Zimbabwe had the highest literacy rate in Africa, but it’s dropping quickly. How can you learn to read if you don’t have anything to read?
— Approximately 40% percent of Zimbabweans are under 14 years of age. For them, it’s now or never. — Let’s make sure Zimbabwe reads.
The school in the blowing dust of north-west Zimbabwe is in my mind . . . Classrooms without books, without textbooks, or an atlas, or even a map pinned to a wall. A school where the teachers beg to be sent books to tell them how to teach.
This video was produced for Hear Africa Foundation to help raise awareness about the plight of school-aged children of Gandidzanwa Primary School in eastern Zimbabwe. Hear Africa Foundation is a volunteer-run organization that raises financial support in Canada while working with the… read more
The northeast parts of Zimbabwe have some of the lowest educational levels in the country. The lack of a large city or many missions in the area may account for this. Not surprisingly, across the border in Mozambique, there are… read more
The Epworth chapter of the Writers International Network Zimbabwe (WIN) recently received more than 100 books from Zimbabwe readsin support of the ongoing Epworth Community Outreach Programme. The outreach programme was launched in February this year in partnership with Global Arts Trust… read more
Weaver Press has great pleasure in inviting you to the launch of Chioniso and other stories by Shimmer Chinodya when our guest speaker Memory Chirere will interview the author on Thursday 10th May from 5.30-7.00 p.m. at The Zimbabwe German Society, 51 Lawson Ave, Kensington, Harare. RSVP (regrets… read more
