Zimpapers Donate ZW$20 million To Island Hospice And Healthcare
Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Group this Monday donated ZW$20 million to Island Hospice and Healthcare in Harare in a bid to help the fight against cancer.
The money was handed to Island Hospice and Healthcare executive director Mr Mudiwa Mundawarara by Zimpapers Group Chief Executive Officer Mr Pikirayi Deketeke, according to The Herald.
The funds were part of proceeds generated from the Zimpapers Annual Cancer Power Walk held in Harare, Bulawayo, Mutare, Gweru, Masvingo and Kariba.
Zimpapers’ Digital and Publishing General Manager Mr Marks Shayamano and the Herald Managing Editor, Ruth Butaumocho also graced the event.
In 2015, Zimpapers signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Island Hospice and Healthcare which saw the group providing space across its platforms; radio and newspapers, to cancer health issues.
Island Hospice and Healthcare provides palliative and bereavement care services and the organisation also operates a nursing agency as a social enterprise initiative and clinical team, when required, involved in prevention services and campaigns.
Zimbabwe Newspapers (Zimpapers for short) is a Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed media firm and commercial printer.
It is the publisher of daily newspapers The Herald, The Chronicle, B-Metro and H-Metro. It has two Sunday newspapers, The Sunday Mail and The Sunday News.
The company also publishes a provincial newspaper The Manica Post and has two newspapers in Shona and Ndebele namely; Kwayedza a Shona weekly in Harare and Umthunywa a weekly in Bulawayo.
Zimpapers also operates internet news websites named after print titles.
The majority owner of Zimpapers is Zimbabwe Newspapers Pvt Ltd, which is owned by Zimbabwe Mass Media Trust a government-owned Trust.
