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MP donates wheelchairs
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)
July 15, 2011

Hon Paurina Gwanyanya-Mpariwa, the MDC MP for Mufakose today donated 10 wheelchairs to some of the disabled people in her constituency. Hon Mpariwa said challenges faced by one member of her constituency are everyone's challenges. She said being disabled does not mean one is dying just as being ill does not mean death.

"Everyone is important to the other, whether they are disabled or not. We can not prescribe to God how we want our lives to be, anyone of us need assistance one way or the other. Let us unite, take care of one another and know that there is a way out of every situation," she said.

She congratulated those who managed to get wheelchairs and said she will strive to get any form of assistance for others.

"Congratulations to you. There are others failed to get wheelchairs today, please do not loose heart, we are here for you. Your needs are our concern as your children in this community. We want to bring notable, real change into everyone's homes. We are one family in Mufakose," she said.

The Executive Director for National Association of Societies for the Care of the Handicapped, NASCOH, Mr Farai Mukuta sourced the wheel chairs on behalf of Hon Mpariwa to assist the elderly and the disabled members of Mufakose.

One elderly woman, overcome with excitement, cried and thanked the MP for remembering her and others her predicament. "MP, I do not know you. When you were elected, I was already paralysed. I have no children, I have no husband, but you have remembered me," cried Ms Eunice Brown (71).

Among the beneficiaries was an 83 year old man.

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