2015 – Higher Life Foundation

Thanksgiving and Christmas party for children at Chitenderano children’s home in Rusape

by digital in Blog, News. Posted December 15, 2015

Following the pilot project at Ponesai Vanhu Junior School,the Higherlife Foundation Health and Crisis response team took on another challenge by throwing a Thanksgiving and Christmas party for children at Chitenderano children’s home in Rusape. Chitenderano children’s home cares for 22 orphaned children and is situated some 30km from Rusape town. This special event, which ...

Higherlife Beneficiary selected for 2016 International Rhodes Scholar Class

by digital in News, Our Fellows. Posted December 11, 2015

ATLANTA, GA—Dec. 9, 2015 — Morehouse College student, a Higherlife Foundation beneficiary Prince Abudu has been selected to the 2016 International Rhodes Scholar class representing his home country of Zimbabwe. The Rhodes Scholarship supports students who demonstrate a strong propensity to emerge as future leaders. Abudu is the fourth Morehouse student to be selected for ...

University of Zimbabwe Global Leaders Tree Planting & Clean Up

by digital in Education. Posted December 9, 2015

With the 2015/2016 rainy season around the corner our University of Zimbabwe Global Leaders decided to take the responsibility of cleaning the shopping areas around the University of Zimbabwe as well as giving those areas new life by planting trees. This initiative was done to avoid the clogging of road drainage systems which throughout the ...

18th ICASA International Conference On AIDS And STI’s In Africa

by digital in Health, News. Posted December 9, 2015

Recently, the Higherlife Foundation participated at ICASA 2015 in panel discussions on how we can maintain the momentum gained in the fight against HIV/AIDS. On day 3 Dr. Kennedy Mubaiwa represented the Foundation in a discussion on how sustainable leadership can be used to end HIV/AIDS by 2030 and on day 4 Mrs. Masiyiwa took ...

Higherlife Foundation Community Service Engagement in Lesotho

by digital in Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods. Posted November 24, 2015

Access to education is one big threat to African children fulfilling their God given purpose. Distance being one of the main contributors as a hindrance to access education, let alone receive life skills training and exposure for children to chose their career path well informed. Lipohong High School, situated 3 hours from the community of ...

Children will bear the brunt of climate change: UNICEF

by digital in Blog. Posted November 24, 2015

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 24 November 2015 – More than half a billion children live in areas with extremely high flood occurrence and 160 million in high drought severity zones, leaving them highly exposed to the impacts of climate change, UNICEF said in a report released ahead of the 21st United Nations climate change conference, known as ...

Higherlife Foundation launches learning hub at Mpambe primary school, Binga

by digital in News. Posted November 18, 2015

The district of Binga-Zimbabwe is located in Matabeleland North just south of Kariba Lake, across the lake from Zambia. It lies along the hot and arid southern Zambezi Escarpment, some 758km from Harare, 322km from Bulawayo and 90km from Binga town. Access to clean drinking water and modern means of communication and digital tools like ...

Strive Masiyiwa honored by the United Nations Foundation

by digital in News. Posted November 6, 2015

Econet Wireless founder and Executive Chairman,Strive Masiyiwa picked up two prestigious awards in New York this week in recognition of his philanthropic work.On Tuesday he was honored by the United Nations Foundation for co-ordinating African business support for efforts in the fight against the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. The function, which ...

Global Leaders initiate a Pot Tree filling project at Dzikwa Orphanage

by digital in Education, News. Posted November 6, 2015

In the previous post we saw what 24 Global leaders from Midlands State University (MSU) did at Gweru General Hospital, clearing 2 acres of land to ensure a clean environment for one of the major hospitals in the country. Environmental awareness to the people is very important as natural resources help improve the conditions of ...

Higherlife Foundation’s Global leaders making a difference

by digital in Education. Posted November 5, 2015

Global Leaders are a breed of responsive young leaders on the Higherlife Foundation scholarship program, who have a global mindset and are willing to take part in bringing positive change in their communities. Other than receiving scholarship support, these young men and women receive professional trainings through Mentorships, Workshops, Talent Tracking and Development and various ...