Higherlife Foundation Blesses Children’s Home in Lesotho

by Higherlife in Blog, Disaster Relief and Preparedness, Education. Posted April 4, 2023

Higherlife Foundation has officially handed over renovated facilities at the Reitumetse Children`s Home in Lesotho. The renovations covered dormitories and toilets at the facility, which about 60 children call home. In addition to funding the renovations, Higherlife Foundation provided direct support to the children supported through the facility, including by paying school fees. Run by ...

Connecting with Our Purpose

by Higherlife in Blog, Faith and Development. Posted March 31, 2023

Faith in God is one of the core values ingrained in our organisational identity. Prayer, as it follows, becomes a key component of exercising that faith. The Lift Up Africa Prayer Campaign exemplifies this belief, aligned with our vision as an organisation that seeks to help Africans fulfil their God-given purpose. Through this campaign, we ...

From Nairobi, with love

by Higherlife in Blog, Education. Posted March 31, 2023

STAR Leadership Academy recently received its first Kenyan student. She speaks about her expectations and what enrolment means for her. On 12 September 2022, Laura Grace Achieng Baraza received an Instagram link from a friend. The link was for a STAR Leadership Academy (SLA) post calling for applications from high school students interested in joining ...

Why there are more women than men in RRA?

by Higherlife in Blog, Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods. Posted March 31, 2023

Figures reveal that 65% of farmers receiving support under Higherlife Foundation’s Climate Smart Agriculture Program are women. This translates to 7,150 women out of the 11,000 farmers receiving inputs and technical support. The numbers are not a coincidence. They are a result of deliberate program design and decision-making. Reimagine Rural Africa General Manager, Barbara Chivandire, ...

When strength meets passion

by Higherlife in Blog, Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods. Posted March 31, 2023

Grandmother uses agriculture to triumph against personal crises. It is just after lunch in Madziva, a farming village in the Shamva North District of Mashonaland Central in Zimbabwe. Gogo Theresa Chikwenengere welcomes me into her homestead with a teeming smile. At 72, she exhibits impressive fitness. I struggled to keep up despite being more than ...

Stop asking us what we want to be when we grow up! Instead, ask us about the impact we want to have on our communities.

by Higherlife in Blog, Education. Posted March 31, 2023

STAR Leadership Academy alumni Tanatswa Mhiribidi argues the seemingly harmless question could see young people defer acting as change-makers in their communities. “What do you want to do when you grow up?” At face value, the question sounds harmless but may not be the motivator people think it is. How it is framed may lead ...

Responding to Emerging Public Health Crisis in Africa

by Higherlife in Blog, Health. Posted March 31, 2023

How we prepare for and respond to a health emergency often predicts how severe and prolonged the health crisis may last. Quick and coordinated responses, with clear roles for each actor, limits the duration and impact of the crisis. Conversely, when our response is slow, and we are unsure of roles including who makes decisions, ...

Where are they now: A Higherlife Foundation Success story

by Higherlife in Blog, Our Fellows. Posted May 26, 2020

My name is Farai Munjoma from Zimbabwe, I am an alumnus of the African Leadership University who recently graduated in February 2020. I am now working as the Deputy Chief of Staff to Fred Swaniker, the CEO of the African Leadership Group. This is an organisation that is on a mission to develop 3 million ...

YYAS Concludes 2019 Program in Ghana, Kenya and Zimbabwe

by Higherlife in Blog, Education. Posted September 17, 2019

The *Yale Young African Scholars (YYAS) Program recently completed its 2019 academic program for Africa’s talented secondary school students. A highly intensive educational and enrichment program of the Yale Africa Initiative, YYAS seeks to empower African secondary school students who plan to pursue tertiary education and wish to make a meaningful impact as young leaders ...

Exclusive High Flyers Program holds first leadership boot camp in Harare

by Higherlife in Blog, Education. Posted September 12, 2019

On the 14th – 16th of August, forty-five young and highly talented upper sixth Zimbabwean students were part of the first ever High Flyers Bootcamp, held by the High Flyers team in collaboration with the STAR Leadership Academy. The High Flyers Program, established by Higherlife Foundation for its growing scholars and alumni, launched in May ...