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Monday, 27 July 2020
Notice: - ROHR Zimbabwe UK Chapter Midlands branch zoom meeting Saturday 1st August 2020
Saturday, 25 July 2020
ROHR Zimbabwe North Branch Committee Teleconference Meeting 25th July 2020 Report
25th
July 2020
On
the evening of Saturday 25th July 2020, the North Branch Committee held
their monthly teleconference meeting. The meeting was chaired by branch
secretary Karen Nhakaniso.
Register of Attendance
Karen Nhakaniso, Nontokozo Malaba Ncube, Petronella Mahachi, Magdaline Moyo and Pauline Makuwere
Apologies:
Farai Nhakaniso and Vengai Mutsawu
Agenda:
Karen Nhakaniso, Nontokozo Malaba Ncube, Petronella Mahachi, Magdaline Moyo and Pauline Makuwere
Apologies:
Farai Nhakaniso and Vengai Mutsawu
Agenda:
1.
Organising
July and August branch meeting
2.
Agenda
for branch meeting
3.
Tasks
to be completed prior to the meeting by committee members
4.
Suggestions
for future committee meetings
5.
AOB
Meeting started at 18:10 hrs
NB:
Magadaline had bad signal
1. Branch Meeting
Agreed upon day is 2nd weekend of the month
Due to the non activity of last month (July).
Suggestion is 1st weekend of August to catch up on July meeting
Then to do a meeting 3rd weekend earlier than the Leicester one to do the August one.
All on the call were in agreed for the two meetings.
2. Agenda for the 1st meeting
a) Karen highlighted the need to promote and inform branch members of the recently launched ROHR Human Rights Violations campaign.
b) Nontokozo noted that members need to be informed of the different campaigns that are currently in rotation. Petronella suggested that committee gather a brief for each campaign detailing what it is and how to take part. Karen noted the need to get our members on board and committing to these campaigns.
c) Nontokozo noted the importance of getting the branch to be more active in campaigns and groups. Let members make commitments to the campaign they want.
d) Pauline suggested that the north branch do a campaign in Zimbabwe like how Scotland raised money for Epworth food bank.
Suggestion: _
- Mavis Harrison Tshuma had a suggestion that we raise money for Orphanage in Bulawayo during Covid crisis.
- Everytime we meet can we have a contribution (£2-5) towards these fundraising or sponsoring campaigns/projects in Zimbabwe.
e) Pauline asked for a follow up of updated MP campaign letter so members can participate.
f) Get update on what is happening on the ground.
g) It is important to get members to understand that being a member is not an activist but participate. Play to your strengths.
h) Pauline asked if there was any way we can help vulnerable Zimbabweans here in the United Kingdom. How can we help these people as well?
1. Branch Meeting
Agreed upon day is 2nd weekend of the month
Due to the non activity of last month (July).
Suggestion is 1st weekend of August to catch up on July meeting
Then to do a meeting 3rd weekend earlier than the Leicester one to do the August one.
All on the call were in agreed for the two meetings.
2. Agenda for the 1st meeting
a) Karen highlighted the need to promote and inform branch members of the recently launched ROHR Human Rights Violations campaign.
b) Nontokozo noted that members need to be informed of the different campaigns that are currently in rotation. Petronella suggested that committee gather a brief for each campaign detailing what it is and how to take part. Karen noted the need to get our members on board and committing to these campaigns.
c) Nontokozo noted the importance of getting the branch to be more active in campaigns and groups. Let members make commitments to the campaign they want.
d) Pauline suggested that the north branch do a campaign in Zimbabwe like how Scotland raised money for Epworth food bank.
Suggestion: _
- Mavis Harrison Tshuma had a suggestion that we raise money for Orphanage in Bulawayo during Covid crisis.
- Everytime we meet can we have a contribution (£2-5) towards these fundraising or sponsoring campaigns/projects in Zimbabwe.
e) Pauline asked for a follow up of updated MP campaign letter so members can participate.
f) Get update on what is happening on the ground.
g) It is important to get members to understand that being a member is not an activist but participate. Play to your strengths.
h) Pauline asked if there was any way we can help vulnerable Zimbabweans here in the United Kingdom. How can we help these people as well?
