The ManicaPost
. . . as Kujo supports local schools
Morris Mtisi
AS if the school head at Checheche, parent John Madhodha and Crosswell Goko were not enough, local businessman Wilson Khumbula, also passionately called Kujo by those who love him, now also a serious Christian follower he told this reporter, subscribes newspapers to 12 schools in Chipinge where his business thrives.
“This is my way of ploughing back to the community that supports my business ventures in the area,” Khumbula told The Manica Post.
“Besides, how else can our teachers and pupils be abreast and in touch with what goes on around them in their country if they don’t read newspapers?
“Zimpapers are important educators, information givers and entertainers. And who can better benefit from these if not teachers and students? That is why I subscribe The Sunday Mail and The Manica Post for our rural schools,” he said.
Mr Khumbula assured the schools that he was going to expand his area of support and soon supply more newspapers into each school every week.
“The economy is not friendly for business, but this is a cause worth supporting and I will continue to support education programmes financially whenever I can with the little money that I have,” said the Kujo-brand local hotelier and retailer.
Mr Wilson Khumbula recently offered accommodation for two weeks running to teachers (both primary and secondary school) and fundis who included district school inspectors and new curriculum protagonists who had come together to distil wisdom on the new and desired curriculum implementation thrust.
The businessman also paid half of the costs of running a one day English Language Zonal Cluster Teaching and Learning consultancy meeting held at his conference room for free. On a different level of support, Khumbula who is a member of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church also donates generously in cash and in kind to other churches in the Checheche community.
If all business men could take a cue from Mr Wilson Khumbula, supporting local school programmes and funding their projects, schools would stop wallowing as have-nots in the midst of haves or potential ‘donors’. While business men and women rejoice in selling to schools, once in a while it is not a bad idea to donate a service or money for school project development. Khumbula knows this best and he leads the way by example.
