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Sunday Mail Correspondent
THE FBC Holdings Group last week donated a tractor and farming implements valued at US$40 000 to Shungu Dzevana Children’s Home, with the financial services institution also pledging US$5 000 to pay tuition fees for children housed at the orphanage.
The equipment consists of a brand-new 75 horsepower tractor, a 20-disc Rome harrow, a 4,8-metre open trailer, a grass cutter and a three-disc plough.
The donation was presented to Reverend Sister Mercy Mutyambizi, founder of the children’s home, at a ceremony held at the orphanage in Mhondoro on Wednesday.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony, FBCH head of marketing Mr Roy Nyakunuwa emphasised the need for corporates to give back to the community.
“As we deepen our sustainability approach, we aim to always listen to our various stakeholders and purposefully deploy resources through initiatives like this one,” he said.
“We are here in Mhondoro for the handover of a brand-new tractor, trailer and farming implements to Shungu Dzevana Children’s Home as part of our efforts towards equipping this children’s home with the tools to augment the orphanage’s capabilities to ensure food security, agricultural productivity, sustainable market development, and sustainable income generation for investing in education, health, information and communications technology (ICT), and a wide range of other fundamental needs that ensure the children and young people housed at this institution receive all the support they need,” he said.
He said the group’s donation to Shungu Dzevana was motivated by its recently adopted sustainability approach — the FBCH Climate Positive Agenda.
The initiative seeks to promote community resilience, self-reliance and sustainability through corporate social responsibility.
“In the face of extreme weather events that threaten our lives and livelihoods, the FBC Group is mindful of the fact that there are communities such as Shungu Dzevana that need support to strengthen their resilience and adaptive capacity to the effects of climate change.
“We are playing our part and we remain committed to this journey.
“Therefore, it is our sincere hope that this donation will go a long way in alleviating some of the challenges faced by this institution.”
Sister Mutyambizi expressed gratitude to the group for the donation.
She said: “A warm and profound appreciation to FBC Holdings for the timely fulfilment of one of our long standing dreams of mechanising our crop production projects, through their donation of a brand-new tractor, and its full set of implements and accessories. “A storage shed for the implements is to follow.
“As we strategically and deliberately edge towards progressive and sustainable development, this donation will go a long way towards fulfilment of self-reliance and undoing of the begging bowl syndrome.”
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