Proposed Agenda for 1st
August Meeting
·
Welcome
members and attendance register
·
Update
of current situation in Zimbabwe
·
Segment
about ROHR UK Campaigns and how members can participate
·
Project
and Fundraising for ROHR North Branch in Zimbabwe
·
How
as an organisation we can help vulnerable Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom
·
Closing
remarks
3. Tasks for Before Meeting
- Chase up with Delina about Banner mentioned last meeting.
- Write briefs about separate campaigns and how activists
4. Future Meetings
- Can chair and secretary not leave the suggestions for date and time of meeting open for all members to decide but rather just tell committee the time and date and whoever can make it comes.
Give two dates and time and then vote on the day and time from the two choices.
5. Any Other Business:
N/A
The
meeting was declared closed by Karen Nhakaniso at 18:58 hrs.
By Information
& Publicity Department
Thursday, 23 July 2020
ROHR Zimbabwe Scotland Branch Zoom Meeting Saturday 18th July 2020 Report
18th July 2020
On Saturday the 18th July 2020, the Scotland Branch of
the UK Chapter of Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) Zimbabwe held a meeting
via zoom. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, it is still imperative that we
observe lockdown guidelines, and minimise face to face gatherings where
possible hence the “Zoom” platform. Members from other branches of the UK
Chapter were also in attendance. The meeting was chaired by the branch
Chairperson, Olivia Chamboko.
Register of Attendance
Harriet Ndlovu (Deputy Treasurer), Lindah Chenyama (Fundraiser
Committee Member),Olivia Chamboko (Branch Chairperson), Masciline Mercy
Mzondiwa (Vice Secretary), Vongayi Mufara (Organising Secretary), Alvina
Chibhamu (Secretary), Thenjiwe Ndlovu, Vengai Mutsawu (Deputy Chairperson-North
Branch, UK Chapter), Nontokozo Malaba Ncube (Committee Member- North Branch, UK
Chapter), Mavis Harrison nee Tshuma, Panyika Anselm Karimanzira (Board member
& ROHR Zimbabwe Spokesperson)
No apologies were received from members who did not
attend.
Agenda
1.
Introductions.
2.
Confirmation and adoption of minutes
of previous meeting.
3.
Discuss Campaign and Strategize.
4.
Branch
Committee Nominations/ Positions to be filled.
5.
Treasury Report.
6.
Any other
business.
The meeting commenced at 1400hrs
1. Introduction
Olivia welcomed everyone and
asked each participant to introduce themselves and their portfolios in their
respective branches. Once finished, Olivia checked on how everyone was fairing
in the lockdown and if everyone had all the support they needed. Everyone
confirmed they were generally ok but will reach out if anything flags up or if
other things were too private.
2. Confirmation and adoption of
minutes of previous meeting
Alvina was asked to report on the
minutes from our last meeting. All members agreed they were a true
record and
they were adopted as such.
3. Discuss Campaign and Strategize
Following the launch of the #StopViolenceAgainstWomen campaign which we
rolled out last month, ROHR Scotland branch decided to zoom in on the campaign
and focus on Rape and Sexual violence. It is evident there is so much ground to be covered as the
violence and violations in Zimbabwe are showing no signs of abating. During an awareness campaign of activism against gender
violence, the chairperson of the Zimbabwe Gender Commission, Margaret Sangarwe
reported that at least 20 women were raped daily in Zimbabwe.
In light of that we came up with a “pants “campaign
and communicated it across the Scotland branch membership. We also shared it
with the wider UK ROHR Community. We felt each member would be able to execute
with ease within their spaces, especially with limited resources considering we
are still under lockdown. Each member contributed their individual message
against Rape or Sexual violence that would collectively be used in this
campaign. We gave each other timelines and by the time of the meeting, every
member of the Scotland Branch had come back to the Secretary with their
contributions, save for a few members from other branches that had asked for a
bit more time. Alvina (Secretary) has passed all the pictures to the Organising
Secretary (Vongayi) who confirmed the pictures have been passed for editing.
