Farai Dziva|Harare West MP Joana Mamombe has accused government of ignoring the plight of suffering citizens.
In response, Mamombe has launched a platform to assist residents in her constituency.
See full statement below :
Dear Harare West Community
JoKuDe, an initiative referring to Harare West Constituency Representatives led by Hon MP Joana Mamombe, Kudzai Kadzombe Councillor Ward 41 and Denford Ngadziore Councillor Ward 16.
This platform is there to answer to various challenges bedevilling the people within our Constituency.
JoKuDe is a well wisher’s Community funded & public run Platform.
We are advising all residents and Stakeholders that Central Government through the Ministry of Social Welfare is yet to commit to the pledge of assisting the vulnerable families during the current Covid-19 National Lockdown.
As stated before, we submitted the compiled lists of all residents who sent their names & information for assistance.
Apparently, the money is meant to assist Citizens during Covid-19 lockdown BUT to date, we haven’t received any positive feedback from the Ministry.
We are getting towards the end of the second phase of National Lockdown & we would like to urge the Gvt to honour its promise to its struggling Citizens.
As JoKuDe we could not fold our hands and watch, we started a fundraising platform to assist the vulnerable families in our a Constituency.
This came after we visited various places around the Constituency majority of the people are living in compounds, plots, and they are the elderly, pensioners and infomal traders who are failing to get a decent meal a day since the National Lockdown started.
Today, We are glad to announce that so far we have received donations comprising of the following food items :
1) 5 tonnes of roller meal
2) 200 * 500ml lacto packets.
We are expecting about 2tonnes more of mealie meal as well as heads of cabbages from another well wisher by tomorrow Thursday 29 April 2020
We have a target of 30tonnes of mealie meal so that we donate to more families. On Friday we expect to assist a 1000 families and local City of Harare workers in essential departments in dire need of food aid.
We are still appealing to all Stakeholders, churches, businesses, individuals and the cooperate world to assist our community with what ever you have in your disposal. The donations can come in the form of money, food, mealie meal, vegetables, clothes, blankets or any other donations that can be beneficial to these communities in need.
Those who want to drop in donations can do so at the Salvation Army Church in Haig Park, Mabelreign along Clevering road. Or get in touch with Colen Mawere on 0777648080 who is helping us to pick some donations
This program is being run by JoKuDe in partnership with the Harare West Pastors Fraternity (HAWEPAF)
Covid19 virus is real:::
-Wash your hands Regularly
-Always maintain the required social distance
-Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth
-Practice respiratory hygiene
-Use of approved face masks where possible
Joana Mamombe MP Harare West 0773519914
Kudzai Kadzombe Councillor ward 41 0772764138
Denford Ngadziore Councillor ward 16 0712738904, 0773010371