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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The second school term in Zimbabwe starts just at the end of the autumn season and takes us through the winter months and what a winter it was! Some mornings we genuinely did not expect to have any mentees turn up at all but we are so proud to report that attendance was hardly an […]
To our valued supporters of Makomborero Zimbabwe. We are very grateful for your contribution to Makomborero and we look forward to a continued partnership. This report is an update from our team in Harare on the success of the 2nd term 2022. Changing seasons The start of this second term continued to signal a welcome change from strict […]
Tell us a little bit about yourself My name is Robson. I am a married man and I have four children. I am the Makomborero gardener and caretaker at the UZ house which is also where the office is located. What does a typical day at work look like for you? A typical day […]
Makomborero Zimbabwe is excited to share with you the project chosen for Mutsidzira Community Grant award for 2022/23 projects. 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. […]
Tell us a little bit about yourself? My name is Patricia and I am originally from Chipinge. I am the only girl in a family of four. I am the Housekeeper and Cook at the resource centre. What does a typical workday look like for you? Besides cooking which happens to be my passion, I […]
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