Power for Good, an organization based in Ireland has released has given 50, 000 euros to the Zambia Persons with Disability (ZAPD) to revamp two of its 17 farms across the country.
ZAPD Acting Secretary General Charles Mwape disclosed this in an interview with ZANIS in Lusaka today.
Dr. Mwape named the two farms as Mitukuko in Solwezi and Linda in Livingstone.
He said his organization would ensure that the funds were used to support and help revamp the two farms.
And Dr. Mwape has said ZAPD has entered into a five year partnership agreement with the Zambia Federation of Disability Organisation (ZAFOD) to help his organization revamp its farms across the country.
He noted that once the all the farms were revamped, more than 1, 000 jobs for persons with disability are expected to be created in the country.
He said creating employment for persons with disability in the country would help to remove the disabled from the streets.
Dr. Mwape has also called upon other stakeholders to come forward and assist the agency with more funds for other farms to be revamped.
He named other farms earmarked for resuscitation as Kangonda in Ndola, Mimosa in Lusaka and Kambowa in Ndola rural.
Others are Kazembe and Mushota both in Luapula, Chitonkene in Mwinilunga, Masaiti in Luanshya and Sisenge also in Luanshya, among others.
ZANIS
Beggar nation mentality needs to come to an end.Zambia has all it takes to be self supporting without begging every time,God did not make a mistake you are in the midst of abundance e.g
Land,Copper,Cobalt,uranium the list is endless.
#1 Lundazi,
You are right. But the biggest question is how. It may be that we do not want to come out to do some basics such as SWOT analysis – a common song in workshops. You will be surprised that the biggest threat will be found internally ravelled in culture of laziness to think big, white collar kleptomania just to mention a few. So until we have a resolve to eliminate these vices, genuine excuses like requesting for 50pin yulos will be perpetrated. I mean, would it not have been possible for the social welfare ministry to provide those funds to ZAPD? Perhaps that ministry knows how such organisations behave once given umuchanga and that could be why ZAPD would not approach the ministry.