Education Zimbabwe Project #66850

Send a child to school

by Harvesters in Sport Trust

Project Report | May 5, 2026
Send a child to school May 2026

By Hatiatyi P. Kwenda | Project Leader

Jovial and learning

SENDING A CHILD TO SCHOOL

The first term has come and gone. Schools closed on 2 April 2026 and are opening on 12 May for the second term. Resource mobilisation remains a key challenge. A new school needs a lot of resources. What would be especially great is finding 10 individuals to partner with each child we work with. School fees per term are $350 per child. We need $3500 every term to cater to the 10 children in our high school care program.

Due to the Iran war, fuel prices have skyrocketed by as much as 50% per litre here. This has a huge impact on the cost of food, transport, and school materials. Transporting the children, for example, now requires $110 per month. Which translates to $1100 per month and $3 300 per term. The need for our own minibus has never been greater. It's an absolute must now. Yes, purchasing it needs a substantial amount between 6 and 10 000 United States dollars, depending on the second-hand condition, but the savings over time are worth it.

We have opened the school to mainstream kids who can pay school fees to mitigate the day-to-day expenses of running the school, including rentals.

We are not resting on our laurels. We have found a way to get some produce on the ground through the support of a partner. We have ¾ ha of maize and ¼ ha of sugar beans. There is potential to grow at least a ha and a ½ of maize and a ha of sugar beans soon. This helps raise funds for feeding and for the educational expenses themselves. I have included a picture of the farming effort.

We want to embark next on running our own primary school. Currently, our primary school kids are at a local Salvation Army school, and their fees per term are $100 per child, including stationery.

CONCLUSION

The need for improved and consistent funding continues to ring loud. We will continue to do all we can to keep making a difference; at least the children are going to school, and they have shown good levels of motivation for it. Their future depends on it. We are, however, grateful for all the support and help you have been affording us. Continue to partner with us. Let us change lives one life at a time together.

The grown maize crop

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Jan 6, 2026
Send a child to school January 2026

By Hatiatyi P. Kwenda | Project Leader

In the lab

SENDING A CHILD TO SCHOOL

It’s a new school year, and our program continues to grow in leaps and bounds. A few are graduating from primary school into high school, while a few are moving from kindergarten into actual primary school. We are excited for them.

Last year, we saw an improved commitment to school. Homework assignments were being done. Absenteeism was at a minimum.

We hope to find sponsors that will assist by partnering with Harvesters in Sport Trust (HIS) through adopting a child, so that every child is afforded the necessities and opportunities in life. $350 per term will adopt a child. We have 10 on our high school books and need $3500 per term for school fees.

We then need means to transport them to school and back. That’s $60 per month per child, translating to nearly $2000 per term for all of them.

Having a minibus of our own would be a big saving! Plus, the vehicle can carry out many other functions

As highlighted in the previous report, having agricultural projects can help us mitigate against the high deficits as we continue to work on helping as many children as possible to get a basic education and perhaps give each a pathway to future success.

I am pleased to announce that we have found a partner to help us get an agricultural program up and running.

We have planted maize and will plant beans at the end of January. Harvests will keep the feeding program afloat, and extras get sold to support the Send a Child to School campaign.

The primary school children are all attending classes, an improvement from last year when a lot used to be absent.

CONCLUSION

The need for improved and consistent funding continues to ring loud. We will continue to do all we can to keep making a difference.

We are, however, grateful for all the support and help you have been affording us. Continue to partner with us. Let us change lives one life at a time together.

In class recently

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Sep 18, 2025
Send a child to school September 2025 Report

By Hatiatyi P. Kwenda | Project Leader

High scholars in study

SEND A CHILD TO SCHOOL

Our high school children are now in one place. Starting 1 October 2025, the children should be at a premise where the Ministry of Education and the City Council must come and inspect and approve.

The primary school sponsor a child for school campaign continues, and they are all at a semi-rural Salvation Army primary school.

EDUCATION and SPONSORSHIP

Due to the non-availability of a functional high school in the areas we serve, we decided it was best to run our own high school. This is quite involving as we need a vetted rented premise to use as a school.

Such a premise has been identified; we can’t share the pictures until an actual paid lease has been signed.

We need the period from 1 October to 31 December 2025 for the Ministry of Education process to be carried out for licensing purposes, together with the City council commercial permit, and we can run a certified school for the orphaned and vulnerable children from 1 January 2026 onwards.

Qualified teachers are in plenty supply, and we have conducted interviews already, but first we need to raise $1 500 to secure a premise for the school.

We have 12 high scholars on our books. The number is likely to increase in 2025 when we take on some of the ones in primary school.

Besides securing the premises, we need a reliable more of transport to take them to and from school. Initially, we are appealing to anyone with a good second-hand minibus they can offer us.

If that doesn’t work, we seek to raise at least $10 000.00 to purchase one and put it to use for transportation purposes..

The primary school children are all local, and there is no need for transport. We need to continue to pay school fees to the school, and the fees for this term are due.

We are grateful for the support we have been getting to enable us to keep the children in school. And we continue to crave for your help and involvement in making this program a success and something that can help 100s of children in the future.

We will continue to work on our model to make it cost-effective, but an effective learning centre for the children.

CONCLUSION

The hunger to learn in these children has continued to motivate us to do all we can to raise champions out of difficult backgrounds and circumstances that these children hail from.

Your continued support has ensured we continue to find it easier to work on our objective of creating a sustainable education model for the children, including introducing a day care centre to capture them young and train them for the disciplines of life.

in Class settings

The Primary school sponsored kids

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