Second chance education for orphans in Mbare

Dear Friends and partners,

Hoping to find you safe and protected as the 4th wave of the covid 19 is looming. We have had a tough time with lockdowns affecting school attendance for children. It was double trouble for children who are out of school to find themselves out of school again because of the lockdowns. However, during the lockdown we managed to utilise the time to construct 2 more classrooms to add to the existing 4. This helped to ensure continued learning for all children when the schools re-opened as we were able to follow WHO guidelines on covid 19 prevention. In addition, the additional blocks improved our capacity to enrol more children as more and more children were likely to drop out of school due to the impact of covid 19. The 4 classrooms were able to accomodate 170 children but with the additional classrooms, an additional 30 learners will be accomodated.

We still need support to buy furniture for the classrooms, books, stipends for teachers, food, and stationery. Kindly share our cause with your friends and networks especially this season so that more and more children out of school can be supported.

Dear partners and friends,

When the government of Zimbabwe announced a new school calendar for 2021 which was already delayed starting in March, there was a sense of renewed hope for children to go back to school. They enjoyed coming back together, meeting their friends and renewing their dreams again through attending lessons under the out of school program. The first term which started from March and ended in June was finally completed but with the  Covid19 3rd wave already threatening closure of schools. The 2nd term which was due to open beginning of July remained a pipe dream as Covid19 wrecked havoc in all the 10 provinces of Zimbabwe. All the hope to go back  to school was taken and children are faced with a lot of challenges. Children out of  school are faced with pyschosocial challenges as a result of seeing sick parents, dieing relatives as a result of Covid19, hunger and abuse.  They also miss their friends, hot meals and learning.

There is a lot that needs to be repaired in their lives. They had hoped that through the out of school program their lost opportunity to education would be revived and achieve their dreams. With the continued lockdowns, feelings of hopelessness are now taking a grip.

However, we want to thank you so much for your resolute support as you continued to donate during these hard times. We need the funds to prepare for schools re-opening and purchase enough sanitizers, desks, masks, water buckets, cleaning detergents and food. Kindly share our story with your colleagues and encourage them to support us. We will keep sharing updates to keep you updated on the progress of the project.

Thank you

Links:

• https://www.facebook.com/chiedzachildcarecentre