August 2023 – Higher Life Foundation

The end is in sight for NTDs

by Higherlife in Health, Our Work. Posted August 28, 2023

Neglected Tropical Diseases might be forgotten, but we must not underestimate their impact. That low-income countries like Zimbabwe lose an average of US$ 37,489 with every NTD-related death. The costing focuses on productive time lost, money spent in treating the NTDs and the cost of unpaid care work which caregivers undertake during the times of ...

Feminism from a place of love

by Higherlife in Education, Girls Empowerment, Our Work. Posted August 25, 2023

Dr Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda’s colleagues in the development world received with shock her decision to quit her job and return to Zimbabwe. It was in 2005, after a decade of serving as the Secretary General of the Young Women Christian Network Association with a presence in 120 countries and a 25 million strong membership. On most ...

Key Lessons we learnt from working with Government

by Higherlife in Our Work, Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods. Posted August 25, 2023

Our Reimagine Rural Agriculture has just come out of a successful season. Their good relationship with the Government has been singled as one of the key drivers of the progress recorded. They shared a few lessons they learnt from working closely with the Government. Below are some of them: Understand where there is a need ...

Burundi a key anchor for Higherlife Foundation growth in Africa

by Higherlife in Education, Our Work. Posted August 25, 2023

A child isn’t for one person, it is for the country. Equally, we have the combine responsibility to ensure all children get the right start in life. For the last 13 years the Higherlife Foundation has been working in Burundi to give our future generation the skills needed to succeed in a changing world. Burundi ...

Higherlife Foundation’s divine appointment

by Higherlife in Faith and Development, Our Work, Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods. Posted August 22, 2023

“Some of the children we get here will be coming from the street,” Faith Karumbidza says. Even before learning Faith is a former solider, you have a strong sense that she is firm, disciplined and the type of person needed to set teenage boys on the path of redemption. Karumbidza oversees the Northcot Training Centre ...

The END Fund appoints Tsitsi Masiyiwa as Board Chair

by Higherlife in Health. Posted August 16, 2023

Tsitsi Masiyiwa will advocate for strong African political leadership against NTDs and prioritise resource mobilisation that supports sustainability. The appointment marks a pivotal moment calling for African leadership to eliminate NTDs which impact over 600 million people on the continent and cause deaths of more than 170,000 people annually. The END Fund, a leading collaborative ...

Feeding bodies and minds

by Higherlife in Education, Our Work. Posted August 8, 2023

It is lunchtime at Simba Education, a preparatory school in Domboshava, a sprouting peri-urban rural settlement about 35 kilometres north of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. Children are standing in a queue near the school’s kitchen, waiting their turn to be served. They are jovial and bubbly, hundreds of conversations and songs are happening at the same ...

A school with soul

by Higherlife in Education, Our Work. Posted August 8, 2023

Domboshava was originally known for the granite hills and spectacular formations surrounding it. Now, it is also known as an area with cheaper land, and a cheaper life but close enough to the capital Harare, that you can commute to work. As the population has grown, the infrastructure for what was once an informal town ...

Study results show progress in NTDs fight

by Higherlife in Health, News, Our Work. Posted August 1, 2023

The National Institution of Health Research (NIHR), a research arm of the Ministry of Health and Child Care, has released findings from two surveys expected to inform future NTDs policy in Zimbabwe. The 2021 National Geospatial Mapping for Schistosomiasis (SCH), Soil-Transmitted Helminths and the 2023 Confirmatory Mapping for Lymphatic Filariasis were both funded by the Higherlife ...