On a date that is synonymous with the House of Lords gunpowder plot, Makomborero was privileged to take part in a House of Lords event in support of UK charities working in Zimbabwe. The event was attended by two of our Trustees Nicola Baldwin and Nathan Whitaker and here is their report. Over the summer […]
In September 2012, we were approached by Espoon yhteislyseo Upper Secondary School in Finland to partner with them as they ran a Global Citizenship Course learning about third world countries. Our students were asked to write articles about Zimbabwe, our culture, food, music, schooling etc. The Finnish students also shared information on Finland etc. It […]
As you know from our previous blog, most of our students have now started their university courses. Lesleen is studying Medicine at the University of Zimbabwe, and sent us this report: Hello Mr and Mrs Albertyn, I have just completed my first week of lectures at the university. Wow, the load of work is amazingly […]
What a great term it has been. 2nd Term of the academic year always seems to be the busiest – mock examinations, incredibly full co-curricular programmes, etc and our students have thrown themselves into all of these things whole heartedly. As has become our tradition, we celebrate all our students birthdays at one party each […]
So what happened to the 15 students who graduated from Makomborero last year? This is a question we get asked all the time and I thought it would be nice for you to have a short update as to what these precious 15 are up to!! Through the kind donation of a doctor couple in […]
A little over a year ago (how time flies), Debbie, one of our trustees, boarded a flight to Zimbabwe to see for herself how we are working over there. This is her story… Thurs/Fri – land in Dubai 7 am/2am English time, having had no sleep, not feeling my best! 2 hrs to kill then […]
We have had a great start to the year welcoming the new 8 Lower Sixth, and Upper Sixth back. Like last 2 years, Mark had to undergo the grueling process of selecting these students and making a decision. After settling for the final 8 students, we had the privilege of visiting the students in their […]
He contacted us in early January chasing up his application for a scholarship – he had made it through to the second round of our testing but had sadly not got further. Mr A, sir please I need your help. I need the scholarship please. I have nowhere to get my fees from to do […]
In this blog I wanted to say a big ‘Thank You’ to Autograph who has donated their software for Makomborero to use. Autograph is a dynamic PC program designed to help teachers and pupils visualise mathematics at secondary/college level, using dynamically linked ‘objects’ . I started using the Autograph software when I taught at Benenden […]
