By Staff Writer
THE Catholic diocese of Gweru on Thursday launched a fundraising campaign meant to pool resources for the improvement of health and educational facilities under their purview.
Chief amognst the developments the church intends to do, is the solarisation of mortuaries at all its health facilities under the Gweru diocese.
Bishop for the Gweru diocese, Rundolph Nyandoro said the whole idea of the fundraiser was to help improve the livelihoods of the people in the local communities they serve.
“As a church we want to lead in self reliance, bringing our people in the church and even others outside the church to be at the fore front in giving essential services to the people,” Bishop Nyandoro said.
“We don’t have a set target of the money we are looking to raise but we are saying whatever we get is important because it is a donation.”
Bishop Nyandoro highlighted that as a church, they are currently facing challenges in some of the facilities they run.
“Some of the challenges we face in running our clinics and hospitals is that we do not have enough equipment and medical utilities, so we want to beef up these.”
The diocese has eight medical facilities that includes Muwonde hospital, Zhombe hospital,St Theresa in Hama, Serima clinic in Gutu and Hozheri clinic in Lalapanzi among others.
The fundraising campaign will see the church hosting a golf tournament in Gweru on November 4 among other activities.
