Children

The underlying purpose of our Society is to empower Zimbabwean orphans and give them a chance to lead a fulfilling life. We seek to give the children long-term help in their own community in order to guarantee their basic education and general welfare. We place special emphasis on the education of girls.

At the end of 2010, we had 392 orphans in our programme. Of these, 280 were receiving full support. They were attending a total of 13 schools, 221 at primary level (Grades 1-7),  161 at secondary level (O levels and A levels) and 10 at tertiary level (university or technical college). The programme adapts to the needs of orphans in Dzivarasekwa, and in the course of 2011, the number of full-support children will be around 400.

We try to keep the overall numbers low enough for staff members to be familiar with the home conditions, school performance and personality of all our children. We keep a record with photographs of every child.

We purposely maintain the gender balance so that it favours girls, as girls still need more support in Zimbabwe than boys. At the end of 2010, 64% were girls and 34% were boys.

Our first university graduate, Blessing gained a Bachelor's Honours Degree in History and Development Studies from Midlands State University in August 2008, and another student, Brenda  was awarded her National Diploma Level II in Pharmatechnology from Harare Polytechnic in 2010.