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Joining hands to save the future

by in Our Work. Posted May 29, 2024
Recently on International Kangaroo Care Awareness Day, we were privileged to be part of the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospital’s Immediate Kangaroo Mother Care Unit launch event. The unit, housed within the Mbuya Nehanda Maternity, was specially designed to allow mothers with pre-term babies to assist their children with much-needed bodily warmth, acting as a natural ...
Tags Higherlife Foundation Kangaroo Mother Care Zimbabwe
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Empowering Girls: Breaking Barriers, Cultivating Leaders, and Shaping Tomorrow’s World

by 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 ...
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The end is in sight for NTDs

by 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 ...
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Higherlife Foundation’s divine appointment

by 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 ...
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Feeding bodies and minds

by 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 ...
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