Community Service
Each year Mark and Laura and the team run revision schools in the surrounding townships of Harare.
These revision schools target pupils and students about to write their GCSE in October, so are run during the August school holidays. This is a much needed service for these schools, and is a wonderful way for our scholarship programme students to give back to their communities, as well as volunteer teachers from Zimbabwe or abroad.
Makomborero has been welcomed with open arms by the headteachers of many high schools we partner with. Our team of volunteers and students find it very humbling working with these schools and to see the hope that many pupils and students are given just by teachers who come from very different backgrounds to them taking the time to invest in their lives. The heads often say it is an incredible motivator for them.
Support of Rural Schools
At Makomborero we believe strongly in teaching our students the value of giving back to their communities, even if they have no money! During the August school holidays, we travel into the rural areas and paint the blackboards of rural schools. This is a fairly inexpensive contribution to a school, but it can make a huge impact!
