The National Pensions Scheme Authority (NAPSA) in Petauke, has donated assorted items worth K36, 000, to the Gender Based Violence (GBV) One Stop Center at Petauke District Hospital and Minga Mission Hospital mother’s shelter.
The media reports that the gesture is part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to enhance the recovery of GBV survivors and also enhance the well-being of women at the mothers’ shelter.
Speaking when he handed over assorted items to the GBV One Stop Center at Petauke District Hospital, NAPSA Petauke Station Manager, Lewis Chibebe, said the authority recognises the value of a united force towards the fight against social ills such as GBV.
“We acknowledge that the fight against social ills must continue and for us to achieve meaningful success, we must join hands into a united force. We recognise that we have an important responsibility as NAPSA to contribute not only to raising awareness about the various health and social challenges in our community but also to take practical steps to address some of these challenges,” he said.
And receiving the donated items, Petauke District Administrative Officer (DAO), Vincent Chibuye, said the donation came at the right time as the center was not fully furnished, a situation that is affecting its operations.
“You may wish to know that the centre is not fully functional now because there are a number of items that are missing and so this donation will go a long way in ensuring that all the sectors of the one stop centre are fully operational,” he said.
Meanwhile, at Minga Mission Hospital, expecting mothers received various items including mealie meal, washing and bathing soap and cooking oil, to meet some of their basic needs.
Minga Mission Hospital mothers’ shelter Chairperson, Kaluba Zulu, appreciated the gesture saying it will contribute to the wellbeing of the expectant mothers.
“We are grateful for this gesture, because we are coming from different households and you will find that some do not even have a single tin of mealie meal,” she said.
And NAPSA has donated assorted items worth K36, 0000 to Kaoma District Hospital’ antiretroviral therapy (ART) department to commemorate this year’s World AIDS day.
The items include two wheelchairs, BP machines, glucometers, gluco-sticks, thermometers and realms among others.
NAPSA Mongu Station Manager, Oster Chali, disclosed that the donation has been done in all the ten provinces country wide as part of the institution’s corporate social responsibility.
“We have decided to commemorate World AIDS day, though it is late but better late than never. So we chose Kaoma district hospital so that we can just give this token of items,” Mr Chali said.
Kaoma District Commissioner, Kashina Sheba, thanked NAPSA for the contribution and commended them for supplementing government efforts in the delivery of quality health services to the people.
Ms Sheba stated that Kaoma district, being a farming area, has a high population which needs health services.
Kaoma district hospital also caters for patients from other districts such as Nkeyema and Luampa hence the donated items will greatly contribute to quality health service delivery in the district.
Meanwhile Kaoma District Hospital ART department in charge, Muyunda Sishwashwa, thanked NAPSA saying the items will cushion some of the challenges which the department is facing and improve ART services to the 3,500 clients on ART treatment.
While this is most welcome one has to wonder the real reason for such generosity