CHITUNGWIZA – The Corporate Social Responsibility Network Zimbabwe (CSRNZ) with the support of its members made a lifesaving donation to Bumhudzo Old People’s home in Chitungwiza as part of World CSR Day celebrations for 2022.
Every year the CSRNZ joins the rest of the world to celebrate World CSR Day which falls on the 18th of February. CSRNZ made this year special as it declared February as Zimbabwe’s CSR Month in its quest to encourage companies and stakeholders to invest in communities where they do business.
Choppies, Irvines, Schweppes Limited Africa, Moonlight Funeral Services, Yarnfield Enterprises, Thendi Securities Group, ZLG among others donated a consignment of an assortment of items that included chicken, eggs, fruits, groceries, sanitary pads, cordial drinks, adult diapers, toiletries and detergents among others.
CSRNZ would like to greatly thank the sponsors for heeding the call for this project and coming forth and encourages other private sector players in other provinces to also heed the call as CSRNZ has plans to replicate the same across the country.
CSRNZ members and secretariat also had time to mingle with the elderly residents of the home including enjoying a lunch with them.
“It is a great moment we are enjoying here with the residents of this home. I also want to thank the CSRNZ members for mobilizing this huge donation as well as to thank their members of staff for sparing time to be here with us”, CSRNZ Executive Director Willard Razawo said in his appreciation speech.
“With the advent of the covid-19 pandemic, donations have been slow with a lot attention being given to the pandemic as well as business being slow for the majority due to covid-19 induced lockdowns making the donations very timely to the home bemoaned Major Meda the head of the home.
Bumhudzo Old People’s home started as a hospital home in 1974 and has over the years been taking care of the vulnerable elderly. The residents of the home are the elderly drawn from across Zimbabwe through the recommendation of the Zimbabwe national department of social welfare.
The home which has a capacity of housing 65 elderly residents is currently taking care of 30 residents due to resource constraints. The home which is generously run by the salvation Army of Zimbabwe houses 20 male and 10 female residents respectively – Source CSRNZ
