Second chance education for orphans in Mbare

A warm hello to you Friend and Partner,

Thank you so much for your continued support to our " Second Chance Education Program for orphans and other vulnerable children in Mbare" We are still continuing to provide catch up lessons to the orphaned and vulnerable children in our Mbare community. This year we have 109 boys and girls coming for the lessons. Most of these children when they come , are not able to read or write properly or at all.

This term we have been spending some time with the children and trying to understand, what has been the most interesting part of their learning. One of the children exclaimed,  " READING!"  

Shamiso* explained that reading has opened her world. She realised that life wihout reading is like walking in the dark. It was lifeless. She added that with reading she can now read novels, magazines, labels, posters and can now make sense out of life. This is the impact that you are making in the lives of these disadvantaged children. Shamiso said she is ready to pursue her dreams of becoming a nurse since she is now able to read.

This is all because of your support. Thank you so much. You can continue to support children like Shamiso through giving on our project. You can also like us on Face Book : Chiedza Child Care Center. $10 is enough to buy exercise books for the whole year for one child. We still need stationery, texbooks, furniture and uniforms for the children. A little goes a long way. Kindly invite your friends and family to also give to our cause.

Kind regards,

Dear Friends and Partners,

We last spoke in November 2015, talking about children ready to go to formal school. I am always happy to bring updates because every time we ask, you respond.  We were requesting for money to buy uniforms, books, pay school fees for those ready for formal school as well as maintaining classes in the out of school study group and you did it again. Thank you.

We finally managed to send the 21 children who were ready to go to formal school in January. We were anxious as the target seemed huge and impossible, but you made it easy for us. Thank you. Twenty-one children were enrolled at a local primary school. Thanks to the school head who accomodated all the children at his school. At least, they will support each other in their journey to attain basic education and shaping their future. Usually, there is fear among the children to go back to school after some years out of the school system, but reintegrating them in numbers especially in one school will easy the problem.

Our joy did not end with reintegration, the support you gave us helped us to enroll more children in the out of school classes hence more and more children are benefitting. This year we managed to enroll 50 new children in the out of school classes giving hope again to those who would have lost hope. I wish you would be able to visit us and see the great work you are doing.

Thank you  very much. Kindly continue to suport this project, as the need is huge and we are only able to help a few at a time. We need money to buy food for children in the out of school classes, stationery, text books, furniture and pay school fees for those that are ready to go to school.

I invite you to like our facebook page; Chiedza Child Care Center and kindly help spread the word and invite your friends to like it too.

With gratitude,