2016 – Page 2 – Higher Life Foundation

Higherlife Foundation participates at Africa Philanthropy Forum Breakfast 2016

by digital in Blog, News. Posted October 10, 2016

On September 30th 2016, the Nnabagereka Development Foundation hosted a breakfast for potential and emerging philanthropists in Uganda, in partnership with the African Philanthropy Forum and the Higherlife Foundation. This event, the first of its kind in Uganda, drew over 80 Stakeholders, and was organized through the generous support of UN Women. In her opening ...

The Primary and Secondary Education system in Zimbabwe: Quick Facts

by digital in Education. Posted October 7, 2016

Education in Zimbabwe is under the authority of the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education for primary and secondary education and the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and technology Development for higher education. Both are regulated by the Cabinet of Zimbabwe. https://goo.gl/JbD12e The education system in Zimbabwe comprises 15 years of ECD, primary ...

Historic development of gender mainstreaming

by digital in Girls Empowerment. Posted September 27, 2016

The major bone of contention is the increasingly noticeable gaps between boys/men and girls/women backdating to time immemorial. Girls/women are grossly marginalised due to cultural beliefs on gender roles that perceive women as only bearers and nurturers in the private or household sector. These traditional norms influence division of labour in the public or job ...

Critical projections in access to education by 2035

by digital in Education. Posted September 26, 2016

Global education outcomes are extraordinarily increasing and the Brookings Institute Report on scaling up education in developing countries (2016), shows that 9 out of 10 children at primary school going age today are in school compared to 5 out of 10 in the last 50 years. Although the global trends are improving, there is a ...

My Experiences at Yale Young Africa Scholars Programme

by digital in Education. Posted September 15, 2016

When I applied for the Yale Young Africa Scholars (YYAS) Program I didn’t know what it was about and neither did my schoolmates whom I applied with. I did my best in the application and months down the line I received an acceptance letter. The adventure had begun; I was among the 100 top performing ...

Higherlife Foundation Exhibits at Harare Agriculture Show 2016 Edition

by digital in Education. Posted September 5, 2016

Higherlife Foundation recently exhibited Ruzivo Smart Learning at that 2016 edition of the Harare Agricultural Show, in an effort to increase its usage. The Harare Agricultural show ran from the 22-27 August and over 500 parents and children visited the Higherlife Foundation/Ruzivo booth which was housed in the Econet Wireless stand. The Harare Agriculture show ...

Yale Young African Scholars programme (YYAS) Zimbabwe Edition comes to an end

by digital in Education. Posted August 29, 2016

Mr Douglas Mboweni presented the final morning presentation at the Yale Young African Scholars Program (YYAS) on Friday. Mr Mboweni’s conception of leadership comes from a background of personal experience (from working in the public and private sector) and also from strong links to his faith. He believes every human being has a God given ...

2016 Yale Young African Scholars Zimbabwe Edition

by digital in Education. Posted August 25, 2016

The official opening of the Yale Young African Scholars Program (YYAS) was held yesterday the 22nd of August 2016 at the prestigious Arundel School in Harare, Zimbabwe. The program will run all week and close on Friday the 26th of August 2016. YYAS is a free all expenses paid for program structured specifically for outstanding ...

Yale Young African Scholars Program Rwanda and Ghana Episodes a Success

by digital in Education, News. Posted August 24, 2016

The Yale Young African Scholars program in partnership with Higherlife Foundation Rwanda and Ghana episodes recently took place in Kigali and Accra respectively. These two session were a resounding success as a total of 200 students were trained and an average of 17 countries were represented in each session. The Yale Young African Scholars Program ...

Men As Role Models programme launched

by digital in Girls Empowerment. Posted August 23, 2016

The recently launched Men As Role Models programme that encourages men to be responsible and shun child abuse has been received with overwhelming response. It was launched by Shamwari yeMwanasikana at Alliance Francaise last Tuesday in partnership with Higherlife Foundation. Nyasha Mhonda, an Upper Six student at Speciss College, who is also the current president ...