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THEMBISO Children’s Home in Bulawayo’s Luveve suburb received an early Christmas gift this week when students from Lupane State University donated groceries and clothes.
The 20 students drawn from the Department of Language and Communications also worked at the home’s garden.
The donated groceries included mealie meal, soap, rice, biscuits, beans, onions, tomatoes, butternuts, tea leaves, potatoes and tissues.
“These are the things we read and write about in class, so we thought we should practice them and come out to the community and be of assistance,” said Petronella Tshuma, the student’s spokesperson.
Ms Nosizwe Dlamini, a lecturer in the department said the university was churning out students who were responsive to the needs of the communities they come from.
The information and public relations officer of the university, Mr Zwelithini Dlamini, said the university was practicing its corporate social responsibility within the community it operates in.
“It is not by choice that these children find themselves here, it was through various circumstances. They deserve to be happy, so we thought we should put a smile on their faces,” said Mr Dlamini.
He added: “We are grateful for having students who are not isolated to the realities of the communities they come from, and it definitely will not stop here.”
Mr Clifford Moyo who is the administration officer at the home expressed his gratitude to the university, saying the money they had budgeted for groceries would now be used for other needs such as school fees.
“We really appreciate what the university has done; this home survives on donations in all areas of its operations.
“I would like to applaud our local stakeholders who continue to come in large numbers to assist these children,” said Mr Moyo.
Thembiso Children’s Home caters for orphans, abandoned children and children with mentally disturbed parents. The children living at the home range from 0-16 years.
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