AS part of their many CSR initiatives Delta resuscitated self-sustaining projects at Melfort Old Peoples Home where the corporation handed over items, worth over ZWL$1,200,000 in the last two years to revive the much-needed vegetable, poultry and fish fingerlings projects at Melfort Old People’s Home in Melfort near Ruwa.
The items donated to the home include a greenhouse, water tank, irrigation piping, 100 chickens at points of laying, and 4,000 fish fingerlings that will help the home provide its residents with the much- required source of protein, vitamins and revenue.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, Delta Corporation, General Manager, Corporate Affairs Patricia Murambinda said “the donation is coming in, to support Melfort Old People’s Home a home for the elderly in Zimbabwe. This is a fulfilment of our burning desire to support the communities we operate in.”
Melfort aims to improve the lives of the elderly and change attitudes of communities to aging.
TOSE Respite Care Home
Moreover, Delta Corporation handed over goods worth over ZW$500,000 to resuscitate a self-sustenance poultry project at TOSE Respite Care Home in Harare.
The items donated to the Centre include 310 points of laying chickens, 23 x 50kg layer 95 and 7 stress mix that will help the center provide its residents with the much- required source of protein and revenue. TOSE aims to improve the lives of severely disabled people and their families or care-givers, assisting clients to achieve all that they can, particularly those with multiple disabilities. TOSE is run by local Zimbabwean people for local people and aims to change attitudes of communities to disability. TOSE is not a permanent rehabilitation center but provides individual rehabilitation programs for up to 48 clients.
Delta Corporation M.A.D Campaign
Being an environmentally conscious organization, the Delta M.A.D Campaign was launched in 2017 with the aim of raising awareness of waste management emphasizing on the 3R’s (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). The Campaign has been successful and continues to grow from strength to strength. The road shows conducted in previous years were especially successful in spreading the waste management message across the different social divide, targeting different LSMs across the country.
It has however been noted that while the campaigns have been successful year on year, with 2021 being particularly unique due to the COVID- 19 pandemic and resulting restrictions, there is a need to invest more in communication through traditional media channels, in order to close the gap of the educational awareness.
The Delta-BOOST program
The Delta-BOOST program is centered on developing future leaders in the country through responsible entrepreneurship that conserves the environment. Delta Corporation Limited believes that climate change has far-reaching consequences for its business and the communities it operates and reside in. Therefore through its partnership with The BOOST Fellowship under the Make a Difference Initiative the organization’s strives for a cleaner world where natural resources are shared and preserved for the future .Hence in 2021 the youth under its program were asked to innovate around dominate challenges in their communities that are environmentally sustainable and use waste as a resource. Solutions that were pitched at the competition included local solutions that address problems such as water scarcity, energy constraints, reduced food security and increased health risks.
The BOOST Fellowship seeks to focus on the Cleaner World Vision of Delta Corporation Limited by having projects that are in line with the theme “Cleaner World” intertwined with other Delta Corporation Limited Sustainability Goals 5, 8, 11 and 12 with each project team expected to address one thematic focus in their community of operation by promoting the recovery of post- consumer beverage packaging waste into new innovative project ideas with a technological bias.
The general objectives of the program is:
- To raise awareness on the importance of the 3 Rs (Reducing, Reusing and Recycling) in contributing towards a cleaner and more sustainable environment.
- To empower young people and women to run technologically thriving enterprises.
- To enhance Delta Corporation’s publicity across Zimbabwe through social media and awareness campaigns.
University Teams received booster funding on the day for their recycling initiatives to be implemented across Zimbabwe at the competition: University of Zimbabwe $980, Harare Institute of Technology $950, Midlands State University $ 670, Bindura University $590 and Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University pocketing $510. The “We all win” mantra was really evident and the youth thanked Delta Corporation Limited for its investment in youth recycling initiatives.
