{"id":42632,"date":"2021-06-28T19:04:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T17:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=42632"},"modified":"2021-06-28T18:49:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T16:49:28","slug":"high-tech-computer-donation-for-blind-msu-student-to-aid-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/high-tech-computer-donation-for-blind-msu-student-to-aid-learning","title":{"rendered":"High-Tech Computer Donation For Blind MSU Student To Aid Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span><b>By James Muonwa, Mashonaland West Correspondent<\/b> &#8211; VISUALLY impaired Midlands State University (MSU) student, Mavis Tshuma has received a timely donation of a special high-tech laptop, a smart phone and walking stick, all valued at over $500 000 to help her adapt to campus life.<\/p>\n<p>The laptop, installed with Jaws Professional software, will allow the 27-year-old Sociology student to operate the computer using audio commands, making it easy to navigate between applications.<\/p>\n<p>The equipment was sourced by Zimbabwe Newspapers Group (Zimpapers).<\/p>\n<p>At the weekend, lnformation, Publicity and Broadcasting Services deputy minister, Kindness Paradza, handed over the laptop, a brand new A31 Samsung smartphone and a walking stick to the second-year MSU learner at her home in Makonde constituency.<\/p>\n<p>The kind gesture followed an appeal for donations that was aired on the state broadcaster, ZBC TV.<\/p>\n<p>Paradza lauded the diversified media company for the donation which will make life easier for the visually impaired student.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter watching the heart-touching story of Mavis on ZBC TV, Zimpapers, through its board chairperson Tommy Sithole and chief executive officer Pikirayi Deketeke, procured the gadgets valued at over $500 000 from South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe special utility laptop is going to be handy in her studies, as she desperately needs it,\u201d said Paradza, who was flanked by his Zanu PF district coordinating committee officials.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Paradza handed the equipment<\/p>\n<p>Accepting the donation, Tshuma said studying was a huge challenge and hopes the donation will help ameliorate the burden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe computer and the cell phone are going to make it easy for me to study. We only had two such kind of computers at MSU and it was a huge challenge for me and other visually impaired students to study,\u201d said Tshuma.<\/p>\n<p>Zimpapers general manager (Digital &amp; Publishing Division), Marks Shayamano, said the donation was part of the organisation\u2019s social corporate responsibility aimed at transforming livelihoods in a positive way.<\/p>\n<p>He pledged more interventions to improve communities and their inhabitants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. By James Muonwa, Mashonaland West Correspondent &#8211; VISUALLY impaired Midlands State University (MSU) student, Mavis Tshuma has received a timely donation of a special high-tech laptop, a smart phone and walking stick, all valued at over $500 000 to help her adapt to campus life. 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