Delta Corporation has to date helped over 1200 vulnerable students countrywide through its bursaries programme which commands close to US$100 000 annually.
Delta runs a vibrant education assistance programme which includes this school bursaries programme.
These students have benefited over the years amounting to US$2000 000.
Speaking during the bursary induction held at Mandel Training Centre on April 4, the corporation’s general manager Patricia Kudzai Murambinda said:
“Delta Corporation aspires for a Better World by contributing to making a difference in the communities that we operate in.
“We believe in a Brighter, Better, Thriving, and Growing society and today something new has come to fulfill this aspiration in the bursary scheme community and we are proud of it.
“Delta has been involved in assisting students as a means of enhancing capacity and capability for less privileged students for over twenty years.
“We have a total of 100 students benefiting from the programme from A-Level up to university this year.
“These students have been selected with the help of the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education.
“Our bursary scheme programme is also complimented by our Delta Technical Institute (DTI) that develops artisans for the group from A- level students,” she said.
Murambinda said, the DTI has seen over 1,500 artisans over the years graduate, and these have been absorbed in various jobs within the organisation.
“Mandel Training Centre of the business focuses on imparting managerial skills to graduate trainees through its extended programs.
“These include the Graduate Development Program and Supervisory Development Program.
“To the students, please take this investment as a pillar of inspiration.
“The value of the bursary in this difficult environment should challenge you to work hard to improve yourselves academically so that in turn you may be able to further develop the communities.
“You are our future and investing in your education is investing in the future.”
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