Published by the government of Zimbabwe
3 December 2007
Harare — Harare City Council has embarked on a programme to rehabilitate children and adults living on the streets so that they resume a normal life.
Council acting public relations manager Mrs Jane Gambiza Pasipanodya said the local authority already has an existing multi-sectoral taskforce which includes non-governmental organisations, churches, the department of social welfare, City of Harare and many other interested organisations and individuals with the responsibility of dealing with the problem of children and adults living and working on the streets.
Mrs Gambiza-Pasipanodya said the programme involved urging residents, ratepayers and private organisations to desist from offering money or material support to street children and adults as this was a major factor in influencing their continued stay on the streets.
"We are encouraging children and adults living and working on the streets to go to established institutions where they can stay safely and be provided with food. They will also be taught life skills there," she said.
Mrs Gambiza-Pasipanodya said anyone who wishes to assist the children and adults living on the streets or participate in the programme should get in touch with council so that the money and materials could be taken to the established institutions.
In September this year, Harare City Council launched a blitz against vagrants, street children, illegal vendors and touts.
At the height of the blitz chamber secretary Mrs Josephine Ncube was quoted as saying street people and vagrants presented the city with a challenge, as there was no permanent place to put them.
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