DP Foundation Director and former NANGO Chairperson, Mrs
Mildred Sandi was at the end of 2013 bestowed with the NANGO Lifetime
Achievement Award at the Directors’ Summer School in Kariba.
Sandi came tops ahead of other men and women who contributed
a lot to NANGO as well as in the communities. As chairperson of NANGO, she spearheaded
the setting up of five regional offices together with NANGO management.
DP Foundation, led by “masalu” as she is affectionately
known, also made an impact in the communities through providing psycho-social
support.
Sandi is in the class of a few select individuals who were
members of the Voluntary Organisation in Community Enterprise (VOICE) which
later changed its name to NANGO in 1992.
Speaking at a colourful ceremony organised by NANGO Western
Region in honour of her and other organisations that got awards at the summer school,
Sandi who was in tears, thanked NANGO for the recognition.
“I would like to thank the organisers for the recognition, I
dedicate this award to my late parents, my family and the region of
Matabeleland,” she said.
She also paid tribute to her former co-board members and thanked
them for their dedication to the cause of NGOs in the country.
Other organisations that walked away with awards are Habakkuk
Trust (Community Development Award) and Bulawayo Agenda (NGO Communicator of
the Year). Certificates were also handed to other former regional board
members.
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In the picture above, Mrs Sandi (right), poses for a photo with (from left) Calvin Dube, Robert Ndlovu and Patience Sibanda.
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