Second chance education for orphans in Mbare

Dear Friends and Partners,

 Warm greetings from Zimbabwe! We are going through another time of uncertainty which is likely to bring more misery to our coummunities if not handled well.  However, as people working with children we keep providing hope and a future to them  even under difficult circumstances.  We are able to keep providing the hope because of you  who keeps supporting our cause. You have been with us since 2012 and have never turned back on us. You keep lighting the path for these children.

Zimbabwe has just undergone national harmonised elections on the 30th of July, this has seen an adjustment of the second term which ended on the 26th of July which was a week earlier than normal. I am glad to update you that the number of children accessing the out of school study group for primary school rose from 78 beginning of the year to 102 by May 2018. As I have indicated in my other reports that we have also started incorporating  a second chance program for children who failed to complete secondary school since 2016. We have 56 children at the moment attending classes. We were inspired by you our friends and partners. For the secondary school second chance program we mainly focus on more girls because they face more challenges of transitioning from primary to secondary school as well as completing secondary school.

 This winter, from May to July was exceptionally cold but we want to thank you for your donations which kept children in school and managed to provide a hot meal every day for those children. Kindly keep supporting us, we need the funds for buying stationery, paying school fees, paying volunteer stipends, buying furniture, food and uniforms for children. Kindly keep telling your friends and networks about our cause.