Project Report
| Apr 22, 2022
First round of college acceptances
By Education Matters Team | Education Matters Team
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We are excited for the first round of college acceptances for our inaugural Class of 2021 alumni! We wish them all the very best as they set out to pursue their higher education in the United States. We remain grateful to the many colleges and universities who have worked and continue to work with our students in the admissions process.
While most of the acceptances have been from US institutions, our alumni have applied to various global universities that are able to offer them scholarships. We look forward to the next round of admissions acceptances for the rest of our alumni in the class of 2021!
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Dec 24, 2021
Happy Holidays - Ready for an exciting 2022!
By Rebecca Zeigler Mano | Director, Education Matters
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As we end what has been a challenging year for everyone, we wish you healthy, happy and restful holidays with your friends and family. We are very grateful for what we have been able to achieve in 2021 to provide truly tranformative education for determined, high-achieving, refugee youth here in Zimbabwe.
None of this would have been possible without your faith in our initiative and continued generous support. We look forward to moving onwards and upwards in 2022 with a third cohort of USAP Community School studnets that includes three refugee students from Burundi, Rwanda and the DRC as well as with more initiatives and opportunities for refugee youth at Tongogara Refugee Camp through our TWEENs program.
From all of us at Education Matters and USAP Community School, thank you.
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Dec 12, 2021
Three Refugee Students Graduate from USAPCS!
By Rebecca Zeigler Mano | Director, Education Matters
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Olive with her parents at USAPCS graduation
We are very excited to announce that three of the 45 students in our first cohort of USAP Community School to graduate last Saturday, December 4, were refugee students from Tongogara Refugee Camp. Olive, Damascent and Chrinovic, who originate from Burundi and the DRC, did us proud as they graduated.
We are also happy to continue our commitment to educating refugees by admitting three more refugee students from Burundi, Rwanda and the DRC, to the class that will begin at our school in 2022. This will keep our current refugee population to 7 students which in January will be 11% of our school population. It is your kind support that allows us to pay 100% of these students' school fees, uniforms, and other supplies needed for them to be fully equipped to learn at our school and in camp with resources like solar panels and batteries during lockdowns.
Two weeks ago we also launched the TWEENS Youth Centre in the camp, a place where young people will be able to get tutoring, read from a library and enjoy activities such as pingpong, darts, chess and other games. We are proud of the USAP students and alumni who have made this centre happen and look forward to watch it develop and grow as a by youth for youth project
Thank you for helping us to continue to prioritize transformative education for refugees in Zimbabwe!
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TWEENS Youth Center
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Youth enjoying pingpong at TWEENS Youth Center
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