We were invited to visit Zimbabwe and Makomborero by our son Sam, who had been twice before in the university holidays. We visited for 2 weeks in late June 2012 and stayed with Mark and Laura Albertyn, who were very generous with their time and hospitality. Both of us and both of our children benefited […]
Meet 7 students as they tell you what difference Makomborero has made to their lives… Rodwell: The growth of my passion to help other people in my community has been brought about by being part of Makomborero. I want to be a valuable asset to Zimbabwe. My goal is to bring about industrial revolution in […]
Anyone in central London early on Sunday 8th July could not have missed the thousands of runners queuing for the start of the British 10k 2012. This year’s race was the biggest to date. Acturis fielded 42 out of the estimated 30,000 competitors who ran. Acturis first ran the British 10k in 2010 in support […]
“I think I now understand what they mean when they refer to the first world countries. South Africa has well built infrastructure, a very good road system and is so organised. The trip has motivated me and inspired me to change Zimbabwe in some way.” This is what one of the students wrote when they […]
I remember the day well when Mr A broke the news that we had been invited to go to South Africa for the science Olympiad focus week. Everyone was quite surprised just to hear Mr Albertyn asking about passports during the physics lesson whilst we were doing a practical. At first we did not quite […]
Zimbabwe, the “land of plenty” had something about it which had made me yearn to go there for seven years! Finally, my dream was able to come about through Mark and his wife Laura. Mark taught me A-level maths and inspired all of his students to work hard – he invested time and energy into […]
I was on Facebook one day when I saw a photo of Makomborero pop up in the right hand corner of my screen. “What’s this?” I thought to myself. I followed the link to the Makomborero website and quickly became very intrigued by their mission and accomplishments. I emailed Mark and asked more about their […]
We had a great start to the year – welcoming the 3rd addition to our family Ella Thea Albertyn. She is a precious gift who we feel very blessed to have in our lives. The year has started well with the scholarship project. We are now operating under our new Trust: Makomborero Zimbabwe as well […]
We have had a great 3rd term. Lots to try and squeeze into this newsletter! 2012?? What happens next?…this has been a question on our minds for the last few months. We want to see the scholarship programme become sustainable year-on-year but increasingly felt that the students would be best served if they were fully […]
