Mudeka Foundation – Providing education for orphaned children in Zimbabwe

MUDEKA FOUNDATION

Providing education for orphaned children in Zimbabwe
Registered charity 1143733

COVID-19, October 2020 update

The Trustees temporarily paused some of the Foundation’s work in Zimbabwe because schools were closed and the lockdown prevented our Project Manager in Zimbabwe carrying out vital oversight of our projects. Some schools have now re-opened and others have planned dates for return. We intend to continue our current sponsorship commitments.

We have used this period as an opportunity to review and restructure the Foundation in order to refocus our efforts to grow the ZIPS programme and to reinforce our resilience in the face of economic uncertainties in the UK and Zimbabwe. It’s clear that Zimbabwe’s children will need our help even more as the country, with the rest of the world, rebuilds and adjusts over the next few years.

Please consider subscribing to our newsletter to be kept up to date with the Foundation’s work and events and if you would like to sponsor a child’s education please email us for more details.

OUR AIMS

Our aim is to provide orphaned children in Zimbabwe with an opportunity for an education. These children mainly are cared for by family members who struggle to find the money for school fees.

According to UNICEF there are more than 1 million orphans living in Zimbabwe and around 80% of them do not receive any form of external support.

Our sponsorship enables the children to fulfil their aspirations and dreams for the future.

In January 2018, 63 children in three Primary schools and two High schools surrounding Harare were sponsored through the Mudeka Foundation. Many of these children are funded by private sponsors as part of our ZIPS (Zimbabwe Individual Pupil Sponsorship) project.