An Update from Mark and Laura Albertyn – 1st Term 2019

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This newsletter is to update you with the latest Makomborero news from the 1st term of 2019. Term News As always the first term brings with it the wonderful new external and internal students!  We are thrilled to welcome the internal students into the boarding house and see them settle in!  They have so courageously […]

An Update from Mark and Laura Albertyn – 3rd Term 2018

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This newsletter is to update you on the success of the 3rd term 2018. Condolences Three weeks ago we tragically lost our Chairman, Pagiel Chimudzi.  He was a humble, gentle, wise man – who we relied on for wisdom, direction and was an ever present sounding board.  He was an incredible husband and father – […]

Our new Ndeipi training programme!

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We are very excited to announce a new partnership with NDEIPI Business Training – ONE Hope Initiatives. Makomborero Zimbabwe families have benefited from Ndeipi in the past but not in this exclusive programme set up especially for Makomborero.  Ndeipi is an entrepreneurial, small business training course and we are incredibly grateful for this partnership and […]

Graduation 2018

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Laura Albertyn’s 2018 graduation speech Well it is that time of year again and we love graduation time! I can’t start my speech today without acknowledging the pain Makomborero has faced this year.  It has been a sad year for the Makomborero family, losing 3 people suddenly who were part of us.  The terrible tragic […]

An Update from Mark and Laura Albertyn – 2nd Term 2018

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This newsletter is to update you on the success of the 2nd term 2018. Condolences As Makomborero we had two tragic losses in our Makomborero Family this past term. Takudzwa Tinarwo tragically passed away during Air Force training while studying his Pilots Licence at Charles Prince Airport. He was a graduating External student of 2016. […]

Prince Shares His Achievements with Enactus Edinburgh

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Makomborero Zimbabwe taught me to be a student who always seeks to expand his knowledge beyond academic studies, through which I developed a keenness to harness and hone a diverse range of skills in leadership, public speaking and entrepreneurship. Just over a year ago, I joined the Enactus Society at Edinburgh university, where I am […]

Belinda’s Journey: From Makomborero to Botstiber Scholarship

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“I vividly remember my last day at the Makomborero boarding house, packing up and saying the emotional farewells to the lower sixes and Mother Banga, feeling nervous and ecstatic at this new life chapter I was going to embark on. I was no longer a High school student and the cold truth tardily sank in!!! Makomborero had nurtured me […]

An Update from Mark and Laura Albertyn – 1st Term 2018

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We love the start of each new year – it is filled with such hope and expectation.  It is also an incredibly hard adjustment for our new Lower Sixth Students coming into the house.  It takes all term and they are brave and courageous as they face a completely different culture in the Boarding House […]

An Update from Mark and Laura Albertyn – 3rd Term 2017

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Well we made it to the end of another year! It is always incredible to look back and see everything that has been accomplished in the year and this year is no different. During the August school holidays we had a wonderful 3 day camp with our Internal and External Students at the Resource Centre. What a fantastic few […]