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STUDENTS from Marymount Teachers’ College donated cash, groceries and clothes to a two-month-old baby girl from Mabvengwa Village, under Chief Marange, who lost her mother only two days after birth at Mutare General Hospital last week.
The college’s Students Dean, a Mrs Matsongoni, said: “They went out into the community, identified this baby and decided on adopting her, an idea which was well received by other students and donations were collected with even the administration helping, something which has made this visit possible.”
She said this at Mbuya Muchekadzose’s homestead in Mabvengwa Village Chief Marange as the students donated their gifts to baby Lean Muchekadzose. The gift to baby Lean came after the students met Lean and her grandmother Mbuya Muchekadzose at Mutare Provincial Hospital in October and felt pity that the baby had lost her mother at such an early age.
“It was on an Environmental Management Agency Campaign at Mutare Provincial Hospital that the students met Lean, together with her grandmother. Lean was admitted at the hospital because she was too small to be outside a doctor’s attention,” Mrs Matsongoni said.
The students were led by The Students’ Representative Committee President Rejoice Nheya, Social Welfare Students Representative Thelma Tapfumaneyi, Focus President Reginald Chigwe, Darlington Kundishora and Pepukai. Nheya said that they were mostly inspired by The First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe, who owns Grace Mugabe Mazowe Orphanage.
“We recently toured Dr Mugabe’s orphanage on her Meet the Students Meeting which was held at The First Lady’s orphanage in Mazowe. She taught us that our hearts should yearn to help those in need and those who lost their parents.
“The moment we disembarked the bus from Mazowe, we met Lean and we were touched by the age of the baby and we just felt we had to put our minds together as students and help her. We are also appealing to the Mabvengwa village and nation at large to assist in the bringing up of this baby. It was not her choice to lose her mother,” said the student leader.
Mbuya Muchekadzose thanked the students for the donations, something that showed that they truly had her in their prayers. “I never knew that Marymount students would not only pray for my little Lean but donate food, clothes, groceries and cash. Thank you very much for the love you’ve shown us,” Mbuya Muchekadzose said as she wiped tears from her cheeks.
The donations included nappies, clothes for both the grandmother and the baby, blankets, bathing and washing soap, a bathing dish for the baby, toiletries, mealie-meal, cooking oil, sugar, salt, milk for the baby and US$50 in cash.
Online Reporter