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BRRA sets bar high in community development
‘Every action has consequences, and the journey to building robust and resilient communities is never easy. But we must embark on it nonetheless.’
By ALBERT MASAKA
THE Borrowdale Residents and Ratepayers Association (BRRA) is scaling new heights in building a brighter community for future generations in ward 18 with ambitious plans to upgrade the local council clinic into a state-of-the-art medical facility, construct a modern recreational facility, and develop further its waste separation centre commissioned today.
The Borrowdale Residents and Ratepayers Association (BRRA) chairman Robert Mutyasira said this today at the official handover ceremony of three community projects to the City of Harare.
These projects include a newly constructed bus stop and shelter along Crowhill Road at the Helensvale Business Centre, a beautifully manicured garden to enhance the area’s aesthetic appeal, the development of a waste separation centre and the upgrade of Borrowdale Clinic.
Mutyasira highlighted the importance of community development in nation-building at a ceremony officiated by a represanataive of the Minister of Provincial Affairs, Harare Metropolitan Province Senator Charles Tavengwa and attended by Hrare East MP Kiven Mutimbanyoka.
“Community development precedes national development,” he said.
“It’s the fundamental building block in transforming an entire nation. Unless we take deliberate action to own and develop our communities, we’re on a path to failure.”
Mutyasiri said these initiatives align with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s mantra, “Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo” (the country is built by its owners).
He added, “Every action has consequences, and the journey to building robust and resilient communities is never easy. But we must embark on it nonetheless.”
He reminded residents in his ward who had been lured by the ambience, aesthetics, order and decorum associated with ward 18, that all this was a result of the work done by his predecessors
“The affluence associated with the suburbs of this ward was not imposed, it was not created at Town House, it was at one time an agenda, a vision and a burden of like-minded individuals.”
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume represented by councillor Stanley Manyanga, applauded the collaboration between the two service delivery organisations.
“To the Borrowdale Residents and Ratepayers Association: from the bottom of my heart thank you, You have set a new standard for civic engagement, You have shown us that when residents and council work together nothing is impossible, you are not just part of the city, you are engine of its progress.”