Education Zimbabwe Project #23644

Help 30 Zimbabwean women and girls re-enter school

by Forum for African Women Educationalists Zimbabwe Chapter-FAWEZI

Help 30 Zimbabwean women and girls re-enter school

Project Report | May 11, 2022
Celebrating success! 2021 results are out.

By Wendy Muzite | Project Assistant

Greetings to you, dear friends of FAWEZI.

We are pleased to inform you that the Advanced level results were released in February and two of our girls did well. They two sat for their examinations under the sciences field and excelled. We celebrate more as it is a field that has historically been dominated by boys. The girls and their guardians are super grateful for the support from us through you our dear donors.

FAWEZI has been in contact with the girls offering career guidance as they hope to proceed to tertiary level. Our resources are not enough for us to support them further in terms fees for tertiary level, but we are offering mentorship and referring them to where we think the they can get further support. We are grateful to your continued support and also continue to celebrate that last year we managed to support a beneficiary to enroll and register at a teacher’s collage in the capital city.

For this 2022, the school term is back to the normal timetable as the COVID-19 cases have reduced. Schools are operating with strict observance of the WHO guidelines on COVID-19 safety measures. From the previous beneficiaries FAWEZI remains with two, one in Primary School and the other at the Teacher’s Collage. We will be conducting vulnerability assessments in our project areas and enrolling more beneficiaries depending on the funds available.

As FAWEZI we are grateful for your continued support. We implore you to continue supporting our cause as we help our girls to attain a basic education qualification. Our greatest hope is to be able to help more disadvantaged girls some of whom constantly knock our doors appealing for assistance.

Once again, Thank you for the support.

Permalink

Jan 18, 2022
It's a new year, new term and new beneficiaries!

By Wendy Muzite | Project Assistant

Greetings dear friends of FAWEZI and compliments of the new season!

We hope we find you all well amidst the global pandemic. As for us we are grateful to be facing the challenges of the new year. Already we have begun by delayed school opening here in Zimbabwe a situation that further exposes our girls to various challenges. In our last 2021 report, we shared that we had three beneficiaries in school (2 in high school, 1 in primary) and one who is at tertiary level.

The two high school girls sat for their final National Advanced level examinations which spilled into January 2022 due to the COVID 19 related delays. They have since completed their examinations and we eagerly wait for their results. We are hopeful and cannot wait to celebrate together with you. This 2022 we have not yet enrolled new beneficiaries as the schools have not fully opened for non-examination classes.

The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE) is yet to announce opening dates, but meanwhile we are reaching to our contacts in the schools in preparation for the selection of 2022 beneficiaries. We will be assisting girls who have dropped out or are at a risk of dropping out of school due to many reasons including pregnancy and child marriage. FAWEZI is keeping in touch with the four girls in terms of general well-being and provision of mentorship in line with career guidance.

Our desire is that as schools open, we will be able to enroll more beneficiaries and offer them a chance at attaining a basic education qualification. We again encourage you our dear donors to keep on supporting this noble cause so that we empower our disadvantaged girls with education. The organization and beneficiaries remain grateful for your support. We are confident that you will keep on supporting this good cause. We look forward to supporting more girls this year.

From all of us here at FAWEZI -Thank you. Stay safe from COVID-19 .

Permalink

Sep 27, 2021
Back to school: Post COVID 19 induced lockdown

By Wendy T Muzite | Project Assistant

Back to school: Post COVID 19 induced lockdown

Greetings to you all.

We hope to find you well and safe in these trying times of the spread of the COVID-19. Education sectors have not been spared from the negative impacts of the global pandemic. We have learnt together with our beneficiaries, to adapt to the situation so that we make sure that education does not stop even amidst prolonged school closures and lockdowns.

In our last report in February 2021, we indicated that nine of our beneficiaries had received their final Ordinary level results and had done fairly well. The total number of beneficiaries currently in schools this year is four, two are in Advanced level and 1 is in grade 4. The Advanced level learners will be seating for their final examinations this November. This year we also have 1 beneficiary who is at tertiary level and is in her first year at a Belvedere Teachers College in the capital city.

We are happy that all our beneficiaries are back in school since the opening of schools in September. Schools opened late this year that is in February and closed abruptly in June and have remained closed to September. During the lockdown period, FAWEZI continued to use the WhatsApp platform to share reading materials and updates on the school calendar with the beneficiaries. As of now the Zimbabwean schools are open and the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE) has indicated that the 2021 final examinations will be written before the year ends.

Learners are alternating in school attendance as a measure to limit numbers and maintain social distancing when in class. This means that our beneficiaries are attending class about twice or thrice in a week as the schools they go to have large enrolments. During the days when they are home our beneficiaries make use of the MoPSE radio lessons and other online learning sessions. We have been encouraging them to read widely on their own and also support each other through WhatsApp discussions.

FAWEZI continues to reach out to its beneficiaries whenever they need support and making sure they are keeping afloat with their school work through these difficult times. As an organisation our desire is that these learners get access to alternative learning platforms such as radio lessons and online lessons. We implore you friends of FAWEZ, to continue to extend your support financially so that in addition to payment of fees and purchase of uniforms and stationery we can purchase solar powered radios, mobile phones and airtime for our beneficiaries.

The organisation and beneficiaries remain grateful for your support. We are confident that you will keep on supporting this good cause. As always we thank you for helping us make a positive impact on the lives of our disadvantaged girls.

From all of us here at FAWEZI -Thank you.

Permalink

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ›

About Project Reports

Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.

If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.