Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Day 2019

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By Winnie, Martha and Tinaye Exhaustion nudged at my core after sitting for almost an hour listening to people’s presentations on the Sustainable Development Goals but still I failed to understand how I, as an individual, can aim to reach for a goal set out by someone else and maybe change the world. The goals […]

Tatenda’s Community Project

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With the help of other former Makomborero students – Takudzwanashe, Belinda, Roy and Kuda, Tatenda ran a community give back project going by the name ACT (Action for Community Transformation). The group started the program by sending out application forms to high school students in Epworth. Applying into the program helped the team to know […]

An Update from Mark and Laura Albertyn – 2nd Term 2019

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This newsletter is to update you with the latest Makomborero news from the 2nd term of 2019. Another fantastic term under our belt!  The students have all embraced the full winter term, with lots of co-curricular extras making it a very full and busy term. We have so enjoyed seeing the Lower Sixth students find […]

Tanaka’s Community Action Programme

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Between the 14th and the 24th of August, I had the incredible opportunity of running my Community Action Program at Highfield 1 High School in Harare, Zimbabwe. Through my partnership with the school and Netro Electronics Zimbabwe, we introduced the Python computer programming language and robotics to students in their last 3 years of high […]

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. […]