Help Feed Hungry Children in Zimbabwe

Dear Supporters,

In July, the Trust team went on a site visit to Marula School!

Driving up to the school, we could see the new gate in all its glory! If you can recall, the old gate was reversed into by an army truck and had to be removed, allowing all the local goats to come roaming in, and feast on the school’s vegetable garden. Thanks to you, and your generous donations, the new gate had been erected - and boy does it look great!

We were warmly welcomed by Mrs Dube, the principle of Marula, who took us on a tour around the school. We visited each classroom, greeted by the happiest little faces - Despite their circumstances, the kids of Marula are such little rays of light, with the most impeccable manners.

We were then taken to see the new kitchen, at this stage it was just a foundation in the ground, but this allowed us to see first hand just how terrible the current working conditions were - a two meter by two meter room, no windows and one door. The fire is set up on the floor in the middle of the room with two big pots over it - you can only imagine the heat and smoke that bellowed out. The two cooks were mixing ‘pap’ (a tasty traditional African meal) with a giant wooden spoon, sounds easy right? Wrong.. The strength it takes whip the pap around fast enough before it burns at the bottom of the pot, is unbelievable!

We then visited the vegetable garden that the teachers, and children have been working very hard at growing. When available, the veggies are used for lunchtime meals, which was exciting for everyone! The day scholars walk miles in the early hours of the morning to get to school, and the meals provided at lunch are often the only time these children will get to fill their tummies with a nutritious meal.

To top off a great (but very eye opening) day, we were spoilt by the school choir, who sang a few songs for us. It truly made us incredibly proud to be involved in such a driven school, despite their hardships, pulling together in every way they can to make Marula the school it is.

A lot of this is thanks to your continued support and without you, we would not be able to support such a deserving school.

So with a full heart, Thank you!

Zimbabwe Education