Third Term 2011
We have had a great 3rd term. Lots to try and squeeze into this newsletter! 2012?? What happens next?…this has been a question on our minds for the last few months. We want to see the scholarship programme become sustainable year-on-year but increasingly felt that the students would be best served if they were fully […]
Second Term 2011
We have had a fantastic second term. The students came back to a house that looked more like a home. We were able to put in place systems to help this term run efficiently and are so enjoying having our House Mum full time with us now!!! All the students were thrilled to be back! […]
April 2011 – A Successful First Term
February was a frantic month with the setting up of the Scholarship Programme. We were doing up the boarding house, fundraising with local companies, sorting out school uniforms, teachers, text books and going through the gruelling task of selecting just 15 scholarship students from 150 applicants. The boarding house is set up and has been […]
July 2010 – A Note from the Trustees
We would like to open this newsletter with a big thank you to all of you that have made Mark and Laura’s return to Zimbabwe possible. We have been blown away by the generosity of some individuals, companies, various schools and charities. Thank you, thank you!! We were excited to send Mark and Laura back […]
February 2010 – A Note from the Trustees
It has been a whole year since our last Newsletter! A lot has happened in this time and we are excited that Mark and Laura now have a date for their return to Zimbabwe, 13th July 2010. We continue to work towards raising enough support for them for their return. Over the last year we […]
February 2009 – A Trip to Zimbabwe
Happy New Year to all of you!!! This year has started with lots of snow in England – so beautiful! We are thrilled to announce number 2 is on its way and is due at the end of August! So we will be a family of 4!! Laura, Matthew and I had the opportunity to […]
November 2008 – Harare, Zimbabwe
I can’t help but start this Newsletter with a little personal news!! Since we last wrote, we have become parents – to a wonderful little boy called Matthew Tinashe! It has been a true privilege to start this new season of life as parents and we feel incredibly blessed! He was born in January!! I […]
August 2007 – Makomborero A’level Revison School
It is with great excitement I start this newsletter!! I had the privilege of heading a team of 8 British teachers, 21 Zimbabwe teachers and 175 students!! The aim of the week was to provide high quality A-level Revision Classes for Students taking their Alevel examinations in November this year. The students were from the […]