The Makandiwa family sponsored Agape Family Care has built and furnished a house of a 73 year old granny Gogo Beaulah Chikava. Agape Family Care is described by the as a humanitarian organization focused on poverty alleviation, development and sustainable livelihoods. The house was handed over in the presence of UFIC senior pastor Prime Kufakunesu and Minister of National Housing and Social Amenities – Honorable Daniel Garwe.
The charity organisation says it has transformed the lives of many families by providing them with adequate shelter.
Part of the statement from the handover read:
“From the inception of Agape Family Care; Ruth Emmanuel-Makandiwa has transformed the lives of many by providing families with adequate shelter. Owing to her passion to demonstrate her love for Christ by extending love to others; 73 year Old Gogo Beaulah Chikava became one of the beneficiaries of her abounding love.
Gogo Beaulah Chikava had managed to only build a two roomed core house with funds from her late husband’s pension money in 2010. The inadequate structure became her shelter owing to desperation though it had no flooring, no ceiling, no windows, no wall plastering, no security, no running water, no electricity as well as no proper bathroom and toilet facilities. In essence what she called home was a run-down structure that was detrimental to her health as she developed chronic asthma owing to her unconducive living conditions.
When the issue of her plight was identified during the Agape Family Care Beneficiaries households’ visits; the team moved into action to address her challenge. The renovation process included adding more bedrooms taking into consideration the family’s size. The renovations also including adding an indoor bathroom and toilet, plastering of walls, flooring and tiling of floors, adding of water pipes and kitchen sink for running water. A backup water tank was also set up at her household, and for security purposes a durawall was constructed with a lockable sliding gate. Having used a small outdoor block brick shed as a kitchen owing to the unavailability of electricity; Gogo Chikava also had electricity connected for her. All the convenience brought to Gogo Chikava’s doorstep was a quest to restore the dignity and self-respect that she deserved.”
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