First Lady Mrs Esther Lungu has said that many women shun seeking services from health facilities in rural areas because of substandard services due to lack of electricity.
She said this when she received a donation of 16,500 assorted solar devices worth US $336,000 from Atlas Mara in partnership with World Panel Zambia Limited and Sunstream
Mrs Lungu said the donation of solar kits would help meet the needs of rural women who often shun rural health centers because they are only attended to during the day.
She said the solar kits, which comprise solar chargers, batteries and lamps would make rural health facilities more attractive, as they will operate day and night.
At the same occasion Atlas Mara Managing Director Mr James Koni said rural populations faced many challenges due to lack of electricity. He said the donation would promote entrepreneurship and financial inclusion among rural populations.
World Panel Zambia Chairman Mr Jacob Sikazwe said connecting the whole country to the national grid was not an easy undertaking and that government could not do it alone, which called for alternative solutions. Mr Sikazwe said he was encouraged and inspired by the work the Esther Lungu Foundation Trust was doing in uplifting the lives of the rural people especially women.
The first hospitals in Zambia were brought by Missionaries long before there was electricity. Chikankata, Lubwa, Minga, Ibenga to name a few. These establishments were built by Zambian hands and trained many successful prominent people in our society. So now all of a sudden we are debilitated without electricity. Innovate! Stop your stu.pid lazy based complaints.
Wow wow @Nubian, that’s beautiful thinking. It feels so romantic when ladies advise so wisely.
Thiefdom:
– Too much cash from unknown at State House.
– trunks of cash hauled to Koni at Atlas Mara… What do I do with all these dollars?
– buy solar stuff from best friend.
– donate stuff to back to lady
– take photos
In republic we used to call “money launders”, but in
Thiefdom is called local heroes.
I prefer Thiefdom, as long as it’s local. Fucvk Panama!!
Well researched. Chikankata was established in 1947 to be specific
Tell your husband to listen even to those he does not like eg HH! Clinics need back up power! Allow those who wish to relieve the situation through donations to do so without being hindered! Whisper in his ears! First Ladies should be the second pair of eyes for the president especially the one who claims to have no vision! He was very right! Please help him!
Just watching
This can work well during pillow talk
And that solar set was donated by HH. Thank the guy and respect what he can do. Oh better get ahead of HH otherwise he will donate. Its like HH is keeping these guys working. Nice one to HH. Let them run for their stolen cash and spend big time. Open your eyes and see reality. Cheap politics does not pay it teaches.
Disaster!
Solar kits donated for use in public rural health centres while there is a major power deficit in the cities and the running the said rural health centres do not have power in their homes too? Doesn’t take a genius to see what is going to happen here.
A good number of those kits will not get to their intended destinations in rural health centres but will end up in peoples home in Lusaka and along the distribution chain. For those that will end up in the rural health centres, half of those will find their way into the homes of the staff at the said centres. For the half that will remain, they will not be properly utilised due to lack of ownership and knowledge. We will end up with situations where the solar panels are not properly installed or not installed at all, so the solar units…
Even 1st Lady Esther Lungu can clearly see the shortcomings of her husband’s inept /incompetent government.
To call queen Elizabeth a thief is bad.With out proof.Peter Carlos Hinds.
So prince Harry is a thief too?Peter Carlos Hinds.
Those calling royalty thieves should hang.Peter Carlos Hinds.
The Islamic schools brotherhood.Claim responsibility for kidnapping the royal family.signed the hes bullah.
We will inject the royals with cyanide if we do not get a million dollars.Signed the queen Elizabeth hospital Bridgetown.
We will inject the royals with cyanide.Signed rebel psychiatric doctors.
Esther, where are the trucks, you are talking nonsense, you have stolen money from mother Zambia and from chagwa and also you have to compete with the bed warmer Mumbai phiri for chagwa.
It would be better to keep the hole in your face shut
Esther, where are the trucks, you are talking nonsense, you have stolen money from mother Zambia and from chagwa and also you have to compete with the bed warmer Mumbai phiri for chagwa.
It would be better to keep the hole in your face shut
What is it with Esther Lungu and Sunglasses? She is ever wearing them. Maybe she does not want us to see the sadness in them eyes!
Esther, where are the fire trucks?? Don’t you ever imagine that we have forgotten. Soon the day of reckoning is coming, you shall be called to account mark my words.
I feel pity for this woman. She looks so lonely and sad nowadays as if she has been abandoned.
Good! I have nothing against our mother Mrs Lungu. Mr. Lungu is the one of no calibre.