NYDT Donates to Tsholotsho Flood Victims

The National Youth Development Trust (NYDT) recently donated food and clothing to victims of floods in Tsholotsho, Sipepa Village development. The donations were made in response to an outcry from villagers in Tsholotsho that little was being done to alleviate their plight.

The Director of NYDT, Mr. Liberty Bhebhe said, although the organisation is not a humanitarian one, it could not ignore the plight of the flood victims as a community the organisation works with.

“We were moved by the insignificant level of assistance that these people have been getting from Government that is why we decided to take action and, make our own contribution. So members of the NYDT have donated clothes and food, which we have since handed over to the villagers,” said Bhebhe.

He further called on young people to take up social responsibility by volunteering to assist some of the villagers, particularly the vulnerable.

“We have a lot of elderly people that are unable to rebuild their homes even after being given new land in which to rebuild. I therefore encourage all young people to take up the kind of leadership we always call upon as NYDT and help out these people,” he added.

The National Youth Development Trust The is a youth-focused civil society organization whose mission is to develop sustainable leadership qualities in young people for their effective contribution to education, the economy, politics, culture, health and agriculture to enhance the quality of their and the countries’ well being. It has been operating in Tsholotsho as part of its project areas since 2011.