UNITED Family International Church (UFIC), through its
Agape Family Care, yesterday handed over 100 tonnes of maize-meal, five tonnes
of sugar, fives tonnes of sugar beans and 5 000 bars of laundry soap to First
Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa’s Angel of Hope Foundation, for onward distribution to
communities in need.
Agape Family Care is the brainchild of Prophetess Ruth
Makandiwa. The First Lady has left no stone unturned in ensuring that
vulnerable people have access to food and improved healthcare facilities.
Her concern for the welfare of the elderly has seen her
going around the country’s provinces, giving out an assortment of foodstuffs
and information on coronavirus, which has claimed thousands of people globally.
Presenting the goods yesterday, UFIC spokesman, Pastor
Prime Kufa, who was in the company of other church members, said they were
touched by the First Lady’s ongoing programmes to assist the elderly and other
vulnerable people.
“This morning (yesterday) we are here representing Agape
Family Care, a brainchild of Mama Ruth Makandiwa, which has also done a lot of
charity work and today we are so happy to be associated with Angel of Hope
Foundation and to make this donation on her behalf.
“We are grateful for the work that our First Lady Amai
Auxillia Mnangagwa is doing. She has the information on who exactly needs what,
especially during this difficult time that we are facing and I am happy to say
that Mama Ruth is always happy to lend a hand. Today we are very happy to hand
over what she has sent us to hand over to Angel of Hope Foundation,” he said.
Pastor Kufa said Mrs Makandiwa have a passion for charity
work.
In an acceptance speech read on her behalf by Angel of Hope
Foundation board member Mrs Rachel Nield-Geranios, the First Lady said her
Foundation has a mission to support vulnerable populations in accessing
healthcare and to support disadvantaged communities in gaining the resources
they need in order to become secure and earn a dignified living.
“We are there to respond to communities by addressing those
economic and social vulnerabilities to enable them to cope with economic
demands in life.
“This gift of foodstuffs from Agape Family Care comes
absolutely at the right time as you all know our people need food because of
the lockdown which is everywhere around the globe and it’s our best bet in
combating this terrible disease.
“The demand for the presence of Angel of Hope Foundation
has vastly increased during this time in the sense that it is advocating and
bringing awareness to the aged and the rural folk about Covid-19,” she said.
She said the donation will go a long way in assisting those
in need.
“We are grateful to this kind gesture towards the people of
Zimbabwe and may God bless Agape Family Care and Angel of Hope Foundation as we
seek to do God’s work in bringing relief to those in difficult times,” she
said.
The country is under lockdown as part of measures to
prevent the spread of the virus and some elderly people and vulnerable groups
have run out of food.
This has seen the First Lady handing out toiletries and
foodstuffs among them dried vegetables which she grows and prepares at the back
of her office.
Over the past two weeks, the First Lady and her Angel of
Hope Foundation team has toured Mashonaland East and Mashonaland Central
provinces, among other areas, spreading information on coronavirus and
distributing food to the needy.
The beneficiaries have expressed gratitude to Amai
Mnangagwa for giving them groceries at a time when prices of basic commodities
are rising. Herald
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