Education Zimbabwe Project #47507

Transformative Education for Refugees in Zimbabwe

by Education Matters

Project Report | Apr 12, 2023
TWEENS starts 2023 on a roll!

By Yesaya and TWEENS | TWEENS Committee Member

Kevin Burns Visits TWEENS

We are excited to share that the efforts of TWEENS have resulted in a significant increase in the pass rate of Form Four students who received help from TWEENS. National exam results came out in February this year and out of the 70 students at St Michael's Secondary School in Tongogara Refugee Camp who received assistance from TWEENS, 28 passed at least 5 subjects, resulting in a 40% pass rate. This is a remarkable improvement compared to the 17% pass rate of the previous year. We believe that this increase in pass rate is a testament to the effectiveness of our tutoring programs and the resources TWEENS provide to students in the camp.

In January 2023, the UNHCR Regional Representative for Southern Africa and the UNHCR Zimbabwe Representative visited TWEENS Center to learn about our positive impact in the camp and discuss plans to further empower secondary-school refugee students. During the visit, we presented our achievements in the past year, including the array of services we offer, which have reached nearly 1,000 students both in and outside of the refugee camp through educational and extracurricular activities. We also highlighted the installation of Wi-Fi at our TWEENS Youth Center, which has attracted many students seeking online research assistance.

We are thrilled to share that Kevin Burns, CEO of Chobani, visited Tongogara Refugee Camp in late March to explore ways to enhance the quality of education for refugees. In addition, our book reserves have been augmented with 36 much-needed science textbooks, including Biology, Physics, and Chemistry O-Level textbooks donated by Kevin Burns. These textbooks will complement TWEENS' efforts to teach pure science subjects for the first time to our students.

Our recently graduated A-level and O-level tutors are also leveraging the internet connection at the TWEENS Centre to explore and apply for educational opportunities to further their studies. We are excited to share that as of now, five of our tutors have been accepted to United States universities on scholarships, while others are still in the process of applying. This is a remarkable achievement for our tutors, and we are proud to have played a role in their success. Holiday lessons commenced at TWEENS Center on April 4, 2023, with Form 3 and 4 refugee students from St Michael’s Tongogara and other schools in the vicinity of Tongogara Refugee Camp coming in numbers. Our capable tutors are having fun spending their time and energy to positively impact their younger brothers’ and sisters’ lives. We are currently tutoring English Language, Mathematics, Geography, and Combined Science. After taking tutoring lessons, some students stay to use the few TWEENS’ textbooks, computers, and tablets to do further academic research in their subjects or relax with tecball, chess and other games.

Thank you for your continued support of TWEENS!

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Dec 14, 2022
2022 End of year TWEENS Update

By Jeanette Kabuya | TWEENS Coordinator

TWEENS tutors, students, St Michael's teachers

Administration

TWEENS is made up of 31 volunteer tutors and one full time employee holding the position of Operations Coordinator who monitors all the activities at TWEENS Center. TWEENS has a committee ( General Coordinator, Secretary, Treasurer, Accountant, and a Spokesperson) and an advisory council to decide and put every action in place to maintain the progress of the TWEENS organization. TWEENS has contrived a monthly salary for the Operations Coordinator for the past three months. Furthermore, awareness campaigns, on the noteworthiness of education, in both local schools and within the community have been taking place in order to regerminate a seed of hope into youths who failed their national exams and encourage them to rewrite.

Resources and activities at TWEENS Center

“I wonder how we would have completed all the CALA ( Continuous Assessment Learning Activity ) ZIMSEC assessments without having internet and mobile phones. Luckily,TWEENS made our lives easier and paved a smooth way to our education journey”, said a TWEENS tutee. The monthly subscription of WiFi at the TWEENS Center has made 200 students step ahead academically and with the ZIMSEC CALA assessments which covers 30% of their national exams results. The connectivity also helped 4 tutors in their personal works like completing online courses and working on college applications. More resources such as the projector, whiteboard markers, stationery, new curriculum textbooks, gadgets (laptops and ipads) among others have made holiday tutoring lessons productive and smooth.

December 2022

New curriculum Pure Sciences textbooks were delivered and TWEENS center set up the schedules which includes lessons for Biology, Chemistry, Pure Mathematics, and Physics for ‘O’ Level students and, we are well prepared with resources for those subjects.

TWEENS power system has improved at the center and made it possible for other intellectual support to students such as having open hours and self study during the Night Study to better their academic performance. We recognise students' talents and seek to give them a space to collaborate with tutors and fellow tutees through extracurriculars at TWEENS Center.

All of thses services would not have been possible without your continued support and Education Matters and TWEENS are grateful for your genorisity throughout the year!

TWEENS Tutor, addressing St Michaels students

TWEENS informational at the center

Tutoring

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Aug 22, 2022
Update from TWEENS Tongogara

By Jaenette Kabuya, | TWEENS Coordinator

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