We announced that our sub-campaign video will roll
out tomorrow (Sunday 19th July 2020), pending availability of the Information
& Publicity department for publication across all ROHR platforms. Alvina
encouraged everyone to share the video when it comes out tomorrow as widely as
we can and reported that the numbers who watched our launch campaign video on
the 6th June 2020 keep rising as we are still sharing.
Vongayi asked the visiting members to carry the
message back to their respective branches and encourage their fellow branch
members to also take part in our campaign.
Olivia approached the males on our platform to ask
them to support us on this campaign. They both confirmed to have received the
memo from the Alvina. Mr Karimanzira gave his apologies and said he has so much
work and would not be able to meet our deadline. Vengayi also said his is in
the pipeline.
The chair
acknowledged Nontokozo who opted in and thanked her for joining this campaign.
She is to
run around to get her pictures done by end of day today.
Mr Panyika Karimanzira, who is holding the fort
for the UK Information & Publicity portfolio, asked the Secretary (Alvina)
to ensure the video is accompanied by a write-up, which will help him
immensely. If left to him to do the write-up, it may delay our release dates as
he is saddled with a lot of work now.
Alvina suggested that we could perpetuate the #StopViolenceAgainstWomen campaign by posting
the same Pants Campaign pictures along with a short statement and that can go
on the blog. Examples or ideas are on our
blog, like we did with #RestoreDontIgnore campaign.
Actions
There is no deadline for the blog participation,
each member just needs to forward their individual statements to the Secretary
before sending for Publicity as and when they have done them.
4. Branch
Committee Nominations/ Positions to be filled
Olivia
announced the positions that are yet to be filled and put them out to our
latest member of the branch- Thenjiwe Ndlovu. Olivia explained the importance
of each of the vacant positions and highlighted the most important being the Information & Publicity Secretary. Thenjiwe
volunteered for the role and all present witnessed and backed these nominations
and the position was filled. Thenjiwe expressed that as the newest member, she
would need help and was reassured that we will all work together to ensure she
feels supported in the role until she is well and truly confident.
5. Treasury
Report
Harriet Ndlovu, on behalf of the
treasury, encouraged all members to make their monthly subscriptions. She
reported how much money we have in our coffers, including a further £70 that
has been raised so far by herself(£20) and Alvina(£50) towards our last month’s
project- supporting the Kids Breakfast in Epworth in what we hope will be an
ongoing venture for the foreseeable future.
Vengayi
Mutsawu asked when the deadlines for our next contributions would be for this and
Vongayi confirmed we are still fundraising and have no specific date in mind so
far. We will send when we have collected a decent figure towards the Kitchen.
6. Any
other business
Olivia encouraged everyone to
take it in turns to chair the meetings so that we can all learn and be able to
help each other out if any one of us is in indisposed. Several members have
expressed they would find it hard to do so but we have reiterated that we all started
somewhere, we will support each other where necessary. On that note, Thenjiwe Ndlovu
volunteered to chair the next meeting.
Alvina
asked Mr Karimanzira to explain the differences between subscriptions and
membership fees as there were a few members- old and new, who were finding the
lines very blurry. He clearly explained the importance of keeping one’s
subscription up to date as it is proactively managed, including 3 signatories
for anything subscription related to make sure we run a watertight and
transparent process.
Mavis
mentioned how new members like herself can easily lose track of their
subscriptions as there is so much going on. Mr Karimanzira responded by saying
that himself and Mr Mapfumo have a record of each member and they will send
each member their dates so that they can keep track of it themselves.
Pictures
were being taken throughout the course of the meeting.
Olivia announced the date of
next meeting to be the 15th August 2020
Having exhausted all agenda
items and AOB, Olivia declared the meeting closed at the end of the 40minutes
on zoom at 14:40 hrs.
