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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We are so excited to have started our 2023 girl child mentorship programme with 30 girls from 3 different schools in Harare, Zimbabwe. I know we say this every year but we really do have a lovely group of girls! Most of the girls pleasantly surprised us with their bubbly characters and eagerness to learn […]
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 […]
2022 has ended on a high note despite some challenges and the sadness of saying goodbye to our Upper Sixth students. We were able to hold our usual end of year events such as Girl Child Lunch, Testing Process, Graduation and Christmas Party without the re-jigging and the dodging of curve balls that we had […]
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