STAR Leadership Academy alumni record 100 percent pass rate

by Higherlife in Education, News, Our Fellows. Posted January 11, 2024

We proudly announce that students who graduated from the STAR Leadership Academy Class of 2021 recorded impressive grades in their Cambridge Advanced Level examinations.The results, released earlier this week, indicate a 100 % pass rate, with most candidates attaining above-average returns. Among the 29 students, there were record-breaking results summarising the outstanding collective performance. Andrew ...

My Dream Is Now Bigger Than Me

by Higherlife in Education, News. Posted October 27, 2023

Shepherd Mjanga grew up admiring his cousin, a medical doctor. His cousin would periodically go to rural areas to offer free consultations to underprivileged community members. From the images he would see, he felt inspired to be a doctor once he came of age. In his imagination, one day, he would stand with his cousin, ...

Empowering Girls: Breaking Barriers, Cultivating Leaders, and Shaping Tomorrow’s World

by Higherlife in Education, News, Our Work. Posted October 11, 2023

The global community continues to fall short in empowering and uplifting girls worldwide. Research shows that at the current pace, efforts to eradicate child marriages may take an estimated 300 years before bringing the intended result. However, this period can be shortened significantly if there is decisive action between now and 2030. If we do ...

How Higherlife Foundation leadership sessions changed my life

by Higherlife in Education, News. Posted September 19, 2023

When Tinotenda Madondo left Rusape for Harare in 2019, she had a simple goal – to start her degree program and be on course to be an Accountant. The 23-year-old had received a Joshua Nkomo Scholarship, supporting her to read for a Bachelor of Accountancy Honours Degree at the University of Zimbabwe. She says during ...

Meet Dr Cheneso a Capernaum Fellow

by Higherlife in Education, Health, News, Our Work. Posted September 13, 2023

This is Dr Cheneso Mildred Pondo. She received the Capernaum Scholarship in 2011. Her father had passed away in 1996, and her mother was sick, battling eye problems and could not find a job in her condition. Dr Cheneso passed her O-Level with flying colours, 9As and 1 B, and attained 2As and 1 B ...

The Joshua Nkomo Scholarships List Out

by Higherlife in Announcements, Education. Posted September 5, 2023

The Higherlife Foundation has completed the 2023 Joshua Nkomo Scholarship (JNS) selection process. The JNS scholarship is one of the flagship programs in the Foundation where outstanding High School graduates get financial support to pursue a degree of their choice at any of the country’s universities. There was widespread interest, denoted by the overwhelming number ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...