To view pictures taken at the event visit;- https://www.flickr.com/photos/rohr_zimbabwe__manchester/albums/72157715155628387
By: Information &
Publicity Department
Monday, 20 July 2020
A CALL TO END STATE SPONSORED RAPE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE BY ZIMBABWEAN STATE AGENCIES
19th July 2020,
This video features female members of
Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) Zimbabwe, namely Vongayi Mufara, Marciline
Mercy Mzondiwa, Alvina Chibhamu, Thenjiwe Ndlovu, Olivia Chamboko, Harriet
Ndlovu, Nontokozo Malaba Ncube, Mavis Harrison Tshuma, Linda Chenyama and
Delina Mutyambizi.
As a follow up to the campaign
#StopViolenceAgainstWomen which launched last month on the 7th June
2020, the Scotland Branch of ROHR Zimbabwe, joined by other members from the
wider ROHR community, has proceeded to tackle one arm of the umbrella campaign.
The focus is on Sexual torture and rape against women.
According to the
chairperson of the Zimbabwe Gender Commission, Margaret Sangarwe, “Twenty two
women are raped daily in Zimbabwe, one woman is abused every 75 minutes and an
average of 646 women are being sexually-abused monthly and one in three girls
is raped or sexually assaulted before they reach the age of 18”.
While violence against women is
rampant in the country, what is most alarming and disturbing is the fact that
the very entities meant to protect women against such atrocities are the very
same ones committing the crimes.
Sexual abuse of women is being used by
the ruling party as a political tool.
The National Army, the Police
and State Security agents have been and continue to be used by the ruling party
–Zanu-PF to suppress citizens and preserve its partisan and narrow political
interests.
Section 25 of the Constitution of
Zimbabwe, states that;
“The State
and all institutions and agencies of government at every level must protect and
foster the institution of the family and in particular must endeavour, within
the limits of the resources available to them, to adopt measures for--
a. the
provision of care and assistance to mothers, fathers and other family members
who have charge of children; and
b. the
prevention of domestic violence”.
There have been countless rape and sexual assault cases
which, very sadly, are politically motivated. This is a blatant disregard and
direct violation of the said section of the constitution of Zimbabwe. These
incidents of state sponsored or state sanctioned violence are creating
institutionalised intimidation, a tool to silence dissent.
Worse still victims that make official reports to the
Police often face further violence from the perpetrators since the perpetrators
are the same people one has to make a report to.
Because the perpetrators are state sponsored, victims
face difficulties in seeking legal recourse and may face further persecution. All
this is, quite frankly, a desperate effort or last kicks of ‘ED’-dying horse to
cling onto power by all means without regard to the rights and welfare of the
citizens.
Zimbabwe state
security agents have continued these toxic acts with impunity.
We are appealing
to the Zimbabwe government to deal with this hostile environment that exists
for women in the country and stop the culture of violence against women which
has become part and parcel of the political sphere. We continue to petition the
international community to stop this culture of impunity
By ROHR Scotland Branch Committee
Friday, 17 July 2020
ROHR ZIMBABWE TO LAUNCH A PETITION AGAINS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN ZIMBABWE - 20 th July 2020
17th July 2020
17th July 2020
#HumanRightsViolationsUnderEd Petition Launch Summary.
In the 2 and a half years since President Mnangagwa came
into power human rights violations against the citizens of Zimbabwe have
increased and are being perpetrated with impunity.
As at 17th July 2020, there have been at least 50
recorded murders, 30 recorded incidents of rape sanctioned by the state and committed
by state agencies. Thousands have been beaten by the security forces and there
have been hundreds of arrests and imprisonment of political and human rights
activists on trumped up charges.
There have been thousands of state engineered displacements
through wanton distruction of homes and small scale business premises.
Intimidation by state agencies and ZANU-PF members has
become the norm. Citizens are literally under siege from the state. The general
atmosphere in Zimbabwe is comparable to the Nazi era in German history in terms
of the fear instilled in the population.
