Online Reporter
Arron Nyamayaro
PASTOR Victoria Duduzile Matsokere doesn’t know why men are seemingly afraid to take her as their marriage partner.
The 33-year-old is affectionately known as Pastor Vicky in Nyazura.
She is the founder of Victorious Love and Hope Foundation, which is based in Nyazura.
She also runs an orphanage and pays fees for nine children from different backgrounds and communities.
Pastor Vicky believes her philanthropic work has also played a part in scaring away men who could have settled down with her.
“They ended our love affairs because of the demanding responsibilities I have.
“Mudiwa wangu akandipa mari yekugadzirwa musoro ndinobva ndakoshesa kunotengera nherera zvekudya nemari iyoyo.
“I want to believe such an attitude put my lovers off and they abandoned me.
“At 33 years, I am yet to find a marriage partner and I have no biological children.”
But, she has her faith.
She plans to open orphanage homes in every province across the country.
“Communities have the potential to look after less privileged people in their society.
“They need encouragement.
“I want to believe my passion of assisting the less privileged is hereditary if not generational.
“My mother and father used to help extended families and some members of our community and that spirit is within me.”
Pastor Vicky said she is currently supporting nine children from different backgrounds and communities.
“Some are from Mahusekwa and I have been paying their school fees, buying clothes, and encouraging them with moral values.
“I engage community people in mobilising resources, which include free labour in working the land so there is food on the table.”
Pastor Vicky has some challenges right now, including some arrears in school fees for some of the students under her care.
“I am trying to raise resources for the children and that is why I am now looking for employment to get money,” she said.
“I cannot abandon the children. I even sacrificed potential marriage partners because of them.My heart is on helping people and relationship comes later.
“I have been to various prisons in and outside Harare assisting some of the inmates.”
Pastor Vicky’s brother, Tinashe Andrew Matsokotera (29), said he supports her dedication to her vision.She has a vision, passion, and the zeal to look after orphans and the less privileged. “Her passion left me with no option other than standing with her.
“I work in information technology and some rural children, including orphans, are benefiting.
“We train them to use computers and introduce them to new technologies.”
