Hwange to benefit from Nakamba foundation

Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter
WARRIORS and Aston Villa midfielder Marvelous Nakamba has pledged to build a new classroom block at his former school, Dinde Primary School in Hwange, during a visit yesterday.

The work will be done through the Marvelous Nakamba Foundation (MNF), and will also include upping the number of scholarship beneficiaries he pays for. He is currently paying fees for 1 000 learners countrywide.

Two hundred learners will be provided with a full uniform set and school shoes.

The foundation also promised to renovate teachers’ cottages at the school where he did his Grade Two to Grade Four before moving to Bulawayo.

From Dinde Primary, Nakamba visited Sir Humphrey Gibbs Primary School where he did Grade One and pledged fees and uniforms to disadvantaged learners.

He then proceeded to Wankie Secondary School, his father’s former school, where he had a meet and greet before pledging to refurbish the school’s science lab and buy new equipment.

He pledged that his foundation will pay fees and buy uniforms for 100 learners as well as pay examination fees for 25 Form 4 learners.

A member of the MNF board of trustees Brian Moyo said the projects will be treated with urgency.

“The children that have benefited are those that are underprivileged. One of the biggest thrusts of the foundation is to give back to the community by the founder and benefactor and true to that, the foundation is living its dream. We will continue to affect our communities positively,” said Moyo.

Dinde Primary headmistress Sithabile Viki said: “It’s good news to hear that our classrooms are going to be fixed, while the new block will be of huge benefit for us. Most learners here come barefooted so with this help we will receive from the foundation, learning is going to be comfortable for our learners.”