Orphans protest over closure of home

THE closure of Hurungwe Children’s Home by the Mashonaland West Provincial minister, Mary Mliswa last Friday resulted in a protest by orphans at the home.

Some orphans also fled after a Chikangwe High School bus was deployed (Friday), to ferry them to undisclosed homes in Chinhoyi, a day after Social Welfare officials tried to arm-twist Karoi Lions Club to run the orphanage.

There was a tense atmosphere at the home, with the orphans hiding in the nearby fields, but later returned to the home after the bus left with a handful of the 78 children that were housed at the institution.

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