Staff Writer
Businesswoman and community leader Dr Divine Simbi Ndhlukula has reached out to the Gutu community after unveiling a library named Mbuya Mary Simbi Library.
The library is an addition to her many philanthropic projects in her home area of Gutu where she is paying school fees for disadvantaged kids.
The local leader Chief Chitsa thanked Dr Ndhlukula and her team for the initiative.
“This state of the art library is for the benefit of the community. It is up to us to support our children so that we improve the economic state of our area”
Dr Divine Simbi Ndhlukula the visionary of the Mbuya Mary Simbi Library thanked benefactors from all walks of life for chipping in to make the vision of a library a reality.
“It is our hope that through this intervention, results would have improved from the ones registered in the past 2 years. The library is benefiting 5 schools both primary and secondary .
These schools are Firomumwe, Zvinavashe, Chitsa, Mondo, Machimgambi and Machingambi,” she said.
Deputy Masvingo Provincial Education Director Micho Hove said the library is welcome because reading opens the mind.
“Reading opens new worlds as the theme says. We want children from this district to be innovative and find solutions to our local problems just as those children in Asia, Europe, America do.
This comes from research and we thank Dr Ndhlukula and her team for working hard and we also thank the community for accepting this gift,” he said.
Mbuya Mary Simbi Library Project Manager Sympathy Sibanda also thanked Dr Ndhlukula for spearheading the initiative.
“The initiative by Dr Ndhlukula is to bridge the rural and urban gap through availing the same tools.
The library now has curriculum relevant books and in a few months we are setting up a computer lab. The idea is to create leaders from even the areas that would not have had access to better dreams.
Through the vision of Dr Ndhlukula we are building sustainability and have already introduced services like photocopying stationery sales which most schools would have to travel to a nearby Murambinda town for,” she said.
Ntokozo Mpofu a beneficiary of the Divine Simbi Ndhlukula Foundation bursary ,now a first year student at UZ encouraged fellow girls to work extra hard and to not forget the community when they have been blessed.
“I will work extra hard and come back to develop this community. I want girls to keep going school and not get married at early ages. Education is the door to a better life,” she said.
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