Shandira in Rusape Zimbabwe - A big success

Written by Editor Wednesday, 11 November 2009 18:16

Outfit and sports equipment boost Shandira Rusape efforts.

Shandira Rusape, yet only recently launched, already proves to be one of the most active and fruitful initiatives throughout Zimbabwe.

>> What is Shandira? <<

Only three months after its introduction, Shandira has been fully embraced by the communities in all ten wards of Rusape, nine of which belong to the three high density areas Mabvazuwa, Tsansaguru and Vengere.

The Shandira trainer covering the Rusape area is George Tauro. He attends all Shandira meetings, sports functions and other activities. Kidwell Gomana is the Rusape Town Council chairman and?plays a leading roll in co-ordinating events.

The popularity of Shandira Rusape is indeed also boosted by the councillors who had begun to mobilize the people in their wards before the introduction of the project. Several clean-ups had been done already.

The introduction of Shandira, however, has lifted the effort to a new level.

The activists recently handed over T-Shirts, caps, footballs and netballs to the councillors. To date no tools could be provided due to a lack of funding, but the work has been done using tools that have been supplied by the active and committed community.