PWDs appealing for sitting Volleyball funding March 17, 2024 By Choice Magazine Saul Utete Choice News Africa Bulawayo – Persons with disabilities in Bulawayo have embarked on vigorous training of the little known sitting volleyball, a sporting discipline played seated in doors, at Sir Humphrey Gibbs Training Centre, for the care and education of the intellectually…
Residents appeal against ancient colonial toilets November 25, 2022 By Choice Magazine Liberty Mutamba Choice News Africa Gwanda – Matabeleland South residents from the oldest suburb (Jahunda) in Gwanda are still using the colonial communal toilets, 42 years into the independence. The toilets are now incapacitated, to cater for the growing population, hence their appeal to the…
Mthabisi Tshuma, Sunday News Reporter In an interview, Nkomwa Foundation Trust (NFT) founder Mr Pick Nkomwa who leads over150 members of the organisation that addresses challenges and gaps faced by people withdisabilities, said most of their members in Gwanda were struggling to fend for themselvesin an economy affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. “The differently-abled persons…
Mat-South NGO celebrates international women’s Day in style March 24, 2023 By Choice Magazine Liberty Mutamba Choice News Africa Gwanda – The month of March is regarded as the women’s month of celebrating their love and kind, in bringing life to earth and nurturing. NKOMWA Foundation Trust has not been left behind this year, as they celebrated…
Barriers to inclusion of people with disabilities July 13, 2022 By Choice Magazine Nomathemba N. Mathe Choice News Africa Gwanda – While disability is an involuntary condition, persons with disabilities and their caregivers experience barriers to the enjoyment of their human rights and inclusion to the society as a whole. The recent case of educational denial by…
First ever Disability Expo for Matabeleland South June 21, 2023 By Choice Magazine Liberty Mutamba Choice News Africa Gwanda – Zimbabwe is this month hosting the first ever massive Disability Expo that will attract both local and international attention, as it has the support from both the government and several disability stakeholders. Gwanda and Matabeleland Disability Ambassador…