NDEIPI Update: Next Stop – Graduation!

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Next stop – Graduation! We have come to the end of a successful year at Ndeipi! What an amazing and insightful 6 sessions it was from the start of 2024 to the end of September 2024! It was heart-warming and encouraging to see the enthusiasm of our participants, putting on record one of our most […]

The journey of past Makomborero female students

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A look into the journey of a past Makomborero female student October in Zimbabwe means we are right in the thick of spring. The jacaranda flowers are in full bloom, filling the air with a mild yet sweet scent and as they fall, they lay a distinctive purple carpet all over the country. Most teachers […]

Girl Child

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AUGUST 2024 We are so pleased to report that we have had a great term 2 at Girl Child! The winter was a kind one this year, but we still managed to squeeze in a few sessions outside in the sun – the mentees really love those! For all three schools, the attendance was very […]

Term 2 Update – August 2024

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Getting into our stride – a great term! Though busy, this term has been a great one! We felt that students and all projects really got into their stride despite us structuring the term slightly differently. We had a wonderful visit from UK trustee, Nicola and her husband Nick. Both enjoyed visiting our boarding houses […]

Term 1 Update – April 2024

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A great start to 2024! 2024 has started well with us welcoming 15 new students who were each awarded a Makomborero A-Level Scholarship. 9 of these students were awarded Residential Scholarships and 6 of them Non-residential Scholarships.   This year, we also welcomed Watershed College as one of our partner schools. They have given full […]

Welcome Farai, Makomborero’s New Student Relations Officer

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Makomborero Zimbabwe was founded in 2011 and has been growing ever since! Our dream is to make education accessible to young people who come from disadvantaged backgrounds and one of our aims is to keep improving in what we do. With that in mind, we are so excited to be introducing a new post and […]

Term 3 Update – December 2023

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The End of a Busy Year We have come to the end of our busiest term of the year and the end of 2023! Our boarding houses, our projects and partner schools have all been a hive of activity and left us with so much to be grateful for! We have had another term of […]

Meet Nyasha and Shawn – Our Mobile Lab Science Teachers

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Our Mobile Science Lab was started in 2017.  The heart behind the lab was to give lab time to O-Level students who are not able to put their theoretical knowledge into practice due to lack of resources at their schools. The Lab is a 20-foot shipping container, converted into a fully kitted out laboratory.  Winston […]

Makomborero’s 6th annual supporters event

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Though Covid-19 changed so much of how we do things at Makomborero, it served a great purpose in showing us what we truly value and the traditions we aim to uphold regardless of what is thrown at us. One such tradition is the Annual Supporters Event held by our UK trustees. Our Annual Supporters Event […]