Corruption has reached new heights with the President’s
family and their cronies being the main actors. Billions of dollars are disappearing
from state coffers through acts of blatant corruption. The Reserve Bank of
Zimbabwe has been reduced to a mere conduit for grand theft of citizens’ hard
earned savings by the political elite and their cronies
whilst the average citizen wallows in poverty and lives on handouts from well
wishers and the donor community.
Parliament has been stripped of its oversight role.
Mnangagwa is ruling by decree and is pronouncing ad-hoc “statutes” overnight
without due parliamentary process. The state has been captured and is now in
the hands of a notorious cartel which features the President, his cronies and
the military hierarchy.
The economy has literally collapsed due to a
combination of ill informed government policies and high level corruption. The
corruption has got to a level whereby billions of US dollars are siphoned from
the state coffers in daylight, without approval from parliament. Bizarre as it
may sound, it’s happening whilst we watch.
The health sector has collapsed and so
has other essential services like water, sanitation, electricity and roads infrastructure.
The mining sector is now in the hands of
the cartel and is now a haven for pillage and crime with Mnangagwa himself as
the major player.
Agriculture has gone to the dogs and
Zimbabwe has turned from being the bread basket of Africa to a basket case. Zimbabwe
now relies on imports, mainly donations from the international community and
remittances from its citizens in the diaspora.
The people of Zimbabwe are suffering with
no end in sight. Elections offer no hope as the process is always manipulated
in favour of ZANU-PF and the results are always rigged.
When citizens try to express their
disapproval of the bad governance, through peaceful demonstrations the state
resorts to violent repression. Apart from ordering the soldiers to shoot to
kill, the state goes further way after demonstrations. It carries out a
campaign of terror which sometimes entails the hounding of citizens through
countrywide nocturnal door to door visits by state agents, soldiers and ZANU-PF
youth brigade.
On the other hand, the government of
Zimbabwe has the audacity to spend millions of dollars engaging international
public relations firms (the likes of Mercury
International UK, Ballard
Partners, Avenue Strategies, and BTP Advisers) to lobby and spruce up its
battered image instead of just changing its evil ways. This is a waste of our
money and it’s like adding salt to injury. This is akin to applying lipstick to
a pig.
If this situation is allowed to continue, we will perish. This
is why we are launching a petition on the 20th of July 2020 and we are urging
all Zimbabweans to sign the petition.
We shall be petitioning the SADC, the AU, the EU Parliament,
UK Parliament, the US State Department and the UN Human Rights Commission to
intercede with the President of Zimbabwe on behalf of Zimbabwean citizens. This
is in order to stop brutal repression, bad governance, wanton human rights
violations and corruption as well as to return to the rule of law in Zimbabwe.
#HumanRightsViolationsUnderEd
Thursday, 16 July 2020
A CALL FOR ACTION ON 31st JULY 2020 by Mavis Harrison
16th July 2020
By Mavis Harrison nee Tshuma
We, the people of Zimbabwe have been subjected to dictatorship for too
long, for four decades to be precise.
We have watched while the dictatorship
spread its tentacles slowly but surely into all institutions that run all
facets of our lives, firstly under Robert Mugabe and now under Emmerson
Mnangagwa.
We allowed this to happen for too long
until the state was captured. Now our country is in the hands of a cartel, led
by the military, fronted by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, an unrepentant
murderer and author of a genocide called Gukurahundi.
Since this man came into power, through a
coup in November 2017, murder, abductions and many other forms of persecution of
citizens have become the order of the day. More than 20 cases of direct and
fatal shootings by the army and more than 50 cases of abductions by state
agents have been recorded. This is over and above hundreds of cases of other
forms of persecution which include rape as a political tool, random arrests on
trumped-up charges, intimidation and displacements.
The
economy is on its knees due to a combination of ill-informed government
policies and high-level corruption. The corruption has got to a level whereby
billions of US dollars are siphoned from the state coffers in daylight, without
approval from parliament. Bizarre as it may sound, it’s happening whilst we
watch.
