ZDDT’s community-based work and support in Gweru applauded
In a bid to foster this relationship and build on the Trust’s principle of recognising the unrelenting selfless efforts in Community Restoration by different sectors of society, ZDDT’s News Correspondent, Ntando Sibanda, recently embarked on a news gathering trip to the country’s third largest city.
He travelled to cover all the programmes being administered by the Trust in the Midlands capital.
The Correspondent conducted wide-ranging interviews with people from a number of sectors, to obtain their views on the Trust’s interventions.
The Gweru City Council Health Director, Mr Christopher Ruwodo, welcomed the ZDDT’s involvement, saying it capacitates the Local Authority as it has not been spared the economic hardships as is the case with all of the country’s institutions.
“They (interventions) are quite good. They are commendable. We are a City Council and we run services and affairs on behalf of the residents, but we can’t do everything. Therefore we need help here and there, so that’s were ZDDT comes in, in certain areas, to assist us achieve our aims which are a good, healthy environment for Gweru Residents. Their main aim and our main aim is the same. We are working in the same direction,” he said.
Ward 4 Gweru City Councillor, Cllr Kenneth Marekiwa Sithole, also hailed ZDDT, saying it empowers Councillors and enhances communication between them and their constituents.
“We have worked well under the ZDDT banner. That marked a milestone in my area. Up to now people still talk about it. They have seen the work that was done. It might not be much but it’s a milestone. My desire is to have such organisations as ZDDT in my area. It allows us to do what we are supposed to do as leaders,” said Councillor Sithole.