LIONS DISTRICT 413 GOVERNOR PATRICK BULUNDO URGES COMMUNITIES TO RESUME KEEP ZAMBIA CLEAN CAMPAIGN

Lions Club District 413 Governor Patrick Bulundo (far right) with Mayor Chilando Nakalima-Chitangala and Lusaka City Council (LCC) Acting Town Clerk Engineer Liftery Ndaba at Lusaka’s Civic Centre on Independence Avenue. – Picture by Hellen Bwalya 

By Hellen Bwalya.
19/01/24

Lions Club District 413 Governor Patrick Bulundo has called on all Zambians to practice a clean way of living in order to eradicate the Cholera pandemic as the water bourne disease (burden) has an adverse negative socio-economic impact on individual and national development aspirations.

Speaking during a donation to Lusaka City Council (LCC), Lion Bulundo regretted that government is spending huge sums of resources to mitigate the spread and treatment of Cholera, which would have been channeled to other developmental projects, had citizens and corporates prevented the water bourne disease.

Lion Bulundo presented Personal Protective Equipment’s (PPE’s) for frontliners, disinfectants, chlorine and assorted items to Lusaka City Council worth K460, 000.

Lion Bulundo reiterated a mandate is to ‘Change the World and make it a Better Place’ by ‘Touching People’s Lives through Helping Out where Need Be’ hence ‘All Lions’ throughout Zambia’s ten (10) provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Muchinga, Northern, North-Western, Southern and Western contributed.

Lions Club District 413 Governor Patrick Bulundo briefs Mayor Chilando Nakalima-Chitangala and Lusaka City Council (LCC) Acting Town Clerk Engineer Liftery Ndaba (not in picture at Lusaka’s Civic Centre on Independence Avenue. – Picture by Hellen Bwalya

Earlier, LCC Acting Town Clerk (TC), Engineer Liftery Ndaba commended Lions District 413 for the gesture and pledged to Partner with any organization willing to hold hands with the local Council in eradicating the Cholera pandemic.

Lions Club District 413 Governor Patrick Bulundo (far right) with Mayor Chilando Nakalima-Chitangala (centre) listening to Lusaka City Council (LCC) Acting Town Clerk Engineer Liftery Ndaba at Lusaka’s Civic Centre on Independence Avenue. – Picture by Hellen Bwalya

Receiving the Donation on Behalf of the City Council, Lusaka Mayor Chilando Nakalima-Chitangala said the donation is a true representation of selflessness leadership and good will that will bring positive impact in community service.

Previously a Patriotic Front (PF) Roma Ward 17 Councilor in Mandevu Constituency, Ms. Nakalima-Chitangala called for collaborated efforts from all stakeholders in order for the fight against Cholera to be won.

Adhering to a call by Lion Bulundo to resume the ‘Keep Lusaka Clean and Green Campaign’ that seems to be on recess, Ms. Nakalima-Chitangala called on Lions District 413 to join LCC in the Monthly Cleaning of the Zambian Capital City once summoned.

Lions Club District 413 Governor Patrick Bulundo (far right) with Mayor Chilando Nakalima-Chitangala at Lusaka’s Civic Centre on Independence Avenue. – Picture by Hellen Bwalya

Background – Chilando Nakalima Chitangala

Chilando Nakalima Chitangala is serving as Mayor of Lusaka, Zambia and current Vice-chairperson of the Covenant of Mayors in sub-Saharan Africa (CoMSSA) RMF.

As mayor, Ms. Nakalima-Chitangala oversees planning and decision-making at the city level, and is passionate about improving data collection and management for planning and decision making, gender and social inclusion, climate change and environmental protection, strategic and integrated planning, slum upgrading, and the empowerment of marginalized groups.

As a hands-on mayor, Ms. Nakalima-Chitangala creates and sustains partnerships and income-generating initiatives to provide equitable services for the city, improve and upgrade the informal settlements, and fight HIV/AIDS by meeting the 90-90-90 targets set by UNAIDS.

In her position as CoMSSA RMF Vice-chairperson, Ms. Nakalima-Chitangala is responsible for representing and elevating the voice of over 300 cities through project coordination, planning, and mobilizing resources, including access to energy and climate finance for other mayors, as well as serving as an ambassador of the initiative.

Ms. Nakalima-Chitangala was part of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative class of 2022-2023.

Ms. Nakalima-Chitangala started her career as a councillor, then held the position of Deputy Mayor before becoming the first woman to be elected Mayor of Lusaka.

Ms. Nakalima-Chitangala is an inspirational civic leader and mentor for girls and women taking up leadership and decision-making positions at city, national, and international levels”. – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center (the EJS Center) Tubman Boulevard, Montserrado Monrovia, Liberia.

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