MEET THE 2023 MUTSIDZIRA GRANT WINNERS

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Makomborero Zimbabwe is excited to finally introduce our Mutsidzira project winners for 2023! Mutsidzira is an annual community grant that invites past Makomborero students to apply for financial help in order to fund their proposed projects. The main aim of this grant is to invest into and revive communities. Applicants choose a community that they […]

Breaking the £1 Million Donations Barrier!

Makomborero has broken the one million pounds in donations barrier in the same year it starts its second decade! There is clearly much to be celebrated in 2021! Last week we shared the figures behind this achievement on social media and that has not only helped us to realise how far we have come and […]

An Update from Mark and Laura Albertyn – 1st Term 2021

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Please find below the latest Makomborero news from the 1st term of 2021. Much to be grateful for as we start 2021 Wow! Makomborero Zimbabwe has entered its second decade and we have extended a warm welcome to 27 new students (10 Lower Sixth internals, 16 Lower Sixth externals). For the first time ever, we […]

Night-time Adventures at Makomborero

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“It’s cold!” whispered Yeukai, shivering a bit and squeezing her jersey closer to her body. “Don’t you think we should do this on a Friday or Saturday, when the students are not going to school the following day?” she added. “Emergencies wait for nothing!” whispered Milton, displaying courage outwardly but inside burning with uneasiness.  “We […]

Announcing the Mutsidzira Community Grant Winners 2021!

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Makomborero Zimbabwe is excited to finally share the projects that will be sponsored by the Mutsidzira Community Grant in 2021. Mutsidzira is an annual community grant that invites past Makomborero students to apply for financial help in order to fund their proposed projects. The main aim of this grant is to invest into and revive […]

An Update from Mark and Laura Albertyn – 3rd Term 2020

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We have come to the end of our 10th year  of Makomborero Zimbabwe and what a year it has been!  Our Internal students were able to return to their schools in September, which saw the end of online learning for them.  This was a wonderful opportunity to return to some kind of normal education – […]

Organising Makomborero’s first round of testing

Over a recent weekend, 190 students from 90 Zimbabwean schools came for the first round of testing for the 2021 Makomborero scholarships. 65 of these students came from outside of Harare and Chitungwiza, and Makomborero had to accommodate 15 of them. However, due to Covid-19 regulations, this was quite a challenge in itself. Due to […]

MUTSIDZIRA – our communities in our hands!

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Makomborero Zimbabwe is excited to have launched a community grant programme, called Mutsidzira, which means “to revive” in Shona. The selection process has begun and projects will take off in January 2021. Zimbabwean cultures are generally well known for their togetherness and community spirit. The saying ‘It takes a village to raise a child’ is […]

We have a Winner! – Creating a logo for Mutsidzira

DRUM ROLL PLEASE….WE HAVE A MUTSIDZIRA LOGO WINNER! Makomborero has launched a community grant programme for past Makomborero students called Mutsidzira, which means ‘to revive’. We thought, who better to design a logo for Mutsidzira than our past students so we had some fun with a ‘Mutsidzira logo competition’. The best logo stood to win […]