ABUNDANT Life Revival Mission International church on Saturday reached out to Umguza villagers through a health programme where various organisations provided free treatment, health education and drugs to the community at Green Forest farm.
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The event, which was organised by the church, saw various organisations such as Population Services International (PSI), New Start and the Health ministry, among others, providing the local communities with free treatment and medication.
Prophet Itayi Ukama, leader of the Bulawayo branch, said their thrust and vision as a church was to complement government efforts in eradicating poverty and meeting the millennium development goals.
“As communities we need to help each other even in complementing the government efforts to eradicate poverty,” he said.
“The role of the church is not only to deliver people spiritually, but the church must be involved in assisting the needy so that these people can worship God in their right senses without any disturbances.”
Villagers drawn from Arda, Airport and Mfazumithi also attended the outreach programme.
Most members in the community bemoaned the distance they have to travel to the hospital and school, saying they were walking long distances.
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They expressed joy at the outreach programme and said they were looking forward to having the church supporting them again.
Besides the outreach programme, the church has brought development to its farm where it employs and empowers underprivileged members of the community.
Currently, the farm has an out grower’s programme, where they keep chickens and cows.
The farm manager, Brian Wadaya, said they were working towards increasing their poultry from 23 000 to about 100 000.
He said they did crop farming, especially maize, which they exchange for stock feed so that their programmes remain viable in the market.
The project is targeted and emancipating women in their quest for financial independence.
Ukama said the proceeds from the project were used to pay the workers, while the remainder they paid for close to 100 students, who are under the church’s scholarship.
