Physical Health Zimbabwe Project #25322

Send 25 children back to school by January 2017

A microproject by Chiedza

Project Report | Nov 17, 2017
You have brought us this far!

By Spiwe Chakawa | Project Leader

Children in the out of school study group

Dear Partners and Friends,

We have come yet to another end of year and thought we would reflect together last year when we were pulling our efforts to retain children in school as well as planning to send the 25 children who were ready back to formal schoool. Time flies, in January 2017 we reported that the 25 children that we had planned to send back to school were successfully reintegrated in various grades in primary schools.. we are thankful. It is the end of year and it is exciting that they have managed to complete their first year in a formal school without hiccups. We usually have some drop outs after rentegration, but this time around all the 25 children are still in school. This is because of your donation and our efforts together.

We are now planning for 2018, and wishing to send back another group of 25 children by January 2018. We did it for 2017 and together we can do it again in 2018. Kindly help us with your financial support to pay for start up school fees for reintegration, books, uniforms and stationery for disdavantaged children to go back to school.

Kindly share our cause with friends and family and donate to our project to send back children in school in Mbare, Zimbabwe.

Wishing you a happy festive season!

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Jan 27, 2017
25 Children back to School!

By Spiwe Chakawa | Project Leader

Happy to be in school again

Dear Friends and partners,

Compliments of the new season! You deserve a good year in 2017.

You did it again, we asked for help last year to send back another group of 25 children to school and they are back in school. Thank you so much for your generous support. The children were overwhelmed by the reality of being back in the formal school again after going through hopeless years at home.

The 25 children were reintegrated in the primary school after going through the accelerated learning program through our community out of school study group. We offer lessons to children who either dropped out of school or never had a chance to start formal school from the ages of 9-15. When ready the children are assessed and supported to go back to formal school to obtain at least a certificate of basic education. This is not an easy task without support as we require teaching and learning materials, stipends for volunteers, furniture, uniforms, books, school bags, and food.

The program started in 2010 and we are able to host 100 children at a time. I am sharing this with you just to show you that you are a great part of the program. Every dollar counts. For example $2 is enough to buy a pack of 10 exercise books and a primary school child will require 2 packs per term, that is $4. The children went back in smiles in new uniforms. All the 25 were reintegrated in one school to help each other deal with stigma and discrimination as well as supporting each other.

*Chamaine had this to say, " I never imagined I would see this day in my life. I thought now I will be in the village collecting firewood and getting married before I even turn 18 years.I am really happy"

Thank you once again. Continue to give through our main project "Second Chance Education for Orphans in Mbare"

With gratitude

Spiwe Chakawa

* Not her real name

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