Zimbabwe Pensioners Welfare Trust Donates Borehole to Blind Pensioner in Waterfalls

Harare _ The Zimbabwe Pensioners Welfare Trust has donated a borehole to  disadvantaged pensioner Tera Kutya in Waterfalls, Harare. Kitya is now blind after suffering from an eye infection in 2020 which affected his eyesight amidst water challenges in the area.

Water had now become a scarcity in the Waterfalls community for the past five years.

The blind pensioner, who is member of the Pensioners Trust will have access to clean and fresh water together with other neighbouring pensioners in the area.  The pensioners had been facing serious water challenges for the past five years as the water sources they relied on were built a long time ago and were now dilapidated and not producing any water.

The Zimbabwe Pensioners Welfare Trust through its welfare initiative which assists it’s vulnarable members in times of need, sourced for funds from various organisations to install a borehole for Kutya together with his neighbouring
pensioners in the area.

Kutya, a retired member of the Zimbabwe National Army, expressed gratitude and excitement about the donation and revealed how shortage of water had affected the community.

“This is an achievement to us. We are very happy as a community as we were now prone to diseases and poor health due to shortage of water,” said Kutya.

Speaking at the official launch of the borehole drilling at Kutya’s residence in Retreat, Waterfalls, the chief executive officer of the organisation Amatu Rwazembe said the trust is working extra hard to address the plight of pensioners and they are fighting for the wellbeing of the retired in Zimbabwe.

He said his team was making frantic efforts to deal with challenges retired people faced in their day to day lives.

“The Zimbabwe Pensioners Welfare Trust is making sure that every pensioner lives a stable life after retiring from duty hence the organisation is working tirelessly to ensure pensioners needs and demands are met,” said Rwazembe.

The Zimbabwe Pensioners Welfare Trust boss revealed that his organisation is introducing many income-generating projects and empowerent polices to empower pensioners so as to change their lives economically and socially.

“We are aiming to empower every pensioner in Zimbabwe through various income generating projects such as horticulture produce , fisheries upkeep and poultry production,” said Rwazembe.

“We are also going to introduce a programme for rural electrification as in Solar Energy in the rural areas where pensioners will purchase solar operating systems through lay bye terms,” he added.

The Empowerment Trust is also on a campaign to empower pensioners with skills training and knowledge teaching through various learning institutions.  A number have been engaged with negotiations underway to sign Memorandum of Understanding with the tetiary institutions.

“We have engaged the Natioanal University of Science and Technology, (NUST), SIRC to train our retired friends to run their incoming generating projects by teaching them professional skills of doing business through these High Learning Institutions,” revealed the CEO.

Zimbabwe Pensioners Welfare Trust Technical director Freedom Kangai (pictured) said the trust had sourced land from the government of Zimbabwe through the Ministry of Local Government and is soon to introduce a housing scheme for pensioners, a move he said will go a long way in addressing accommodation challenges pensioners faced.

“We have a housing programme we are soon to launch for pensioners. The trust sourced for land from government to deal with accommodation woes pensioners face in the country,” said Kangai.

The Zimbabwe Pensioners Welfare Trust is an empowerment trust for pensioners in Zimbabwe. The organisation was formed by War Veterans who had witnessed suffering amongst pensioners caused by low monthly incomes from their retirement packages due to economic challenges and currency changes the country witnessed over the past two decades.

The Trust is seeking to make every worker in Zimbabwe be a member of the organisation, so that they prepare for their retirement life whilst they are still at work.

To be a member of the Zimbabwe Pensioners Welfare Trust one needs to pay a joining fee of US$5 and a monthly subscription of US$2.

When one becomes a member he or she will have access to empowerment projects the organisation offers.

Also present at the borehole donation event held in Waterdalls on Sartuday were officials from the National War Veterans League. John Guta the Chairman for Harare Province was in attendance representing the National War Veterans League boss Mahiya.

The Minister of State for Harare Provincial Affairs and Devolution Charles Tavengwa sent his representative Engineer Herbert Parichi from the department of Infrastructure Planning and Enviromental Management.

However the Public Service Commision failed to attend the event because of inconvininces the had encountered.

The Zimbabwe Pensioners Welfare Trust is located at the old Makombe building and is free to anyone who is currently an employee wanting to prepare for his or her life after retirement.

ZIMBABWE PENSIONERS WELFARE TRUST ZIMBABWE 0242708159.