This middle winter term has been long and busy. As a Makomborero family we were very sad to receive the news that one of our students, Mercia, passed away on the 31st May. Mercia joined Makomborero as a pioneer student in January 2011. She was part of a dynamic group of 16 students who were […]
My life as a student in Turkey for the last two years has been a journey with so many thrilling experiences and memories, and as always I have many to thank. I’ve had a great life, have tried and experienced new things and most of all have made friends for life. Though not everything went […]
My name is Sophie McCoy, I’m a qualified maths teacher in the UK and I have known Mark and Laura Albertyn for a few years. This year is my third visit to Harare, Zimbabwe to get involved in the incredible project that is Makomborero. I first visited in 2011 when the project was in its […]
When my passion drove me to apply for medicine for my university, I did not foresee few things: 1) the decline of my social life to become almost an ideal medical student, 2) the love I really had for medical knowledge and doing application. I was one of the three 2012 pioneer group of Makomborero […]
We arrived Sunday evening on the 28th of June 2015 and had a role modelling campaign that evening. A couple did a presentation on engineering field. The lady is an electrical engineer and the husband is a civil engineer. On Monday morning we went to Cullinan Mine. The mine was said to be the largest […]
Being one of the Makomborero family has completely changed my life. It is the best thing that has ever happened to in my life, because it came to my rescue when I was in a time of confusion and without direction in my life. When my father passed away life became hard for me and […]
We have had a fantastic start to the year. We welcome our new students into the house and have watched them settled into their new home and schools. The transition is always incredibly hard. We had the privilege of meeting their families in their homes over Christmas and always find this process so humbling and […]
2014 marked my last year at Makomborero Zimbabwe having joined the family last year from Zengeza High School. Words can’t fully express my appreciation towards what Makomborero has done for me. I can recall the loud sound of water splashing on rocks along the Save river during the rainy season. Grandmother and I would wake […]
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step .Getting Makomborero scholarship is that particular step. If not for Makomborero I had no hope of going any further than O’ level. I started my primary education at Gandamasungo Primary School in Hwedza. I had gone to Hwedza to live with my grandmother. I […]