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has become a
conduit for grand theft by the political elite and their cronies whilst the
average citizen wallows in poverty and lives on handouts from well-wishers and
the donor community.
The health sector has literally collapsed
and so has other essential services like water, sanitation, electricity and
roads infrastructure.
The mining sector is now in the hands of
the cartel and is now a haven for pillage and crime with Mnangagwa himself as
the major player.
Agriculture has gone to the dogs and
Zimbabwe has turned from being the breadbasket of Africa to a basket case. Zimbabwe
now relies on imports, mainly donations from the international community.
I could go on and on analyzing sector by
sector and the story of decay is repeated right across.
The people of Zimbabwe are suffering with
no end in sight. Elections offer no hope as the process is always manipulated
in favour of ZANU-PF and the results are always rigged.
Which brings us to the question,
whitherto Zimbabwe?
My take on this is that we are going to
have to go onto the street, to march and demand the resignation of Emmerson Mnangagwa
and his entire government. The whole ZANU-PF must go so that we start on a
clean slate.
If ever we are to dream of servant leadership, the return to
the rule of law, respect for human rights, a functioning economy, an
independent judiciary, a professional army, a professional Police force, a
professional civil service, good governance, good public service and all the
good we expect of our nation, we are going to have to take the bull by the
horns.
31st July 2020 is the day that has been
penciled for a countrywide demonstration by citizens regardless of political
party affiliation.
Mine is a clarion call to all Zimbabweans to heed the call
for mass action and march in our millions, demonstrating against the evil
regime.
We demand an end to state-sponsored murders, abductions,
torture, rape, intimidation and all other forms of persecution of citizens.
We demand an end to corruption by Mnangagwa and his cronies.
We demand good governance.
We demand an independent Judiciary, an independent Electoral
Commission, a non-partisan and professional Army, a non-partisan and
professional Police Force. We demand non-partisan application of the law. We
demand the release of members of the opposition and civil society activists who
have been arrested on trumped-up charges. We demand the implementation of political
reforms as advocated for by the Motlanthe Commission. We demand the upholding
of all our rights and freedoms as prescribed by the Constitution of Zimbabwe,
the African (Banjul) Charter on Human and People’s Rights and the UN Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.
Above all, we demand the immediate resignation of Emmerson
Mnangagwa and his government.
Enough is enough. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa must go, come
31st July 2020.
#31st July 2020
About the author;-
Mavis Harrison is a
human rights activist and a member of Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR)
Zimbabwe’s UK Chapter. She is based in the United Kingdom and can be contacted
by email on mandiwenisteve1964@gmail.com
Sunday, 5 July 2020
ROHR ZIMBABWE DONATES GROCERIES TOWARDS KIDS BREAKFAST INITIATIVE IN EPWORTH – 4TH JULY 2020
4th
July 2020
When
they became aware of an initiative to feed needy children in Epworth, a
sprawling impoverished settlement of around 200 000 residents south east of
Harare, Zimbabwe by Caroline Bushu and Sandra Chikwama, founders of “Our Children Our Hope Organization”,
members of the Scotland branch of the UK Chapter of ROHR Zimbabwe decided to
support the initiative in a practical way.
Caroline
Bushu and Sandra Chikwama started the Kids Breakfast in Epworth, one of the many makeshift kitchens that
sprung up across parts of Zimbabwe, at the onset of the Covid-19 induced lockdown
early this year, 2020 after realising that children were literally starving due
to the failure of their parents to fend for them due to the lockdown imposed by
the government of Zimbabwe.
Donations from the international community that
were meant to mitigate the consequences of the lockdown had not reached the
intended beneficiaries. Most of the donations had been corruptly diverted and converted
to personal use by the President of Zimbabwe’s family and his cronies, a
routine that has become standard since the current President of Zimbabwe Emmerson
Mnangagwa came into power courtesy of a coup in November 2017.
The Zimbabwean government typically failed to
support citizens during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Initially, Caroline Bushu and Sandra Chikwama’s
makeshift kitchen catered for a hundred or so children but the number soon
swelled to thousands.
