said Ngwenya. “We have assisted the Mutasa Rural District Council with the opening of new roads in the Penhalonga area that we regularly maintain.”
