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 ...

Higherlife Foundation takes 21st century skills to the students

by digital in Blog, Education. Posted August 2, 2016

World over, youths face the challenge of deciding on a career path to follow and how to start their professional lives. This challenge has been exacerbated for the Zimbabwean student due to the poor labor market being experienced in the country at the moment as well as fast changing job demands. Fast paced technology changes ...

Choosing the right career path is the beginning of a fulfilling life

by digital in Blog, Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods. Posted March 11, 2016

This is mostly because people got into careers with very limited knowledge about those careers...

1March, Zero Discrimination Day

by digital in Blog. Posted March 1, 2016

Discrimination continues to affect the lives of millions of people around the world. On 1 March...

Impact of Class size on students achievements

by digital in Blog. Posted February 17, 2016

It is estimated that across Sub-Saharan Africa and in most African countries, the student teacher ratio...

Factors That Affect Student Performance

by digital in Blog. Posted February 17, 2016

An entire host of reasons are at work when children behave inappropriately or fail to meet a passing...

ICT Teacher Training and quality of Education

by digital in Blog, Education. Posted February 16, 2016

We are living in an age of rapid change. Young people often teach the older generation the use of technology, social media...

E-learning for Africa held back by power shortage

by digital in Blog, Education. Posted January 7, 2016

There are well-documented problems about access to education. The Africa Learning Barometer at the US-based Center for Universal Education at Brookings says of the continent's nearly 128 million school-aged children, 17 million will never attend school.

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 ...

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 ...