25 Feb 2020

Certificate of Completion for Maori Primary School

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On June 12th 2019, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education issued a “Certificate of Completion” indicating the third classroom block had been constructed following correct procedures. In January 2020 the school was officially opened by two Zimbabwean government ministers including the Minister of Home Affairs. A large community celebration was held at the school and ZimKids’ board member Fran … Read More

21 Oct 2019

Maori Primary School Update

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This rural school serves 150 families living in the six surrounding villages. Current enrolment is 350 at boy to girl ratio of 45:55. The families served by this school are subsistence farmers and farm workers who rely on farm produce income to survive.Construction of the third classroom block has enabled accommodation of all students at the new site. Through staggered … Read More

29 Jun 2019

Maize purchase for Nyachuru Secondary School

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Unfortunately, there was severe drought this year at Nyachuru Secondary School which resulted in a very poor harvest and insufficient maize for the lunch program. ZimKids responded to the school’s request for additional assistance by purchasing and arranging delivery of maize meal.  

29 Jun 2019

Batsirai Ngoshi graduating

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Batsirai Ngoshi, an orphan who we have been providing educational support for since 2007, will be graduating with a BSc. Honours degree in Urban Planning and Development in June of 2019. He says that one of his goals, once he’s employed, is to help less fortunate students. We have supported Batsiria Ngoshi through his university studies as he did exceptionally … Read More

7 Dec 2018

New Books for the Maori School Library

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Maori Primary School students celebrated the arrival of boxes of new books for their library this month. This generous donation was made by Canadians Scott Wilkie and Denise Quick, to mark Denise’s retirement from a career spent as a librarian. Rural primary schools in Zimbabwe rarely have the resources to purchase library books so this donation was received with great … Read More

5 Nov 2017

Sculpture for Donation

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Ascending Spirit is a beautiful hand-carved Opal stone sculpture by Zimbabwean sculptor Simon Chidharara. A two-time former artist-residence with ZimArt, Simon has travelled to Canada twice (2007 and 2013). In 2014 he became the first artist from the African continent to be represented in the permanent collection of the Haliburton Sculpture Forest. Ascending Spirit was damaged in shipping the work … Read More

22 Dec 2016

Maori Primary School registered by Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Education

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Maori Primary School in Mashonaland Central has now been registered by Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Education. Two furnished classroom blocks, teacher accommodation, toilets for staff and students and a drilled well and bush pump have already been completed. In addition two of the storage rooms have been converted into a library and resource centre and text books have been purchased. The … Read More

16 Oct 2016

Batsirai Ngoshi School Fees

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In 2008 the principal of Nyachuru Secondary School in Chiweshe, Zimbabwe was looking for a donor to pay school fees for Batsirai. Both his parents had died and he was being raised by his grandparents, who are subsistence farmers and could not afford his school fees. Funds were raised in Canada so that he could stay in school. He successfully … Read More

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