Chomveka Chunga’s Story
He had lived for 40 years in and around Khombe Village. The area is within the jurisdiction of the Traditional Authority of Chief Chakhaza. For all of those years he had waited and wished and dreamed. Nothing happened. When he was young he struggled to go to school, but it was 15 kilometers one way. He had been born this way, so he had known no other life. But he could see the other children around him running and playing while he sat on the ground alone. Eventually Chomveka grew to manhood. All through the years the hope was still there, but nothing ever seemed to change. He waited and waited. Some of his friends walked, some ran, and still others cycled, but Chomveka could do none of these.
Finally, in his 40th year of life his dream has been answered. A wheelchair was sent to him from America. He is very happy and he will make a good use of it. This is what Chomveka Chunga asked that you be told:
“Thanks be to God. For the past 40 years I have been looking for a gift like this one, but could not find one. Today God has shown mercy on me when you people have given me this gift; I wish to assure you that this will enable me to do something in order to help my relatives and myself. I will not wait for someone to bring me food or something. I will just do it on my own, and I am confident that I will be able to do things that I could not do without the wheelchair. May God bless you and all those people that are putting their money together to get these wheelchairs.”