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A Chimanimani family is set to get an early Christmas present after an organisation that assists families with twins, the Twins Association of Zimbabwe, is building a two-roomed house for them.
The new house will replace a dilapidated one-roomed house that the Sauti family, from Chakohwa is living in, which has been serving as both a kitchen and bedroom.
The construction of the house is being done under a national goodwill programme launched recently.
Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony for the project recently, Mrs Cecelia Masvikeni-Sauti said their twins were a blessing, but as parents they were struggling to provide a stable home environment for them.
“The twins are nine years old now and I have been struggling to take care of them and their siblings, she said. We have had to make do with this one room. It is not good enough, that we have to share a room with our children, but because of poverty, we have had to. They are growing up and it is becoming increasingly difficult.”
Mrs Masvikeni-Sauti expressed her appreciation to the association for its intervention, which would allow her to accommodate her children in a comfortable environment.
The Association’s co-founder Mr Mayor Tendai Katonha said the project was one of many that the organisation had embarked on across the country to assist vulnerable families with twins and multiple babies.
“We are concerned with the welfare of twins across the country and we realised that the circumstances these twins were living in called for our assistance,” he said.
“Decent shelter is the most basic need and this family urgently needed that. Twins Association of Zimbabwe members contributed funds and building materials to enable the project to take off. There is still more to be done, but we are happy that we have started.”
Mr Katonha said the association was committed to uplifting the lives of twins, who were vulnerable and would soon roll out income generating projects to help them sustain themselves.
He said the Chakohwa project would be complete by end of September once all materials were on site. He expressed hope that the intervention would inspire communities to assist vulnerable families and help them have better lives.
Online Reporter