“…..As a company we just want to make someone smile this pandemic year Xmas ” said Ezra Sibanda a representative of Diaspora Insurance at the handover ceremony. In the spirit of Christmas, Diaspora Insurance donated Z$55,000.00 worth of groceries to Entembeni Old People’s Home in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on Thursday.
Diaspora Insurance are the providers of the bespoke Diaspora Funeral Cash Plan covering people in the diaspora and their families back home and covers 13 African countries.
Speaking during the groceries’ handover ceremony, Mr Ezra Sibanda representing the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Jeff Madzingo said over 200 charity organisations were shortlisted for considerations throughout the country.
“Our CEO and Founder, Jeff Madzingo, comes from Zimbabwe and the company decided to give back to the community which it serves. Diaspora Insurance is not only doing this in Bulawayo alone but in all the other provinces. As a company we just want to make someone smile this pandemic year Xmas ” said Sibanda.
He added that the groceries were meant to give the elderly inmates at the institution a joyous and decent Christmas.
“We asked our clients and the wider community to nominate deserving charities and out of more than 200 nominations across the country Entembeni Old People’s Home which was nominated by Mrs Charity Chimeura from Manchester, UK was the lucky winner for Matebeleland region.
“As you saw, the old people are all happy. They are going to have a joyous Christmas and we hope that next year, it will be done to another charity again,” said Sibanda.
