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‘The Need Is So Great’:Tsitsi Masiyiwa On New Gender Fund

by Higherlife in Announcements, Girls Empowerment, Our Work. Posted May 9, 2022

IN MARCH, AFRICAN PHILANTHROPIST AND SOCIAL entrepreneur, Tsitsi Masiyiwa, and other world philanthropists came together to raise $1 billion to advance gender equality and women’s leadership. The organization, Co-Impact, launched The Gender Fund to bring significant resources into a grossly underfunded space and address “gendered systems” – the underlying norms, laws, practices, sanctions, and decision-making ...

SLA pioneers shine bright in high school examinations

by Higherlife in Education, Events, News, Our Work. Posted January 31, 2022

When a learner completes their Ordinary Level, the conventional idea is to head straight to Advanced Level without much delay. That is the structure that has always been followed. However, some believe the regular school curriculum may not be enough to prepare model young adults and professionals who will change the world. The gap saw ...

STAR Leadership Academy to Celebrate Graduation Ceremony – Virtually

by Higherlife in Announcements, Education, Events, Our Work. Posted December 14, 2021

On Friday the 17th of December, STAR Leadership Academy (SLA)- the leadership academy by Higherlife Foundation- will have the honor of hosting its first-ever virtual graduation ceremony, giving the Classes of 2020 and 2021 the send-off they deserve – despite the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The virtual event will see the graduates take ...

10 Facts About the World Water Crisis

by Higherlife in Our Work, Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods. Posted December 14, 2021

784 million people around the world are without basic water access. That’s more than twice the population of the United States. More people die from unsafe water than from all forms of violence, including war. Two billion people, or about 1 in 4, lack access to a toilet or latrine. Diarrheal diseases, caused primarily by unsafe water and poor ...

Pfumvudza training renews hope in Shamva

by Higherlife in News, Our Work, Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods. Posted December 2, 2021

Lorraine of Ward 11 in Shamva entered into a marriage at a young age. At 21, she is already raising two children with her 24-year-old husband in the mining town in Mashonaland Central. The couple struggles to make ends meet, as Lorraine is a full-time housewife who spends her days caring for their children aged ...

Higherlife Foundation joins the world in celebrating International Students’ Day

by Higherlife in Our Work. Posted November 17, 2021

This International Students’ Day, Higherlife joins the world in honouring students of the world who are working tirelessly every day achieve their career goals and make a difference. For 25years, Higherlife has been supporting African students to fulfil their God-given potential by extending learning opportunities to academically talented students, therefore investing in the future leadership ...

GROWING TREE: An integrated approach to early years learning

by Rumbidzai Nenzou in Education, Our Work. Posted September 3, 2021

Higherlife Foundation today has released a special white paper report for early years education entitled “The Growing Tree: An integrated approach to early years learning”, describing the effectiveness of the Growing Tree foundational phase learning program in improving the learning outcomes of foundational phase learners in a crisis period. The in-depth research is critical in ...

Higherlife Foundation distributes protective resources to persons living with Albinism.

by Higherlife in Our Work. Posted July 5, 2021

Albinism is an inherited genetic condition that reduces the amount of melanin pigment formed in the skin, hair and/or eyes making persons with the condition stand out in physical appearance. With no cure for the absence of melanin, persons living with albinism face discrimination and in different parts of the world are victims of violent ...

Africa Day Conversations: Connecting with Our Land

by Higherlife in Our Work, Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods. Posted May 31, 2021

Africa Day on May 25 is an opportunity for all Africans, local and abroad to come together and celebrate our people, our culture and our connectedness. Commemorating the founding of the Organisation of African Unity now the African Union, the day is also about reflecting on where we have come from and where we are ...

HIGHERLIFE FOUNDATION AND DELTA PHILANTHROPIES HOST VISION 2050 WEBINAR SERIES

by Rumbidzai Nenzou in News, Our Work. Posted December 2, 2020

Harare, Zimbabwe. November 30, 2020 – Higherlife Foundation and Delta Philanthropies this week host a 5-part virtual webinar series under the theme Catalysing Vision 2050. From 1 – 3 December 2020 the organisations bring together a cosmopolitan array of speakers for conversations on Education, Health, Rural Transformation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Disaster Relief and Preparedness and ...