This led to the appeal to well wishers to
assist with mobilizing resources to keep the kitchen going.
The Scotland branch of ROHR Zimbabwe’s UK
Chapter heeded the call and immediately set about mobilizing resources to help
keep the Kids Breakfast Kitchen in Epworth afloat. They decided to send the “little”
that they had mobilsed within a short space of time whilst they are working out
a broader fundraising strategy for this particular cause.
Topping the list of donations was the branch
treasurer, Harriet Ndlovu who donated £40.
Other members of ROHR Zimbabwe who donated at
short notice are Olivia Chamboko £30, Vengai Mutsawu £5, Linda Chenyama £5,
Lilian Nleya £5, Alvina Chibhamu £10, Vongai Mufara £10, Thenjiwe Ndlovu £10,
Abigail Wadzanayi Chidavayenzi £20, Laina Murape £10, Edward Rhappozzoh £10, Panyika
Karimanzira £10, Delina Mutyambizi £10, Emma Josaya £10 and Mercy Ndlovu £10.
The money was used to buy groceries and
arrangements were made for the supplier to deliver directly to the Kids
Breakfast Kitchen in Epworth.
The delivery was done on Saturday 4th
July 2020 and was witnessed by Harare based representatives of ROHR Zimbabwe.
(See pictures and videos).
ROHR
Zimbabwe representatives arrived at the kitchen’s opening time, 0730hrs. They
witnessed the long winding queues of children and at times, accompanying adults,
waiting to be fed till 0900hrs. They also witnessed the health and safety
system in place. This involved marshalling, social distancing, wearing of masks
and washing of hands among other things.
The delivery comprised;-
20 x
10kg hupfu (maize meal), 20 x 2kg sugar
and 20 x Dovi (peanut butter) small bottles
On
the occasion Caroline Bushu appealed to the public for more donations of funds and
other resources. Some of the donations would go towards the tightening and
maintenance of measures against the spread of corona virus.
She
mentioned more masks for the children, some waterproof mats for the children to
sit on, tents and lunch boxes.
She
also mentioned clean water which she said was now scarce and was fast becoming
the main challenge in the provision of the feeding service.
Caroline
Bushu thanked Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) Zimbabwe for mobilizing
resources and making the donation at such a short notice and said she was
looking forward to working together in future to continue to provide this
valuable service to the needy children of Epworth.
As at Saturday 4th July 2020,
Caroline Bushu and Sandra Chikwama’s Kids
Breakfast in Epworth Kitchen was feeding 1120 (one thousand one hundred and
twenty) children.
The Scotland branch of the UK Chapter of ROHR
Zimbabwe hopes to continue mobilizing resources to support this initiative for
the benefit of the struggling Epworth community.
Members of ROHR Zimbabwe who wish to donate
towards this cause should contact the Organizing Secretary for the Scotland
branch, Vongayi Mufara via the usual channels.
Members of the wider public who want to donate
should contact Caroline Bushu via Facebook account (Carol Sandra) whose link is
as follows;- https://www.facebook.com/carol.sandra.3979
ROHR
Zimbabwe would like to thank Salani Mutseyami for bringing the Kids Breakfast Kitchen in Epworth
to ROHR Zimbabwe’s attention via Facebook and all members of ROHR Zimbabwe’s UK
Chapter for mobilizing the resources that made the initial donation on Saturday
4th July 2020 possible and for continuing to mobilize for future
donations to the Kids Breakfast
Kitchen in Epworth.
Videos and
pictures taken at the occasion can be viewed on ROHR Zimbabwe website,
facebook, flickr,
blogspot and YouTube.
Alternatively follow these links (copy
and paste in your browser);-
https://rohr-zimbabwe.org/index.php/2020/07/05/rohr-zimbabwe-donates-groceries-towards-kids-breakfast-initiative-in-epworth-4th-july-2020/
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http://rohrzimbabweblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/rohr-zimbabwe-donates-groceries-towards.html
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https://youtu.be/3600Yvsv0w8
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