Close to 30 widows residing in Kinyinya Village in Kigali City received foodstuffs worth Rwf1 million from DHL Rwanda, a group that provides international express mail services..

The food stuffs included rice, sugar and cooking oil

They were handed over, yesterday, by the DHL Country Manager, Julie Mutoni, who headed a delegation of about 20 company employees.

Mutoni said that the action signifies DHL Volunteer Day, which compels all its employees internationally to engage in community services that improve the lives of poor people.

"We want to offer some hope to the widows by sharing with them some of the profits that we make,” Mutoni said.

"Today we shall sit with them, listen to their problems and then try to help whenever we can. This visit will be the beginning of a series of more to come.”

Agnes Nyirabakiga, 85, a widow and resident of Kinyinya, expressed gratitude citing the community’s willingness to offer assistance to people like her.

"We get material assistance once in a while from government agencies and some business people. We are grateful and encourage them to keep checking on us because some of our problems are not simply lack of material things but health, education and emotional as well,” Nyirabakiga said.

The DHL delegation toured the widows’ homesteads and promised to return at a later date with more assistance.

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