Staff Writer
AS ever, Delta Corporation always come to the rescue!
A group of students at Dorothy Duncan Centre in Harare have written to the Delta Corporation asking for help and they got the much-needed equipment.
Much to their delight, Delta Corporation agreed to donate laptops, smartphones, headphones and binding machine to their institution worth US$10000.
This means several visually impaired students at the institution will not be left behind in digital economy.
In presenting the equipment today, Patricia Murambinda, General Manager-Corporate Affairs Delta Corporation, thanked Dorothy Duncan Centre allowing the company to make the donation.
“So, the fact that you gladly appreciated the assistance that we have brought today together with Harare Rotary Club, we really appreciate.
“The donation is at the value of US$10 000. And with the US$10 000, we were able to buy the much-needed equipment by December, mainly the laptops. We bought 18 laptops and also a binding machine and some headphones and also smartphones for our students,” she said.
“So, this is what we managed to put together. As Delta, we are committed to doing good in the communities we are in. For us, his is a very key donation because we support diversity, equity and inclusion. And sometimes, we forget that certain things do happen to us in life unexpectedly.
“Most of these people I spent time with here, were people like us. They were able to see and then a certain disease develops at an old age then you become blind. And imagine how life can be very difficult when you know that you used to see and you can’t see.
“So, it is very important for us to make sure that we have some way of coming back into the community and live with us like any other normal person. And this is the donation that we have brought, and it will assist this institution and the students themselves to better their lives.”
Dorothy Duncan director Anderson Robertson said the institution takes on average of eight students per intake.
“We do courses which run for three months and per year we do three intakes but with due to limited number of resources we only take an average eight students, because the visually impaired students need individual attention.
“As we speak the January intake is full but every we have students coming because they want to be empowered so that they work for themselves. As an institution our aim is to see those who are trained coming back in the society as professionals some become teachers and others pursue studies at universities. We thank the Rotary Club for assisting us in that regard,” Robertson said.
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