Projects for Makumbi Orphans
2024 Makumbi Mission Funding Needs
- Tuition expenses
- Most children attend St. Lazarus Primary and Visitation High School
- Excellent students can apply to Monte Casino boarding school, $3,000/year
- Graduates can apply to Midlands State University, $3,000/year
- Completion of new classroom block at Visitation High School, $12,000
- Ongoing maintenance at the school
- Refurbishment of furniture and equipment in residences
Past Projects
2023 Project update: Minivan delivered to Makumbi!
Makumbi minivan delivered
2020-2021 Projects completed during pandemic
- Dish TV installation and TV sets for each of the houses
- Solar power installation
- Office computers
- Computer lab set up for children
- White boards for school rooms
- Text books for children (local schools were closed)
- Additional clothes, shoes, kitchen utensils, mirrors for each house
2019 Projects
Micro Grants for the Teens who will be graduating from the orphanage. The teens will be able to use these grants (around $300) to either start a business or further their education. The teens utilizing these grants are: Ablant Tinashe, Annah Chizhanje, Chipo Mutero, Tanyaradzwa Chikoza, Charity Tinashe and Tafadzwa Chombo.- Repairs to the eight cottages that house the orphans. These repairs will include new electrical outlets, roofing and plumbing.
- Also, Father Admire, who has been studying philanthropy in Hong Kong has written this Projects 2019 – Comparison of Makumbi Children’s Home and the Warthog.
2018 Project
- Project: Micro grants for youth aging out of the orphanage
- Goal: Provide micro grants to further one’s education or start a small business
Mamvura Rudo, Zimbabwe
Makumbi Children’s Home is trying its best to educate children who are above eighteen years of age. The Home is sending them to universities and to vocational colleges where they are doing different courses. This is a transition or a preparation of weaning them off so that they can be self-reliant. Four of the Children are studying at Midlands State University and one is studying at the University of Zimbabwe. Six are doing vocational courses like Carpentry, hotel and catering, nurse aid and tourism and hospitality. Four children completed their vocational last year 2016. Six are in preparation of doing vocational courses and 2 are doing O’level. Home aims to equip every child so that they can help themselves in future.
View the profiles of 25 Makumbi Teens who are aging out (pdf)
2017 Project: Tutors for Makumbi orphans
Hungwe, the African fish eagle says, “Give a kid a fish and you
feed him for one day. Teach a kid to fish and you
feed him for a lifetime!”
The goal for the 2017 fundraising project, Tutors for Makumbi Orphans, was to test for gaps in the kids’ learning and help them achieve grade level via tutors and a coordinated program of teachers, community volunteers and the caregivers (aka “Moms”) of the orphanage.
Donors can truly help prepare a child for life by supporting their education.
2016 Project: Plumbing renovation
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Download 17th Annual Run for Zimbabwe Orphans 2016 Plumbing Project (pdf)
The pre-project reality at Makumbi Children’s Orphanage was:
- Old pipes that plug
- Leaky pipes “fixed” with rubber bands
- Pipes that spew rust and sludge
- Cholera Alert signs posted by UNICEF
- Children tote water when water is unsafe to drink, cook or bathe
The capital project at Makumbi in 2016 was plumbing renovation at the eight cottages that house the 100 orphans thereby combating water borne diseases.
2015 Project: Termite damage repair
As a result of the 2015 run we raised $32,000 for termite damagerepair. (The buildings were literally falling down!) This project was a huge success and all the termite colonies were completely eradicated.
2014 Project: Halfway cottage construction and college tuition for older girls
Those benefiting from this fundraising project were girls aging out of the orphanage. We were pleased to raise enough funds to build a halfway cottage and send three young women to college for one year.
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